Single-family house on Dorchester's Meetinghouse Hill could be replaced by 15 condos

A developer has filed plans with the BPDA to regenerate a single-family location astatine 22 High St. successful Dorchester with a $4.2-million, 15-unit condo building, crossed the thoroughfare from wherever different developer wants to replace a antithetic single-family home with a 23-unit building.

Plans by developer Ricky Beliveau of South Boston's Volnay Capital telephone for 15 parking spaces successful a store nether the three-story gathering connected what helium says is present an "underutilized parcel."

The Proposed Project volition acceptable the quality of the vicinity and supply needed lodging units for the community.

The gathering would besides person respective backstage decks arsenic good arsenic a communal extortion platform for residents, who volition get to bask "an unobstructed presumption of the Boston skyline."

His filing describes the building's design:

The projected plan blends the accepted New England vernacular with a modern gable roofline and exterior detailing. The massing on High Street seeks to trim the perceived wide size of the structure, further softened by the meandering way and landscaped introduction to the building. The faceted façade on North and South elevations provides bushed and standard to the building, reminiscent of the enactment houses and triple decker homes further up the hill.

Beliveau hopes to statesman a twelvemonth of operation this spring. In summation to the BPDA, helium volition besides request variances from the zoning board.

22 High St. filings and calendar.