High interest in Southie housing complex redevelopment
Developers are lining up for the chance to remake one of Boston’s biggest and best-located public housing complexes.
Five prominent builders filed proposals with the Boston Housing Authority to redevelop the 27-acre Mary Ellen McCormack complex on Old Colony Avenue in South Boston.
It’s the strongest response yet to the authority’s ambitious campaign to get private developers to shoulder the cost of renovating aging public housing, in exchange for building market-rate units on the grounds. Administrator Bill McGonagle attributed the strong response largely to the McCormack’s location — walkable to two Red Line stops and across from Moakley Park and Carson Beach.
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