BRA Approved Retail Tower Behind TD Garden

The area around North Station will be getting a facelift now that the Boston Redevelopment Authority on February 14 unanimously approved construction of a 38-story residential tower behind the TD Garden.

According to the Boston Globe, part of the plan is for a 32-story Nashua Street Residences that will bring over 500 residential units and a two-story public, retail colonnade to the area around North Station.

The project site is bounded by Nashua Street, Partners Healthcare, North Station and the Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building.  Units will include a mix of studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms and 32 three-bedroom units.  The Residences will also include 219 parking spaces.

 Community Benefits will include:

• 503 residential units, including 32 3-bedroom units
• 27 affordable units
• $3,204,000 designated for off-site affordable housing
• 2 story public retail arcade encouraging pedestrian circulation between Nashua Street and Causeway Street
• Pedestrian streetscape improvements to Nashua Street and Lomasney Way
• $300,000 in funding to Crossroads Initiative for improvements to Causeway Street
• $175,000 in funding to the West End Civic Association
• $25,000 in funding to Community Works
• $1,750,000 a year in real estate taxes

The development team includes AvalonBay Communities, CBT Architects, Exclusive Real Estate, and Goulston & Storrs.