New apartment building proposed for Canterbury Street off American Legion Highway in Roslindale

A Roslindale developer has filed plans for a four-story, 46-unit apartment building at 586 Canterbury St. next to the ScrubaDub, the Rozzie apartment building and the brook that runs along American Legion Highway.

Aponte Development plans also call for 32 parking spaces, enough room to store one bicycle per apartment, plus eight visitor bikes, a gym, a conference room and "study pods."

Aponte bought the three parcels that make up the porkchop-shaped one-acre lot for $1.4 million last March from the St. Michael Cemetery Corp. and the Italian Catholic Cemetery Association.

The company goes before the Boston Conservation Commission on Thursday because Canterbury Brook flows through the American Legion side of the property.

Aponte's proposal says it will not disturb the brook: The apartment building would be along Canterbury Street and vehicle access would be from Canterbury Street, rather than over the brook to American Legion. Aponte says it would add native plantings to the existing vegetation along the brook.

Plot plan of the property, showing the brook and a buffer zone, by Goddard Consulting:

The proposal calls for 10 studios, 26 one-bedroom apartments, 7 two-bedroom units and 3 three-bedroom apartments. Some of the ground-floor units will have their own patios. Eight of the units, or 17%, would be rented as affordable.

Aponte, based on McCraw Street, off Belgrade Avenue, says it has a design philosophy that starts:

We grew tired of seeing beige and grey boxes going up that do not fit, built by those who do not care. There is too much of it. So for us, it’s not just about building, or designing, or developing. It’s about much more than that: it's about creating balance -- balance between stakeholders, neighborhoods, craftspeople, New England design and culture.

586-594 Canterbury St. filings and meeting and comment schedule.