PARCEL U PROJECT WEBSITE

Parcel U: Aerial View
Image Credit: URBANICA DESIGN

Please check out the project website for Parcel U, Jamaica Plain, www.parcel-U.com

We will post updates, meeting dates and project documents on the site for the general public.

MBTA PARCEL U COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSIONS

Urbanica will be holding a series of public information sessions with the local neighborhood groups and residents of Jamaica Plain/Forest Hills to discuss our plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of MBTA Parcel U located at the intersection of Hyde Park Avenue and Ukraine Way.

URBANICA PARCEL U INFORMATION SESSIONS
Monday, January 20, 6.30-7.30pm

Woodbourne Neighborhood Association + Weld Hill Street Watch Group

Woodbourne Apartments Community Room

6 Southbourne Road, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

POSTPONED due to Snowstorm Janus. New date TBD

Tuesday, January 21, 6.30-8.30pm

JP Neighborhood Council- Housing and Development Committee

Senior Room, Curtis Hall Community Center

20 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Thursday, January 23, 2014, 7.00-9.00pm

Asticou/Martinwood/South (AMS) Neighborhood Association

State Laboratory Institute, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain 02130

Wednesday, January 29, 6.30-7.30pm

Wenham NA + Yale Terrace NA + West Roxbury Courthouse NA
Senior Room, Curtis Hall Community Center

20 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

NEW DATE: Tuesday, February 4, 6.30-8.30pm 

JP Neighborhood Council- Housing and Development Committee
Senior Room, Curtis Hall Community Center

20 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Wednesday, February 5, 7.00-9.00pm

JP Neighborhood Council- Zoning Committee

Farnsworth House, 90 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

All information sessions are open to the general public. 

74 HIGHLAND COMMUNITY UPDATES

View of Highland and Dorr Street - Scenario with 7 Units of Townhouses
A study by MERGE Architects on preserving the Oak and Catalpa trees
Image Credit: MERGE Architects

For updates on the 74 Highland Townhouses, please check out the [SLIDES] that were presented on Thursday night (Dec 12, 2013).

MERGE Architects and Urbanica are studying on the possibility and feasibility of preserving the two trees located on Highland Street. We will update as soon as we find out.

URBANICA IS ON BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

The Resnikoff family hanging out in their beautiful kitchen
Photo Credit: W.Marc Bernsau, Boston Business Journal

Mary Moore, reporter from the Boston Business Journal, wrote a fantastic analysis on the up and coming neighborhood of Roxbury. Mary wrote "that the area has witnessed significant resurgence as hundreds of millions of dollars in public and private sector projects come to fruition in the neighborhood's core and on its fringes". This has lead to the growth of median prices far exceeding the rise in values across Suffolk County and across the state. Two of our projects, 226-232 Highland Street E+ Townhouses and the Parcel 9 Melnea Hotel and Residences were featured in the article.

A couple of our home buyers at 226-232 Highland Street, Ted Resnikoff and his wife, Suleykan "discovered this hidden jewel" of a neighborhood that is mere minutes away from downtown Boston. The energy efficient project is slated to be LEED Platinum certified and the houses actually produces more energy than it consumes, hence the term "Energy Positive". The quality finishings, the modern contextual design and the sustainable aspects of the project helped in breaking new ground in sales prices. In return, the buyers were able to get more value for their money with new construction, more living space, lower comparative prices, room for future capital appreciation and most importantly, the opportunity to live in a strong historic Boston neighborhood.

While there are concerns that long term residents will be pushed out due to gentrification, the fact remains the as Roxbury progresses with new developments of market rate housing alongside other bigger institutional developments around Dudley Square and Northeastern University, the long term prospects of the residents will greatly improved with locally created jobs and wealth.

In fact, this is the driving principle for our development of Parcel 9 Melnea Hotel and Residences--a multi-million dollar mixed use complex that boast a 145-room hotel, 50 apartments, retail and community spaces. The hotel and retail components will help create local jobs while stimulating the surrounding micro-economy. In tandem with the developments at Dudley Square and Parcel 10, we believe that these projects will create the momentum in rejuvenating the area and help this amazing neighborhood reach greater heights.

For the full story, please visit this Boston Business Journal article, ["ROXBURY'S CHANGING FACE"].

74 HIGHLAND: COMMUNITY UPDATE

We are having a meeting for community updates on the 74 Highland Street project.

74 HIGHLAND COMMUNITY UPDATES

MEETING DATE: December 12, 2013

TIME: 6.30pm

LOCATION: Community Room at Shelburne Community Center, 2730 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119

Please help us spread the word to your neighbors and community members. Thank you!