Apartments Proposed At Former Bike Shop in Allston
The developers say the Allston Village apartments will be affordable for middle-class families.
If a new proposal goes according to plan, Allston will be getting dozens of new apartments targeting bicycle-aficionado middle-class renters.
Cambridge-based Eden Properties wants to turn the long-time home of International Bicycle Center into 138 apartments and 8,000 square feet of retail space, under a preliminary proposal filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
Earlier this year, the owners of the popular bike shop sold their building to Eden and their repair and sales business to Landry’s Bikes, ending 45 years in business at the 89-95 Brighton Ave. location.
Eden’s apartment project would also include 68 parking spaces behind the retail space on the ground floor, covered storage for 168 bikes, and an onsite bicycle repair station, according to a letter to city officials from Peter Tamm, an attorney for the developers.
“Completion of this redevelopment project will transform this underutilized site into a vibrant mixed-used, mixed-income, transit-orientated development,’’ Tamm wrote.
Eden Properties plans to demolish the buildings on the site, which includes both 89-95 Brighton Ave. and 41 Gardner St.
Some cleanup may also be needed, with the developers acknowledging that the land on which they want to build is considered a contaminated “brownfield’’ site.
Noah Maslan, former director of real estate for Urban Edge, a local nonprofit economic development corp., is listed as a partner at Eden Properties, and Michael Samuels is listed as the owner.
Details on rents and unit sizes won’t be available until Eden files its full proposal with city officials, a spokeswoman for the developer indicated in an email.
But the project is designed to meet goals recently laid out by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to boost the number of apartments and condos in that are affordable to middle class families, according to the letter sent to city officials.
“Allston Village is an important neighborhood that can benefit from a new mixed-use residential project that embraces a range of price points and takes advantage of its proximity to transit,’’ Eden Properties’ Maslan said in a statement. “The project will improve an existing brownfields site, expand residential opportunities, enliven the streetscape with ground floor retail and encourage alternate forms of transit (particularly biking).’’
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