Parcel U is conceived as a continuation of
the long term revitalization of the Jamaica Plain’s Washington Street and Hyde
Park Avenue. The Proposed Project will be among the first few larger MBTA
parcels to be developed from a vacant non-productive site into a lively and
urban residential community with some community and retail spaces.
The Project aims to bridge the different scales of the
surrounding context. The Project Site is located at the Southwest corner of the
Forest Hills T Station, directly bounded by the MBTA commuter rail tracks, Hyde
Park Avenue, Ukraine Way and the Tollgate Cemetery.
Occupying a challenging site that mediates between Hyde Park
Avenue and the MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak lines, two busy traffic lines, the
building’s design is required to be robust and to be able to convey the dynamic
qualities of the two through-fares. The Site is also located at transitional
zone of finer grain residential scales and urban configurations along
Washington Street and Hyde Park Avenue.
The development of this parcel owned by the Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority will provide 124 residential units, in a variety
of unit types ranging from studios, 1-bedroom, 2-bedrooms and 3-bedrooms, in a
couple types of urban typology: a townhouse type and a multifamily apartment
building type.
Urbanica was selected by the Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority [MBTA] through its real estate representative; Transit
Realty Associates [TRA] from a two phase “Invitation to Bid” process as the
designated developer of the Site. Urbanica, Inc, in collaboration with The Community Builders, the Mixed Income Housing
Partner for the mixed-Income rental apartments, will lead a team of
professional designers, planners, engineers and consultants with extensive
experience in the development of mixed-use projects.