Avalon Brighton

Avalon Brighton Approved by BPDA

Avalon Brighton, located at 139-149 Washington Street in Brighton has been approved by The Boston Planning Board.  The project will include 2 new buildings to contain a total of 228 residential units, with 34 units income-restricted. One building will include 180 rental units, and one will include 48 homeownership units. 

Early 2018 construction start eyed for Avalon Brighton luxury residences

AvalonBay is aiming to break ground early next year on Avalon Brighton, a proposed luxury residential development featuring 210 apartment and condominium residences. AvalonBay has officially filed revised plans for the project with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) in response to community feedback, reducing overall density and increasing public open space. Proposed rental apartments have been reduced by 40 units to 180 in response to concerns regarding resident transiency; 30 homeownership condominiums remain proposed. AvalonBay is exploring opportunities to increase the number of homeownership condominiums at Avalon Brighton. Approximately 51% of the Avalon Brighton site is now proposed to be open space. Construction of Avalon Brighton as proposed would last approximately 24 months. The BPDA is now reviewing AvalonBay’s revised plans.

Avalon Brighton plans revised to include less residences, more open space

AvalonBay Communities recently presented revised plans for the proposed Avalon Brighton residential development in response to community feedback. The revised plans call for a reduction in residences to 210 total, down from 250 as proposed in October 2016. 40 apartments have been eliminated from the development plan in response to concerns regarding resident transiency; accordingly, the project would now feature 180 apartments and 30 condominiums. Likewise, project density has been reduced by over 20%, and on-site open space coverage has been increased to 51% from 37%, reducing the project’s floor-area-ratio (FAR) to 1.7 from 2.1.

Under the revised plans, 210 parking spaces would be provided for residents, in addition to 10 newly-added visitor spaces, down from 250 spaces as previously proposed. Building design has been modified to provide an increased setback from neighborhood streets. As part of the project, a new bus shelter would be constructed at the intersection of Washington Street and Fidelis Way, and streetscape improvements would be made. Updated renderings of Avalon Brighton are posted above; the project remains under review by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA).

AvalonBay proposes 250 residential units on Washington Street in Brighton

AvalonBay Communities has filed a Project Notification Form (PNF) with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) proposing to construct 250 residential units, including 220 apartments and 30 condominiums, on Washington Street in Brighton located steps to the MBTA Green Line and Brighton Center; the following is a link to the PNF. AvalonBay anticipates to start construction by the end of 2017; construction would last approximately 24 months. Two large development projects, 101-105 Washington Street and the Saint Gabriel's Monastery Redevelopment, are proposed next to the AvalonBay site. The following are renderings of Avalon Brighton:

AvalonBay Communities plans new apartment project in Brighton

Universal Hub reports that David Gillespie of AvalonBay Communities presented plans to the Brighton Allston Improvement Association this month for a new 287-unit residential apartment project in Brighton. The proposed project would be located along Washington Street next to the proposed Saint Gabriel's Monastery Redevelopment project.

Avalon Bay proposes to construct two new six-story buildings joined by a two-story center structure. 230 resident parking spaces would be located in a new garage underneath the buildings.