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By adamg - 11/28/23 - 3:16 pm
McKay Place rendering

McKay Place rendering by Zephyr Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 41-unit condo building at McKay Place and Maverick Street in Jeffries Point and two apartment building with a total of 41 units at the Orient Heights rotary where Saratoga, Ford and Boardman streets meet. Read more.

By adamg - 11/15/23 - 10:04 am

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a marijuana dispensary at 1295-1297 River St., in Hyde Park, but owner Geneise Israel said that even if she now quickly gets the required state approval, she won't open her door until after the decaying and now closed River Street Bridge right next door is re-opened. Read more.

By adamg - 11/14/23 - 2:50 pm
Expanded convent next to old church

Rendering by Context, showing expanded convent building next to old church.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today deferred a vote on a developer's proposal to turn the former St. Matthew convent, 43-45 Stanton St. in Dorchester, into 14 condos - two of them affordable - to give the developer and neighbors a couple more months to try to reach agreement on the size of the project, in particular, its roof. Read more.

By adamg - 11/13/23 - 9:38 pm

The Hamilton Co., which owns the office building at 392-398 Chestnut Hill Ave. in Cleveland Circle, today sued to try to block plans by an Ipswich concern to turn the former Dunkin' Donuts on Beacon Street into a marijuana dispensary. Read more.

By adamg - 10/31/23 - 3:17 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a plans to replace Cathedral Station, 1222 Washington St. in the South End, with a marijuana dispensary. Read more.

By adamg - 10/31/23 - 11:52 am
Rendering of 1471 Blue Hill Ave.

Rendering by Arrowstreet.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a 41-unit, five-story apartment building at 1471 Blue Hill Ave. at Culbert Street in Mattapan. Read more.

By adamg - 10/19/23 - 2:16 pm
34 B Street rendering

Rendering by Choo & Company, shows new and existing buildings.

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved developer Joe Hassell's plans for a six-story, 45-unit apartment building on what is now a vacant lot at 34 B St., next to the similar building he'd earlier built at the corner of B and West 5th streets in South Boston.

By adamg - 10/19/23 - 12:50 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week rejected a Wrentham Street resident's request to build a second, house behind hers, with members saying they objected to a curb cut more than twice as large as normally allowed and a long driveway wide enough that firetrucks could pull in for a fire and then turn around without having to navigate the narrow street. Read more.

By adamg - 9/27/23 - 2:08 pm

Seven Roslindale residents today sued the Zoning Board of Appeal and a Dedham developer to block an apartment building on Belgrade Avenue at West Roxbury Parkway that they say would just be far too large for their neighborhood. Read more.

By adamg - 9/26/23 - 11:31 am
Proposed new billboard and landscaping

Proposed new billboard and landscaping.

A billboard company that has a deal with the Sons of Divine Providence to replace its current old-fashioned billboards outside the Madonna Queen of the Universe Shrine on Rte. 1A in East Boston with a single, larger electronic signboard yesterday sued the Zoning Board of Appeals, which twice rejected the proposal earlier this year. Read more.

By adamg - 9/13/23 - 9:29 am
Rendering of proposed Ashford Street building

Rendering by Embarc.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved City Realty's proposal for a 17-story, 254-unit apartment building at Ashford and Malvern streets in Allston. Read more.

By adamg - 9/12/23 - 12:50 pm
Rendering of proposed expanded building

Rendering by Adam Glassman (fourth floor not shown).

The Zoning Board of Appeal today put off any action on a proposal to add apartments to a building at 6 Brooks St., off Bremen Street in East Boston, so that attorneys for the owner and the Delicious Market can work out a lease that will let the bodega stay. Read more.

By adamg - 8/29/23 - 11:23 am
Proposed resident building at Dorchester Avenue and Semont Road

Rendering by Derek Rubinoff.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by the owner of the shuttered US Petroleum station at Dorchester Avenue and Semont Road in Dorchester to replace it with a four-story, 14-unit residential building with six parking spaces and ground-floor space for a restaurant. Read more.

By adamg - 8/21/23 - 9:53 am

A resident of Lothrop Street in Brighton last week sued to stop construction of a proposed six-story apartment building on Leo Birmingham Parkway where the State Police had their temporary barracks. Read more.

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 9:28 am

The owners of a dispensary on Boylston Street between Gloucester and Fairfield streets in the Back Bay yesterday sued the operators of a proposed dispensary three blocks down the street - and the Zoning Board of Appeal, which approved both. Read more.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 12:50 pm
Rendering of finished Dudley Street building

Rendering with red box showing the extra floor.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a sixth floor for a five-story building now under construction at 734-742 Dudley St. in Dorchester. Read more.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 10:28 am
Townhomes rendering

Rendering by Choo & Company.

The Zoning Board today approved a developer's plans to build four attached condos with front entrances that would face a new driveway at 108 Allston St., across from the West End House, in Allston. Read more.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 10:08 am
3992-3996 Washington St. rendering

Rendering by Choo & Company.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today gave a Pittsfield developer a year to resume construction of a four-story, 18-unit condo building at 3992-3996 Washington St. next to the Domino's and across from Archdale Liquors. Read more.

By adamg - 7/28/23 - 10:49 am
Rendering of 361 Belgrade Ave.

Rendering by Arrowstreet.

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week unanimously approved plans for a 124-unit apartment at the old Clay Chevrolet site at 361 Belgrade Ave. at West Roxbury Parkway in Roslindale. Read more.

By adamg - 7/11/23 - 2:00 pm
Schematic of 80 G St.proposal

80 G Street schematic, showing new and old sections, by Gary Hendren.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today denied without prejudice plans to add three new units to the three-family home at 80 G St. in South Boston. Read more.

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