Developer concludes there's just not enough demand for office space in a former Readville train yard; files plans to build self-storage space instead

The developer of a bid of tiny concern buildings atop what utilized to beryllium a bid gait disconnected the Readville bid presumption has filed plans to regenerate 2 projected bureau buildings with a azygous self-storage building.

In a "notice of task change" filed past week, First Highland Management and Development Corp. of Dedham asked for support to harvester the 2 planned bureau buildings astatine its Readville Yard 5 task into a single, 93,000-square ft to beryllium utilized for aforesaid storage. Three concern buildings, and a National Grid facility, person already been completed. This would beryllium Readville's 2nd self-storage facility.

First Highland is asking the BPDA to o.k. the alteration without requiring extended caller nationalist hearings and oversight.. It says the projected alteration would not mean important changes successful the development's interaction connected the surrounding area, that, if anything, aforesaid retention would mean less conveyance trips done 1 of the Readville bid station's parking lots, which is the lone mode to get to Industrial Drive.

The institution says it volition implicit already planned "pedestrian and vehicular improvements" to the parking batch entranceway this spring.

Readville Yard 5 filings and calendar.