Builders focus on neighborhood
Many projects lined up
The building boom around the city has landed with a thud in Roxbury, a neighborhood that’s 81 percent renter-occupied, making residents more vulnerable to displacement and eviction.
This comes as the cost of housing has jumped 70 percent in the neighborhood between 2010 and 2015, according to data from Imagine Boston 2030.
That makes “the American Dream of buying a home, raising a family, and building strong, stable communities ... more and more out of reach,” said City Councilor Kim Janey, who lives in and represents Roxbury.
Here is a sampling of developments planned or in construction in Roxbury filed over the last two years:
August: Beacon Communities plan to build Lenox Apartments; 285 housing units across 12 three-story buildings on Lenox Street.
July: JB Ventures and TCR Development to restore Alexandra Hotel at Massachusetts Avenue and Washington Street in Lower Roxbury; 150 hotel rooms, restaurant and rooftop amenity space.
July 2017: Kensington Investment Co. intends to redevelop the former Radius Specialty Hospital Site on Townsend Street into a 380,000 square-foot mixed-used project; 322 housing units.
May 2017: Long Bay Management submits a 25-story tower project for residential and commercial use, set to be the tallest tower in Roxbury; $144 million; 165 apartments and 46 condos. September 2016: Tremont Crossing project is 1.9 mil- lion-square-feet; 729 housing units, a BJ’s Wholesale Club, and a new museum at Tremont and Whittier
streets.
July 2016: Cruz Construction announces plans for a $47 million mixed-income apartment building on Warren and Clifford streets; 95 units.