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VFW Parkway becoming VFW Apartmentway: New proposal for land behind newly opened apartments next to the Home Depot
By adamg on Fri, 04/19/2019 - 12:04pm
Developer Peter Davos of West Roxbury is proposing 70 apartments and 18 townhouse condos behind the 80-unit Oak Row apartment building he recently finished on VFW Parkway next to the Home Depot lot.
Davos expects to file detailed plans soon with the BPDA for the 1.4-acre proposal, but in a letter of intent filed this week, he said he will use four lots on either side of Gardner Street - which runs between the Home Depot parking lot and Charles Park Road. The lots currently house buildings used by a plastics company and a contractor, as well as "non-descript residential structures."
The apartments would be built in a "mid-rise" building, the letter says. The condos would all have three bedrooms. Davos is proposing 70 parking spaces for the apartments and a driveway and garage for each of the condos.
In addition to the Oak Row complex and this proposal, another developer has proposed a 258-unit apartment complex down in the strip-mall section of VFW Parkway, next to Prime Motors and in front of the Boston Trailer Park.
178, 189-197 Gardner St. letter of intent (531k PDF).
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But the character of the
But the character of the neighborhood....which doesn’t exist there.
Build it.
X Marks the Spot
Good spot for them...
Time to consider a new commuter rail stop
The Needham line runs right next to Home Depot and would be maybe 1/10th of a mile from this new development. There are details to consider (like a parking lot for the station) but this stuff could become "transit friendly" real fast if they added a stop there.
And they should build out /
And they should build out / futureproof it for eventual transition from needham rail to Orange Line
Baker will never support extending orange line or anything bold
Baker is never going to approve extending the orange line. He is trying to do the opposite (get more people driving) with repeated fare increases, no gas/toll increases, and massive state sponsored parking structures in places like the squidport.
98 units, plus the existing
98 units, plus the existing complex with 80 units.
I'm all for expanding transit. But what are the standards for the number of new riders needed to justify a new station, considering the construction costs and delays to through passengers?
Also, the VFW train bridge is only a half mile down the tracks from West Roxbury Station.
Well!
I never!
Bring back the drive in....
Tell Kinopio I'll pick him up and bring him if he needs a ride.