Historic Building in the Remaking

Renderings of the new developments. From top left clockwise: 135 Bremen Street, 150 West Broadway, 3521-3529 Washington Street, 319 A

Courtesy of the Boston Redevelopment Authority

By Megan Turchi

Boston.com Staff

November 26, 2014 12:53 PM

If you are looking for housing in Boston, the next few years may be a good time for you. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC) has approved four projects around the city that are set to create 300 new housing units (and about 400 construction jobs) that will cost about $137 million.

The projects include turning an underutilized Jamaica Plain lot into housing and a self-storage facility, creating new housing units near the East Boston Greenway, and demolishing two buildings in South Boston to make a mixed-use building. The other project, in Fort Point, involves a little more rehabilitation.

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The Fort Point building at 319 A Street will be transformed from an office building into 48 residential units with roughly 5,500 square feet of ground floor commercial space.

The building was originally constructed 1914 and Boston Residential Group, LLC wants to preserve the historic brick building instead of tear it down.

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Historic Building in the Remaking