Meeting set to take up proposal for housing on Rice Amvets site

A rendering shows the proposed building that would replace the Rice Post.

A virtual public meeting will be held next Thursday (Oct. 17) from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the small project review application and proposal for 29-33 Romsey St., Dorchester, the site of the 77-year-old James J. Rice Amvets Post No. 28.

The developer, James Baker, is looking demolish the post to make way for a 4-story building on the 25,271-square-foot that would include 35 rental units and 26 parking spaces on the ground level.

The Zoom meeting, hosted by the city’s Planning Department, will take up the application and the proposal itself. A small project review is required for projects that add an aggregate gross floor area of 20,000 or more square feet and any development that creates 15 or more dwelling units.

After a brief presentation, the general public will be invited to ask questions and share comments. To join the meeting, use this link: bit.ly/3MPRBx2.


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