City of Boston to Request Release of HUD Funding for 84 Warren Street

The City of Boston has announced that in early April the Mayor’s Office of Housing will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the release of Federal funds through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program for 84 Warren Street. The 84 Warren Street project is a partnership between Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC) and the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM), the latter being the current owner and occupant of the site.

The site is currently underutilized and consists of three parcels at the intersection of Warren Street and Warren Place in Nubian Square in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.  A single, two-story building which exists at the site will be demolished and 65 units of mixed-income rental and homeownership units will be created.  The completed project will total approximately 106,212 square feet the 65 units of housing will comprise of 43 affordable rental units and 22 affordable homeownership units.  In addition to housing, the development will also feature a new approximately 7,500 square foot space for the ULEM on the ground level at the corner of Warren Street and Warren Place.  The Project developer is Madison Park Redevelopment Corp. and the total project cost is approximately $48,662,253, including $2 million in Federal HOME funds from the City of Boston.

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