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A week after a feisty BRA-sponsored public meeting, neighbors who will be most impacted by a proposed mixed-use development in Mattapan have begun a petition drive that raises significant objections to the project. To date, some 63 neighbors on the... Read more
The Mayor’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing will hear a petition from a new Massachusetts Avenue bar and restaurant to add entertainment until 2 a.m. The Home Run Cafe at 1269 Mass Ave.— the old Venetian Garden— wants permission to add a DJ and... Read more
The University of Massachusetts announced Tuesday that it plans to open its 1,000-bed residence hall in September 2018. Through a public-private partnership model, mulled by the university for the past year, construction of the Columbia Point residence... Read more
A rendering of the Ashmont Tire development. Courtesy the architectural teamThe developers of a six-story mixed-use project proposed for Dorchester Avenue on the current site of Ashmont Tire have their funding in place and will now move ahead on marketing... Read more
Editor's Note: A BRA-sponsored public meeting on the DOT Block proposal will be held tonight (Feb. 23) from 6-8 p.m. at the Paul R. McLaughlin Youth Center, 1135 Dorchester Ave. Contact Gary Uter, BRA project manager at 617-918-4457 or Gary.Uter@Boston.... Read more
Uphams Corner residents got their first look at the Indigo Block redevelopment project at a Boston Redevelopment Authority meeting in late January, an early step in the public vetting of the proposal for a vacant neighborhood lot.
Last May, the city... Read more
About 80 people packed into a community room at the Foley Senior Residences on River Street last Thursday night to hear the latest plans for Cote Village, a proposed 76-unit housing development that is under review by the Boston Redevelopment Authority.... Read more
Dorchester architects Eric Robinson and Kevin Deabler have become practiced hands at designing developments suited for a neighborhood bursting with growth, their work today a far cry from the small-scale projects that first integrated them into their... Read more
A realtor representing the MBTA held an on-site meeting on Jan. 20 with parties interested in purchasing a 2.48-acre parking lot and two other nearby parcels next to the Mattapan Square station. The site is being marketed as “a rare opportunity for... Read more
Dorchester will be getting a sparkling new addition next week with the opening of Dorset Hall, a 5,300-square-foot restaurant and bar on Neponset Avenue.
The restaurant, which sits on the site of the former Boston Party Rental building at 367 Neponset... Read more
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