Seven-story apartment building planned for Brighton
A Chestnut Hill developer hopes to construct a residential building with 37 apartments and commercial space on Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton.
An entity led by Yan Schechter is proposing the seven-story building at 1430-1440 Commonwealth Ave., with frontage also on Kelton Street, according to plans filed for small project review with the Boston Planning & Development Agency.
The apartments would include one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with five set aside as affordable for households at 70 percent of the area median income. The project would also include two retail spaces and a rooftop community room, outdoor terraces, bike storage and an underground parking garage with 33 spaces for tenants.
Plans call for demolishing the existing three single-story, brick commercial buildings on the site. One of the tenants, Harry’s Bar & Grill, would return to the new building once construction is completed.
Schechter purchased the property, which is across from the MBTA’s Warren Street Green Line stop, for $2.77 million in 2013, according to Registry of Deeds documents.
The project requires zoning relief for violations including excessive height and insufficient usable open space and side and rear yards.
Construction costs for the new development are estimated at $12 million. Schechter hopes to start the project this fall and complete it in the spring of 2019.