Tower proposed for the Fenway would bring 325 residential units
Fenway could be getting yet another residential tower.
In a letter of intent to the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Trans National Properties proposed demolishing the existing building at 2 Charlesgate West, which is just steps away from Fenway Park, and building a 340-foot tower.
The tower would include 325 combined condo and apartment units, 10,000 square feet of retail, up to 6,000 square feet of office space, and 200 parking spaces. The letter of intent noted that this project is at one of two “gateway sites” in the Fenway Neighborhood District, which are sites where the city wants to encourage “the development of architecturally-distinctive civic landmarks at major entrances to the Fenway neighborhood.”
“It’s just such a fantastic corridor, but it’s also a forgotten corridor,” Justin Krebs, the project lead from Trans National Properties, told The Boston Globe. “Our goal is to really improve the look and feel of it.”
The Globe also notes Trans National Properties would be building the tower on its former headquarters, which the company has occupied since 1976.
Beyond the new housing, Krebs notes in his letter of intent that Trans National has other goals for the building, including improving the area around the building to fit in with the Fens park system, bettering pedestrian walking routes in the neighborhood, installing more art in the area, and improving Ipswich Street by adding more retail.
Trans National also plans to increase the amount of affordable housing in the building by providing a minimum of 50 percent on the site.
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