Larger project for Aspinwall Road condos gets key city approval

The revised proposal for 3 Aspinwall Rd. McDougal Architects, Inc. image.

The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board yesterday approved a revision to an already-approved project at 3 Aspinwall Rd. in Dorchester that will add 11 additional units and a fifth floor to the building.

The development team behind what was originally a 4-story, 34-unit condo building near Codman Square that received the city’s permission to proceed back in 2019 filed an amended plan last September.

The developer— Solmon Chowdury of Shanti Acquisition — sought the additional units because he was “unable to close the necessary funding to advance the project,” blaming “considerable instability in the market and exceedingly high construction pricing," according to his attorney, Mike Ross.

The mix of units includes 4 studios, 22 one-bedroom units, and 19 two-bedroom units on the site of the former Nelson Manor nursing home, which has sat vacant since 1995. The revised plan includes 29 vehicle parking spaces in a garage, which will also provide 60 spots for bicycles.


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