Draft guidelines for the new Rose Kennedy Greenway have been released. Height and density recommendations show a number of winners and losers in the downtown Boston Real Estate market.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has been working with its consultants, Utile, Greenberg Consultants, HR&A Advisers, and Nelson/Nygaard, over the last year and a half on the Greenway District Planning Study. There have been seven public meetings held as part of this process.
As you can see from the BRA draft rendering of the Boston Waterfront, if the guidelines are adopted, heights will vary widely on the Greenway.
As expected, the approved height for the parcel currently the site of the Boston Harbor Garage (next to the Aquarium) is limited to 200-feet, well below the height preferred by Boston developer Donald Chiofaro, who has released renderings showing two towers at that site, one that is well-over 500 feet tall.
The BRA seems to expect that buildings of density will someday soon be built on the parcel currently the site of the Congress Street Garage as it has drawn in several mid-rise and high-rise towers.
Meanwhile, in the Chinatown section of downtown Boston, it looks as if a new tower on the site of the Dainty Dot building is a go as is the Hudson Street (Parcel 24) affordable housing project.
Of interest is that several new projects I’ve heard little about are shown. The first is a high-rise (150-200′) on the “Hardware/NSTAR” site near South Station and Dewey Square, a mid-rise (6-10 stories, 175′) tower on the site of what was Hook Lobster and a 200′ tower across Northern Avenue where the US Coast Guard building now stands.
The guidelines are focused solely on the land abutting the Greenway and not on-top of the Greenway. So, there’s no building shown above the ramps facing the North End, no sign of the proposed new YMCA.
The release of the draft kicks off a 30-day public review / comment process after which the BRA will present final guidelines to the BRA Board of Directors on June 22nd.
Once the Board adopts the guidelines, they will be used as part of the City of Boston’s Article 80 Development Review Process.
More information: Greenway District Planning Study - Boston Redevelopment Authority - Source: Boston Herald
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BRA Releases Rose Kennedy Greenway Draft Guidelines
