Plan would convert South End warehouse to housing, retail

Hub developers want to convert a 19th-century South End warehouse into a 42-unit residential development called The Factory at 46 Wareham.

The proposed six-story, 62,215-square-foot building would have five residential floors, 9,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 52 below-grade parking spaces.

Holland Development Inc.s plans, formally filed yesterday with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, call for the existing four-story, 30,231-square-foot warehouse to be partially demolished, leaving the front and west facades in place and connected to the new construction. Three additional levels would be added.

A potential tenant for the first-floor retail space is the 117-year-old Society of Arts and Crafts, which has expressed an interest in relocating from Newbury Street to join the growing South End arts community, according to the documents filed with the BRA.

The Wareham Street warehouse now is only partially occupied by food importer Samos Imex Corp. with two full-time employees. Its windows on the first two floors have been removed and replaced with concrete cinderblocks and plywood.

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Plan would convert South End warehouse to housing, retail