With an eye toward operational expansions, the MBTA spent $9.8 million last month to buy a former industrial site next to the Red Line tracks on the South Boston-Dorchester line.
The Jan. 9 transaction involving property at 71 Von Hillern St. includes a vacant 58,591-square-foot building listed in a limited liability corporation controlled by W. Scott Tregoning, of Florida, and Lori Tregoning Donnellan, of Hingham that once housed businesses like Trexor Wire and Cable, First Electronics Corp., and M&J Trading.
The purchase “strengthens the long-term safety, reliability, and resiliency of the MBTA’s Red Line operations,” the agency noted in a statement and added, “The previous owner listed the property for sale after it became vacant.”
The site, which is only feet from the Red Line tracks and an existing MBTA maintenance and operations yard, is uniquely suited to expand in the area so that it is less constrained and to more easily to respond to service needs on the line, the statement said.
The property, which has an active truck pad, is also adjacent to I-93. Being next to active commuter rail tracks and the major Red Line junction at JFK/UMass Station makes it well suited for expanded transit operations.
