Developer Seeks To Redevelop 1700s-Era Dorchester Building, Add Housing
A Waltham developer plans to redevelop a historic building in Dorchester to add multifamily housing.
The Beantown Cos. filed plans with the Boston Planning Department to add 47 units to the property at 1444-1446 Dorchester Ave.
The developer plans to renovate the historic Clap-Field House, constructed in the late 1700s and later converted into a storage facility, and turn it into two multifamily units. It also plans to construct an adjacent five-story building with 45 units, nine of which would be affordable.
In July, The Beantown Cos. CEO Marc Resnick purchased the property in the Fields Corner neighborhood for $5.6M, according to public records. The buyer was reportedly chosen from a larger pool because it planned to keep the integrity of the existing building.
The property on Dorchester Avenue, Adams Street and Leonard Street also includes an existing 40K SF mixed-use building that is home to retail stores, a bank and a post office. That building would keep the same use with the project.
The project would also include 21 parking spaces, a bicycle room and open space.
Beantown Cos. has properties in Middleborough, Waltham, Framingham and Newton, according to its website. The Dorchester project would be its first in Boston.
