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As the first residents of the long-awaited Dot Block apartment complex begin to lug furniture and belongings into their new apartments, the developer, Samuels & Associates, believes they will find a living community that intertwines seamlessly within the surrounding residential and business districts. The Reporter was given a sneak peek to the brand-new living community at the

Boston apartment: Two buildings at Dot Block open for lease with room for Fluffy and Fido and rents starting at $2,500.

Dot Block, an apartment building slated to open in June, will have public retail space, plus a slew of amenities for tenants.

A developer has filed plans to replace a car wash at 247 Hancock St. with a six-story, 47-unit residential building. Arx Urban's proposed building would sit next to an apartment building it completed in 2020 and across the street from the Dot Block complex. The filing with the BPDA does not say if the units will be apartments or condos. In either case, the Bay Village-based

Metropolitan Boston surely has a housing crisis. Our rents are second highest in the US and the cost of housing is a major reason why the state is now losing population despite thousands of unfilled jobs. The problem is that the haphazard, piecemeal approach for residential development in the city during the last three decades is not solving the housing crisis and has had

Developers of a proposal to bring 230 new residential units to an increasingly busy stretch of Morrissey Boulevard in Neponset pitched their updated version of the project to neighbors during a public meeting last week. Reaction was mixed, with comments largely focused on concerns about access to the site, which now houses a Ramada Inn hotel, and the future of the surrounding

By Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent May 6, 2021 Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent "Id like to be able to step away and have Dorchester Bay City in a good spot." - Frank Baker City Councillor Frank Baker of Savin Hill, who after what he called “a difficult decision,” has decided to run for re-election to the District 3 seat he has held since 2011, says he was nearly ready to step away from public life until the pandemic upended his plans. “If Covid didn’t hit, I would hav...

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development By Tim Logan and Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated April 28, 2021, 10:51 a.m. Email to a Friend The SUPPORTED BY For years, residents have come to know Dorchester’s Fields Corner as a place where newcomers can find a home. From Vietnamese to Haitian Creole to Spanish to Portuguese, signs in the store windows and chatter on the street reflect a kaleidoscopic neighborhood like few others in Boston. Yet a few years ag...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff April 22, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff The UMass Boston Coalition Against Gentrification – a group composed of campus union and student organization members – hosted a virtual campus community “Teach-In” last Thursday afternoon in protest of the negative economic, racial, and environmental impacts they say the current Dorchester Bay City (DBC) development proposal would have on neighboring communities.  During the virtual meeting, representative...