Developer plans 115 rental units for Hyde Park industrial lots

Three lots in an industrial stretch of Hyde Park close to the MBTA Commuter Rail could someday be home to 115 residential rental units.

West Boylston Investments LLC is eyeing the transformation of 1690-1700 Hyde Park Ave., with a vision to replace the “underutilized” sites with a mix of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments, plans filed earlier this month with the Boston Planning and Development Agency show.

The proposal comes “in response to the unique housing dynamic of the Hyde Park neighborhood, which suffers from a lack of both new rental and homeownership housing options for new professionals, empty nesters, activer seniors, and families,” Mitchell Fischman, a consultant representing the developer, wrote to the BPDA on Feb. 8.

“The proposed development at 1690-1700 Hyde Park Ave. will introduce much needed housing to a transit adjacent industrial neighborhood in an architectural form that will both tie in with the existing industrial context and provide public open space for current and future residents in the neighborhood,” a project notification form says.

“The site is located next to several residential neighborhoods and will help to weave these areas together.”

The project, if approved, would consolidate three parcels into a single, 0.71-acre site with a 99,000 square-foot, 70-foot-tall building, not far from the Readville Commuter Rail station near Boston’s southernmost border, filings show.

Inside, plans call for 31 studio units, 49 one-bedroom units, 20 two-bedroom units, and three three-bedroom units.

At least 20 units — or 17% of those proposed — will be income-restricted affordable housing, a number higher than the required 13% threshold set under the city’s Inclusionary Development Policy, the proposal states.

The plan also envisions 1,500 square feet of ground floor commercial space.

Additionally, the complex would boast 69 garaged parking spaces, a community lounge, a fitness area, an outdoor roof terrace, and 18 short-term bike parking spaces.

“The new proposed building – designed by RODE Architects – will be architecturally unique and modern, featuring a significant pocket park,” the proposal states, adding the 5,000 square feet of greenery would include 23 trees, filings show.

Developers say a one-time bike share contribution of $49,000 to the city and subsidized MBTA passes and BlueBikes memberships for tenants are among the public benefits of the project.

If approved, the project would follow two other nearby residential developments at 1702 and 1717-1725 Hyde Park Ave. that have already secured support from city officials, according to developers.

The BPDA is accepting public comment on the proposal through March 29.

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