Thursday, August 15, 2013

Shawmut/E Berkeley Construction Meeting

The BRA has announced a public meeting for the proposed construction at Washington/E Berkeley/Shawmut.  This parcel is the parking lot at Shawmut/E Berkeley and the adjoining auto shop lot at E Berkeley/Washington.  As part of the of the BRA re-zoning of the Harrison/Albany area, this area is zoned to be a maximum height of 150 feet.

This is a bit project that will have a huge impact on our neighborhood.   The official notice is below.  Once designs and a comment address are available, I'll post them in another blog entry.

I hope everyone can attend!!!




Please be advised that an Expanded Project Notification Form regarding 80 East Berkeley Street in the South End was received by the BRA on August 8, 2013.  The Druker Company, Ltd. (the “Proponent”) proposes an eleven-story building with approximately 290,000 square feet of office space on ten floors and approximately 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and/or restaurant space, as well as an underground parking garage containing a total of approximately 200 public and accessory parking spaces. The Proposed Project also includes an accessway connecting Washington Street and Shawmut Avenue.

A public meeting will be held on this proposal.  Details below:

Meeting date/time: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 6:00PM
Meeting location: The Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street

Best,

Casey Ann Hines
Project Manager
Boston Redevelopment Authority
One City Hall Square
Boston, MA 02201

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Clearly this "Bosguy" has no clue. This building/idea is way to large. This is a residential neighborhood, not downtown crossing. I wonder if this was built across the street from bosguy's home if he'd still sing the praises. Also, despite what the developer says this will impact the gardens as well as traffic negatively. The scale is so disproportionate to the surroundings. Development of this corner is a welcome sight, however this is too much. BRA initially approved building 70 feet, how & when did this change?! For those of us who live in this block, I'm in favor of a petition to keep the height at 70'. Why is it necessary to make such a huge structure for office space? Clearly by all the lease vacancies throughout the city, there is not need to add more vacant space. This type of structure closer to the highway or near the pike on ramps seems a more reasonable space. Now you've built up a huge shelter for heroin addicts/dealers to hide behind. The security that this developer spoke of was a joke! He mentioned it would be well lit all around the bldg. Oh great, so then the dealers can see better while transacting.