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121-unit apartment complex approved near Millennium Park in West Roxbury

By adamg on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 1:37pm
Rendering of proposed 100 Charles Park Rd.

Rendering by Sousa Design Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by a developer to replace the last vestiges of Pizzeria Uno in Boston - its former corporate headquarters on the road to Millennium Park - with a two-building, five-story complex with 191 apartments.

The 100 Charles Park Rd. proposal by Anwar Faisal, better known for his apartment holdings in Allston/Brighton, would sit behind the Home Depot and across from Cow Island Pond - a marshy inlet of the Charles River - in an area along VFW Parkway from roughly the train bridge to the Dedham line that has become something of a hot spot for apartment and condo construction - including a separate development now under construction next to Faisal's proposed site.

Apartments would range from one- to three-bedrooms, Faisal's attorney, Jeff Drago, told the board.

The buildings would have a total of 20 affordable apartments, with five renting to people making no more than 50% of the Boston-area median income, Drago said.

The buildings, located along a route sometimes taken by the 36 bus, would have 91 parking spaces in an underground garage.

100 Charles Park Road filings.

Neighborhoods: 
West Roxbury
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Comments

By Casual observer on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 1:57pm.

This is a good reuse of this land and an area where there are now several large apartment complexes either in place or under construction. It would be good for the T to develop a commuter rail stop on the line that goes by the Home Depot given the increase in density in this area

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By epeemike81 on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 4:10pm.

How about we extend the orange line out to the 128 loop?

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By anon on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 2:56pm.

I am by no means against development, but what is the city and/or developer going to do about the effects of all of the new residents on traffic in this area? The VFW is a hot mess in that area most of the time bc there is only 1 manner of egress from that area for all ppl visiting Millenium, Home Depot, the storage business, MSPP, the residential units, etc, that are all tucked into that area. Is there no way to build thru to connect in Dedham following the train tracks or going past the storage units?

By epeemike81 on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 4:09pm.

The correct solution to that question is in the comment directly above yours. :)

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By M. Sanchez on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 3:22pm.

Great News! More new housing and new residents for Boston. Maybe even some new murals and bike lanes. Good stuff.

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By Frelmont on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 4:46pm.

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2013/12/31/anwar-faisal-worst-landlo...

Well, beggars mustn’t be choosers.

Can we audit the Legislature yet?

[The] Home Depot

P.s., 17:53, 08272024, until I learnta this individual in a recent UH report the only infamous Somerville landlord I was aware of was Jared Putupawal Kushner.

By dvg on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 5:08pm.

Given Anwar Faisal's decades long reputation as a landlord, I have a name suggestion for his upcoming development: Sties by the Charles. Other suggestions welcome.

A community benefit they may include in the project's filling is that it will create an unusual number of jobs. For building inspectors and lawyers that is.

If you are wondering why, just google Anwar's full name.

Bad jokes aside, has this guy ever developed anything new?

By FenwayFrank on Tue, 08/27/2024 - 6:29pm.

I don’t know if he has developed anything before, but he recently opened the Iris Hotel in Coolidge Corner in a 10ish story renovated building.