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National Development has released details of its plans for over 1.1 million square feet of commercial space and housing on South Boston’s Dorchester Avenue.
The Newton developer seeks to build 345 residential units in two buildings along with 674,500 square feet of commercial space and 55,000 square feet of retail at 323-365 Dorchester Ave., according to a letter of intent submitted to the Boston Planning and Development Agency. The parcels span 5.3 acres.
Developers said the proposal meets many goals of the BPDA’s PLAN: Dot Ave. study, which seeks to attract more housing and higher-use commercial space to the industrial neighborhood between the MBTA’s Broadway and Andrew stations. The firm will seek approvals under a planned development area review, Project Manager Jeffrey Lowenberg wrote.
National Development had earlier submitted plans for a 21-story office-residential tower on part of the site covered by its latest letter to city officials, describing it at the time as the first phase of the larger planned development. The company is also repositioning another recently-acquired property at 60-70 Old Colony Ave. with 70,000 square feet of retail space anchored by a Tatte Cafe bakery and test kitchen.
At the southern end of the Plan: Dot Ave. corridor, Boston-based Core Investments is converting a pair of buildings at 2 and 4 Alger St. into office-lab space while proposing an additional 2.5 million square feet of development in four buildings, including an initial office-lab building at 505 Dorchester Ave.
