Rendering by Timothy Johnson Architect.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a developer's proposal for a building with nine apartments and one floor of commercial space on Allstate Road at Willow Court across from the South Bay mall.
Developer Adam Sarbaugh's proposal calls for ten parking spaces - nine for residents and one for the 3,700-square-foot office.
The proposal, first submitted in 2020, does not have any affordable units.. However, Sarbaugh's attorney, Nick Zozula, said Sarbaugh's larger proposal nearby, at Willow and Baker courts, would have 26 out of its 99 condos be sold as affordable.
At five stories, the building is taller than called for by the lot's zoning, but Zozula said other buildings in the fast-changing Allstate area are or will be six stories.
The board's approval calls for Sarbaugh to work with the BPDA on redesigning the first floor to move bicycle storage away from the building trash area.
City councilors Frank Baker, Erin Murphy and Michael Flaherty, state Sen. Nick Collins, the Newmarket Business Improvement District and the McCormack Civic Association supported the proposal.
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Allstate Road
By Ron Newman
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:10am
Always wondered how the street got that name. Did the insurance company once have a building there?
Sears
By anon
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:37am
Allstate was a long time Sears brand name. And South Bay Mall used to be a huge Sears distribution center.
Don't Know
By John Costello
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:46am
However, the parking garage near this site has Sylvia Plath quotes stenciled into the walls of the interior of the garage.
The garage abuts Willow Court.
Sylvia Plath lived on Willow Street. Willow Street on Beacon Hill, not Dorchester however.
Superficial marketing people are just lovely, aren't they?
9 units
By anon
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 12:11pm
what a surprise..
Playing by the rules
By Username Unknown
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 7:46pm
So the city creates a set of rules for development, a builder submits a proposal that adheres to those rules and you're still upset??
Would 8 units make you happier? Five? None? Leave it as a junkyard?
sdf
By tape
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 2:06pm
I'm inclined to oppose it just based on these three supporting it.
Wow
By John Costello
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 2:59pm
Are you going to "visit" Frank with your friend Salem Heretic as he threatened too during the Covid eviction debates? Are you tough guy?
You agreeing with physical threats on politicians back then make you no different than the January 6th terrorists.
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By tape
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 3:44pm
???
Please
By John Costello
Tue, 01/10/2023 - 4:00pm
You know exactly what I am talking about. Stop being so stupid. It makes you look worse.
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