The owners of a dispensary on Boylston Street between Gloucester and Fairfield streets in the Back Bay yesterday sued the operators of a proposed dispensary three blocks down the street - and the Zoning Board of Appeal, which approved both. Read more.
Rendering with red box showing the extra floor.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a sixth floor for a five-story building now under construction at 734-742 Dudley St. in Dorchester. Read more.
Rendering by Choo & Company.
The Zoning Board today approved a developer's plans to build four attached condos with front entrances that would face a new driveway at 108 Allston St., across from the West End House, in Allston. Read more.
Rendering by Choo & Company.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today gave a Pittsfield developer a year to resume construction of a four-story, 18-unit condo building at 3992-3996 Washington St. next to the Domino's and across from Archdale Liquors. Read more.
Rendering by Arrowstreet.
The Zoning Board of Appeal this week unanimously approved plans for a 124-unit apartment at the old Clay Chevrolet site at 361 Belgrade Ave. at West Roxbury Parkway in Roslindale. Read more.
The owner of a single-family home on East Broadway in South Boston yesterday sued to block construction of a new two-family house and the additions of dormers and an extension to an existing home on an East 4th Street lot that touches his property at a single point, arguing the construction would mean more noise, overcrowding and shadows, and less air, light, privacy and property value for him. Read more.
Tropical Foods on Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury says a ten-story residential building next door would cause parking and driving problems for its customers, created"offensive shadows" and reduce the value of its property, so it's asking a judge to "annul" the Zoning Board of Appeal's approval of the project. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a request from the operators of a marijuana store now under construction on South Street in Roslindale to override a 2021 board decision barring Sunday sales. Read more.
The owner of a South End condo and roof patio yesterday sued the Zoning Board of Appeal to block construction of a pair of decks - one with a grill and fire pit - atop the building next door. Read more.
Rendering, showing some of the parking, by GCD Architects.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by City Realty to build a seven-unit residential building with 16 parking spaces on a large lot next to Constitution Beach in East Boston. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today unanimously approved a West 7th Street's resident's request to expand his deck. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a marijuana store on Atlantic Avenue at Beach Street. Read more.
More than a decade after a developer first proposed a hotel at 188 High St., another developer is set to actually begin construction of a seven-story, 24-room hotel this summer, its attorney told the Zoning Board of Appeal. Read more.
Rendering by PCA.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by two developers to replace 1.3 acres of weeds and mostly invasive trees with a 70-unit condo project rising four to six stories at 75 Tremont St. in Brighton's Oak Square neighborhood. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by a company to lease a former Catholic school at 120-124 Babson St. for use as 14 affordable apartments for seniors with an adult daycare center on the ground floor. Read more.
Rendering of proposed Blank Street Coffee.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by a Brooklyn-based coffeehouse chain that specializes in cold brews to turn a former real-estate office at 489 East Broadway in South Boston into a place where baristas can ply their trade - right around the corner from the more old-school PS Gourmet, which sells giant-sized "buckets" of flavored iced coffee. Read more.
Rendering by Choo & Company.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a row of five townhouses at 143 Tremont St., just one door down from the Newton line in Brighton's Oak Square neighborhood. Read more.
Rendering of proposed fourth-floor addition (on lighter building) by Context.
A group of residents on Snow Hill and Hull street in the North End sued the Zoning Board of Appeal today over its approval of a project to add a fourth floor to a two-family building at 47-48 Snow Hill St., next to an existing four-story building. Read more.
Rendering by Studio ENÉE.
The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved plans by Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción for a $25-million Center for the Arts, Self-Determination, and Activism at 85 West Newton St. in the South End. Read more.
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