BRA Approves Plans for Lagrange St. Apartment Complex in West Roxbury

A $10-million apartment complex will be built on Lagrange Street in Boston’s West Roxbury Neighborhood following approval by the Boston Redevelopment Authority announced Thursday night.

Developer Michael Argiros of Charles River Realty plans to demolish a shuttered factory that once made inhalers and construct a three-story residential building with 48 apartments, six of which will be designated as affordable.

The Victorian style multi-family building at 425 LaGrange Street, designed by Neshamkin French Architects, is intended to blend nicely with the surrounding neighborhood and Centre Street shopping area.

The project will contain eight studios, 22 one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom, and two three-bedroom units. It includes off-street parking for 81 vehicles. The building is slated to take up 49,800 square feet.

“While West Roxbury is known primarily as a neighborhood of single family homes, the Project will provide housing options for singles and new families hoping to enter this limited sub-urban market” part of Argiros’ initial proposal read.

The developer hopes to break ground by March 2016 and complete the project by July 2017.