A former Jamaica Plain nursing home may be next to turn into condos
The developers, Eden Properties LLC and Samuels & Associates, Inc., want to transform the five-to-eight story Goddard House, which was built in 1927, into 108 residential units.
A pair of veteran Hub developers wants to turn a historic Jamaica Plain nursing home into one of the city’s hottest new places to live.
Eden Properties LLC and Samuels & Associates, Inc. have filed initial plans with City Hall to build a 169-unit residential complex on South Huntington Avenue, home to the nearly century-old Goddard House, a former nursing home.
The developers want to transform the five-to-eight story Goddard House, which was built in 1927, into 108 residential units. And they want to put another 61 units in a new building next to the nursing home. Some amount of parking is also planned, though the exact amount hasn’t been determined.
The Goddard House was the oldest nursing home in the state when it closed in 2012. The stately brick building was cited by the Boston Preservation Alliance as an example of colonial revival architecture.
The developers say they also plan to make “open space improvements’’ on the two-acre site, according to a proposal letter to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
The new JP residential project is likely to face a thorough review by both city officials and the neighborhood, as similar proposals have generated intense debate among Jamaica Plain residents.
After a long neighborhood row, another group of developers last fall finally won city approval to replace the Home of Little Wanderers with a new residential project not far from the Goddard House on Huntington Avenue.
Still, the developers may have sidestepped one potential controversy and placated historic preservationists with their decision to renovate the Goddard Building.
The proposal is a joint effort between a veteran of a major JP housing initiative and a developer who helped remake the once gritty neighborhood around Fenway Park.
Noah Maslan, a partner at Eden, was previously director of real estate at Urban Edge, a nonprofit which played a leading role in the $250 million redevelopment of Jackson Square.
And Steve Samuels, for his part, has built hundreds of new high-rise apartments and condos around Fenway Park and brought new retail to the area as well.
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