270 Dorchester Ave.
Update
05/12/17
The Chandlery, 114 new residential units with retail, approved in South Boston
The Chandlery, a new building featuring 114 residential units and 6,590 square feet of ground-floor retail located steps to Broadway Station, was approved at last night (May 11th, 2017)’s Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board Meeting. In response to community feedback, the building has been reduced by 36 residences, to 114 from 150 as originally proposed. Likewise, affordable units have been reduced to 20 from 70 as originally proposed, and the building's height has been reduced to 6 stories from 8 as originally proposed. The Chandlery will require additional approval from the City of Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals in order to proceed with construction. The Chandlery is anticipated to start construction in the 4th quarter of this year and open in the 2nd Quarter of 2019.
