The Boston Planning Department has approved hundreds of new housing units, including a new development on the site of a former radio station and the redevelopment of a beloved music venue.
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The Planning Department approved 588K SF of projects, including 591 new residential units — 87 of them affordable — during its Thursday evening meeting. It also approved a new zoning district in Roslindale.
One of the large projects approved by the department was Nordblom Co.'s 333-unit project at 83 Leo Birmingham Parkway in Brighton. The development would replace a 32K SF building that is home to a cluster of radio stations owned by Audacy, which emerged from bankruptcy in September.
Nordblom bought the property for $11.1M from Audacy. The project's 333 units would include 57 affordable dwellings.
The planning board also approved the redevelopment of the Great Scott music venue.
The famed music venue closed its doors in 2020 during the pandemic, but its ownership, in partnership with real estate developer Jordan Warshaw and Redefined CEO Paul Armstrong, plans to revive the venue and create more housing in Allston.
The project includes a nine-story building at 1 Harvard Ave. that would consist of 139 apartments on top of a new Great Scott and O'Brien's Pub, the venue's sister bar.
Other projects approved include a 38-unit housing project at 36 Parker Hill Ave. in Mission Hill, a 46-unit project at 586-598 Canterbury St. in Roslindale, and a 35-unit project at 98-100 Condor St. in East Boston.
The department also approved the city's Squares + Streets zoning for the Roslindale Square area surrounding the neighborhood's Roslindale Village MBTA Commuter Rail station. The zoning identified areas in the neighborhood ripe for new multifamily and mixed-use development to boost density.
