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By adamg - 3/13/24 - 10:27 am

The Zoning Board of Appeal next month considers an application for a marijuana grow facility and home-delivery center at 1457 VFW Parkway in West Roxbury, where Party City and Chair Fair used to be. Read more.

By adamg - 3/13/24 - 9:06 am
Rendering of proposed 500 Western Ave.

Rendering by Hendren Associates.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by the owner of the former Irving gas station at 500 Western Ave. to replace it with a six-story, 116-unit apartment building that will feature a new vest-pocket park, new street trees and a parking garage that will include 64 metered parking spaces for use by the public, to replace the on-street spaces the city is planning to remove along Western Avenue to make way for dedicated bus and bicycle lanes. Read more.

By adamg - 3/12/24 - 10:32 pm
Rendering of proposed 141 Addison St.

Rendering by Zephyr Architects.

In an unusual move, the Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 20-unit apartment building at 141 Addison St. in East Boston even though the BPDA has yet to sign off on the project. Read more.

By adamg - 3/12/24 - 12:41 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a request from China Pearl, 9 Tyler St. in Chinatown for a live-entertainment permit, saying owner Brian Moy needs to first convince nearby residents the move won't mean extra late-night noise, crowd and safety issues in the tightly packed neighborhood. Read more.

By adamg - 2/28/24 - 4:59 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday unanimously approved plans by Exodus Bagels to add sit-down seating to its bagel bakery at 2 McCraw St. off Belgrade Avenue. Read more.

By adamg - 2/27/24 - 1:51 pm
Front and rear renderings of proposed condo building

Front and rear renderings of proposed condos by Tim Johnson Architect.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected plans to replace a one-family house with a six-unit condo building and to create a rear parking lot for that and an existing three-family home on Dorset Street in Dorchester in large part because the proposed eight-space rear parking lot would completely eliminate the two lots' rear yards. Read more.

By adamg - 1/30/24 - 12:38 pm
Proposed three-unit condo building

Rendering of proposed new triplex on Savin Hill Avenue by Nicholas Landry, DRT.

Three residents of Savin Hill Avenue near Playstead Road in Dorchester yesterday sued the Zoning Board of Appeal and the owners of what is now a single family home at 164 Savin Hill Ave. over plans to enlarge it into three condos. Read more.

By adamg - 1/26/24 - 2:54 pm
Rendering of proposed 22-story condo builidng on Kneeland Street in Chinatown

The view from Atlantic Avenue, by RODE Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week gave Hudson Group another year to begin construction of its planned 22-story, 115-unit condo building at 150 Kneeland St. near South Station. Read more.

By adamg - 1/10/24 - 12:46 pm
Rendering of the two building showing their central plaza

Rendering of the two building showing their central plaza by Joy Street Design.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved a proposal for a two-building complex with 35 affordable apartments and 22 affordable condos off Saratoga Street in Orient Heights, but the owner of a commercial building behind which the complex would sit says one of the proposed access routes, via a private way, would violate an easement. Read more.

By adamg - 1/10/24 - 9:55 am
Rendering of proposed new three-family house on Savin Hill Avenue

Rendering by Nicholas Landry, DRT.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by Pauline and Tony King of 164 Savin Hill Ave. in Dorchester to enlarge their single-family home into a three-condo building. Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 12:21 pm
Proposed rendering of Harvard Avenue building

Rendering by Embarc.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a developer's plans to raze the current unused post office on Harvard Avenue, a repair garage and some parking lots to put up a six-story, 170-unit apartment complex that would have ground-floor room for the Postal Service to return to Allston. Read more.

By adamg - 12/15/23 - 12:57 pm
Rendering of proposed apartment building on River Street

Rendering by Context.

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved a four-story, 28-unit apartment building at 1081 River St. in Hyde Park. Read more.

By adamg - 12/12/23 - 12:50 pm
Baker Street rendering

Rendering by Lucio Trabucco.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by the owner of the Baker Street Market at Baker and Vermont street in West Roxbury to replace his store and parking lot with a four-story, 14-unit condo building with 23 parking spaces - and a smaller space for him to keep operating the market. Read more.

By adamg - 12/12/23 - 12:27 pm
1270 Commonwealth Ave. rendering

Rendering by CBT Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a six-story, 206-unit apartment building at 1270 Commonwealth Ave. in Allston, where the lights currently remain on at what is a long vacant former CVS. Read more.

By adamg - 12/5/23 - 5:27 pm
Rendering of 22 Freeman St.

Rendering of project on lot that touches Fields Corner Red Line stop by Hue Architecture.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a five-story building with 14 studio apartments on a lot that ends at a wall for the Fields Corner Red Line stop in Dorchester. Read more.

By adamg - 12/5/23 - 4:16 pm
Rendering of proposed Milton Avenue parking lot

Rendering of proposed Milton Avenue condos showing the parking by Anthony Pisani.

When residents said Onyx Management and Development's plans for six condos in three attached buildings at 45 Milton Ave. in Dorchester would lead to parking woes on the street, the company responded with a proposal for nine parking spaces in a backyard that would be taken up almost entirely by a driveway and the spaces, with room for just three or four potted shrubs. Read more.

By adamg - 12/5/23 - 1:30 pm
Rendering of proposed Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center

Rendering by Isgenuity.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a new three-story home for the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center on Old Road between Ellington Street and Michigan Avenue in Dorchester, basically to the rear of its existing facilities on Blue Hill Avenue. Read more.

By adamg - 12/5/23 - 12:49 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal today gave its blessing to a plan by City Realty to convert some fire-ravaged living space into four apartments above the old Jacob Wirth that it's now converting into a new Jacob Wirth on Stuart Street. Read more.

By adamg - 11/29/23 - 2:11 pm
Rendering of Dighton Street building

Rendering by McKay Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved a four-story, 44-unit apartment building at 25-37 Dighton St., across from the Winship School, in Brighton Center. Read more.

By adamg - 11/29/23 - 11:23 am
Rendering of proposed Corey Road building and present structure

Rendering of new building by SLS Architecture and photo of current garage turned studio next to the Brookliner.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by two artists to replace their small cinderblock garage turned studio at 171 Corey Rd., near Washington Street in Brighton, into a five-story building with two floors of artist space and three floors with a total of six residential units. Read more.

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