The owner of Perkins Supply on West Broadway, where it turns into East Broadway, has filed plans to tear down the building and the neighboring Dunkin' Donuts and replace them with a five-story condo building with an underground garage and first-floor retail space.
In a filing with the BRA, Frank Sorrenti proposes 18 condo units - 2 of them marketed as affordable - and a garage with space for 21 cars and numerous bicycles. Sorrenti would also make an unspecified payment to the BRA's fund for building affordable housing.
The building skin will be a composition of brick panels with large floor-to-ceiling glazing covering the majority of the exterior façades, with accents of metal panels. The materials and façade details are intended to visually interrupt the massing of the building along its elevations in order to better integrate with the West Broadway and Dorchester Street streetscapes.
Sorrenti hopes to begin work on the $8.4-million project in mid-2017, with construction expected to take about a year.
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Remember when architects
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 2:54pm
Remember when architects could draw beautiful renderings?
Architecture has been reduced to ClipArt by cheapskate developers and the digitization of the profession.
Cheapest
By Goosen
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:16pm
Option to built that still has the appearance of being modern and sleek. Actually just looks pre-fab. Then turn around and sell the place for a ridiculously inflated price. Haven't seen a project in Boston (especially Southie) with actual character in years. Yay capitalism!
Renderings
By Nate
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:20pm
Agreed, but the actual design is the problem. The finished building will look identical to the soulless renderings. Probably just more mechanical units making it look even worse.
Yes!
By bosguy22
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:25pm
Where are the glorious brick arches of yesteryear. No columns? Ornate stained glass? Booooring.
It is sad state of affairs
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:53pm
It is sad state of affairs when 19th-20th century tenement buildings built for the poorest of the poor have more character and quality in their appearance than today's "luxury" developments.
Stained glass!
By chaosjake
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:34pm
It amazes me that utterly boring, pedestrian triple deckers in our older neighborhoods almost all incorporate decorative stained glass windows, often in the stairwells. These weren't luxury housing, just rentals for working families.
If I recall correctly
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 11:01pm
fancy glass like stained glass or patterned glass was often made of lower-quality glass than pure clear glass. It was scrap glass that had color added, or recycled glass that had been originally colored.
Really I have seen some of
By kvn
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 8:51am
Really I have seen some of it and it was beautiful stuff , got one myself. Guess one man's tuna fish is another man's caviar.
Dear Owner and Developer
By SoBoYuppie
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 6:59pm
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
This intersection is disgusting because of all the degenerates that Schubert's (the convenience store) attracts. There area outside has cigarette butts and scratch tickets thrown about.
This development is exactly what this intersection needs. I hope a nice restaurant will go in the retail space.
-The Original SoBo Yuppie
I mean..
By jj_bozza
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 11:18pm
What did you expect when you moved to Southie? Should've picked Back Bay or The South End
This development is too far
By Mr T
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 2:55pm
from Broadway or Andrew Station so it cannot be called transit oriented. That being said, this does not have enough parking spaces.
Are buses not considered mass
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:25pm
Are buses not considered mass transit or is it just trains?
busses in Southie....
By Paula M
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:10pm
Lack of busses in Southie is a HUGE issue from years ago, the T won't put more on because they say they have no where to store them.
Have you taken the bus lately?
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 6:05pm
Especially in Southie and especially at this intersection. By the time either the Copley or Dudley goes past this spot it is so jammed with commuters you don't have a chance of getting on.
So to answer your question, this isn't mass transit.
It's like 3/4 mile from
By tape
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:27pm
It's like 3/4 mile from either stop (maybe a tad longer to Broadway) and on bus lines to both. 3/4 mile is what, a 15 minute walk? That's not bad.
Also, 21 parking spots for 18 units is definitely too much parking in 2016.
Yes
By bosguy22
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:34pm
About 3/4 of a mile to the Red line and 300 feet to a bus stop.
There's also a Hubway station
By Steve Brady
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:00pm
There's also a Hubway station right there.
When will it end?!
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:20pm
When will it end?!
Probably
By zetag
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:48pm
when all the crappy old buildings have been knocked down and the space put to use efficiently.
What??
By bosguy22
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:03pm
You don't think a 1 story building in a prime commuting area is being well-utilized when it consists of a plumbing supply store, a Dunks, and a place to buy lottery tickets?
Much more realistic if you
By MattyC
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:09pm
Much more realistic if you read that with the earnestness knob set to 11.
it is being put to use
By shawn gavell
Sat, 03/12/2016 - 12:23am
it is being put to use asshole!!! people live in southie< not just scumbag yuppies coming to gentrify all of us out.. you all need to be ashamed.... how would you feel if youir families were erradicated from their home town with nowhere to go and living in southie they whole life>> i hope you all become homeless and unwantedly become transplanted elsewhere and die from a rapist or mugger
It'll end when the housing
By Verbal
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 5:53pm
It'll end when the housing shortage abates, either because people have built enough housing or because we have turned Boston into San Francisco, with its hills of multimillionaires and hoovervilles under every overpass.
To me this development is too much parking and not enough houses. 1:1 cars to homes is plenty.
A lot of the demand is for
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 8:53pm
A lot of the demand is for investments which is not a specific amount.
Huh?
By bosguy22
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 8:58am
Let me guess, Saudi princes are buying Southie real estate and just sitting on it as an investment. It feels silly to ask, but have any proof of this? All of the condo developments near me sell easily (usually above asking price) and people move in as soon as they close.
Now, if you're saying people are buying them as investments and them renting them out, that shows there's still demand.
Seeking Relief
By ElizaLeila
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 12:14pm
They're actually seeking relief for insufficient off street parking. So they're already lower than what Zoning requires. I'd say they're more in line with your wishes than you realize.
New concept,
By bulgingbuick
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:34pm
condo's in South Boston. They ought to put a hot dog stand at Castle Island next.
What
By zetag
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:48pm
would you propose go there instead?
Irish pub with a secret
By anon
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:54pm
Irish pub with a secret gambling den and a pill dispensary? It could also share space with an ATM, cell phone store, and nail salon.
A fake Irish
By bulgingbuick
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:23pm
Bar that serves Starbucks.
taking a dunkins away
By geep9
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:38pm
is a step too far.
not to worry
By teric
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:59pm
when their 'retail" space lies dormant for a year, they'll be happy to have DD's back.
Are you serious?
By MattyC
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:10pm
What retail space, anywhere on Broadway (big OR small) is empty and not under construction today?
D and West Broadway
By GoSoxGo
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 5:10pm
Although, I understand there is a new five/six-story similar building planned. It's just a matter of time and we'll see the (terrible) Burger King and gas station lots redeveloped as well.
You're kidding?
By anon
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 12:46pm
Visit Southie some time and walk East Broadway between L and I Strrets. There are no fewer than five storefronts empty. Some are boarded up and most have been vacant for more than two years. So please knock off the BS.
Sorry, no
By MattyC
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 4:33pm
I don't have to visit I St, I live there. Maybe you should come back from the riviera sometime. Maybe you mean Linehan's would-be campaign headquarters? He can keep it, but its not boarded up.
PS Coffee
By jontramos
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 5:05pm
Everyone goes to PS Coffee anyway. You'll see those "Home of the Bucket" cups littered all over Southie.
Speak for yourself.
By Tommy Jeff
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 5:31pm
Aside from the sugary mess they call coffee, it's always full of marble mouths pushing baby carriages who can barely keep their eyes open.
That just cant be true! Haven
By Lmo
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 8:14pm
That just cant be true! Haven't you see the "This is a drug free zone" sign on the door of PS.
Meh that Dunks sucks anyways
By anon
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 2:04pm
Meh that Dunks sucks anyways
Construction finishes in mid-2018 and
By TiminCharlestown
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 4:27pm
complaints from the new tenants about the noise outside of Junction at 2AM also start in mid-2018. What a coincidence..
Ask the folks at Ironsides in Charlestown about how that worked out with the old bat across Park St. They can't ever open the windows on that side.
The Junction
By bosguy22
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 8:58am
Closes at 1.
Extinction
By Rectorseal
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 6:12pm
Add getting plumbing supplies to the list of things you can't get in Southie anymore. Along with roast beef sandwiches, vehicle inspection stickers and pretty soon gasoline.
Liberty Bell
By El Danimal
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 8:21am
Really miss that place
Remake Major Intersection?
By Rob
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 7:06pm
How?
There's nothing in that proposal about remaking that intersection. The street alignment will be exactly the same as now.
Sorry, was talking more about the, um, cityscape
By adamg
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 7:19pm
You're right - the traffic patterns will remain the same, and the project is small enough (really, just 18 units) that they didn't have to file a voluminous traffic study.
But given the prominence of the location in that prominent intersection, I thought replacing a couple of single-story buildings (well, the plumbing place does have a two-story section) with a five-story structure would make the square look somewhat different - and wondered if it would lead to even further development like that.
Dorchester St is a mess
By Red
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 12:50pm
Traffic is already backed up on Dorchester St SB way beyond Stats to W 3rd because the geometry of the B'way/Dorchester St intersections requires each traffic phase to be split as well as an all-pedestrian crossing, resulting in long traffic queues. This intersection needs a good redesign to find solutions to unsplit traffic phases and allow peds to cross with concurrent traffic movements (i.e. relocated the crosswalks).
You're talking about a 10 car
By MattyC
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 4:34pm
You're talking about a 10 car "backup" at a red light. My solution is to not go that way.
It had to happen
By livable
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 9:22pm
It was inevitable that this property be developed. But the proposed replacement is beyond terrible. I love modern architecture, and although most of what has gone up in Southie has been marginal at best, to beyond bad (the ersatz throw-back to yesteryear, like next to Rite Aid on E. Broadway), this is so bad as to represent the worst kind of clip-art architecture one can find on Google images under "generic nondescript visual violation." We have one chance in decades to remake this significant intersection. Is this really the best we can do?
Suburban Office Park
By anon
Thu, 03/10/2016 - 7:43am
Why would anyone pay $ to live in what looks like a suburban office park building? It's depressing.
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