Another South End church may be converted into condos
Just as the last units in The Lucas – the former Holy Trinity German Church on Shawmut Avenue in the South End – hit the market, a new church-to-condo conversion is in the works.
The newly proposed development would turn the Immaculate Conception Church at 771 Harrison Avenue, along with an attached building and an internal courtyard, into a seven-story, 63-unit condo building.
The development would also have 54 bike spaces, 48 on-site garage parking spaces, and 25 adjacent garage parking spaces.
Universal Hub notes that developer Ronald Simons plans to keep the exterior of the church mostly the same, while adding some roof terraces and skylights. This differs from The Lucas, where developers added a multi-story glass addition to the top.
According to the proposal, the church was built for Boston College in 1859 and the attached building was constructed in 1960, as a part of the Jesuit Urban Center, the last group to occupy the building. The 1960 building will be used as the entrance to the condos.
In the proposal, Simons lists a variety of community benefits the conversion would bring, such as “the restoration and historic preservation” of a church that is currently abandoned.
Simons plans to construct studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units in the building.
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