An unlikely team of a developer and a contractor from Revere and a Harvard-trained architect is bringing cutting-edge lofts to the East Boston waterfront.
The Marginal Street Lofts, which are adjacent to the Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina in Jeffries Point, are the first new Eastie waterfront condos in decades.
The contemporary design by Elizabeth Whittaker of Boston's Merge Architects has an unexpected exterior — black corrugated metal, red cedar planks and steel-boxed exterior frames with sides wrapped in stainless-steel mesh. Large front windows maximize unobstructed views of Boston Harbor from all units.
The nine one-bedroom condos, which are 1,126 to 1,191 square feet, cost $549,000 to $679,000. The higher-priced, upper-floor units have private roof decks with harbor views. Each unit comes with a garage space under the building.
"We're hoping this captures the demographic of Boston buyers who don't want to pay $1 million for a condo with the same square footage as our units, but without views and without parking," Whittaker said.
Revere contractor Anthony DelVecchio, who built some commercial work that Whittaker designed, recommended her to Revere developer Michele Catalano of Tay's Realty LLC.
"I was a little gun-shy about the design, but now that it's done I think it's beautiful," Catalano said.
Realtor Paul Campano brought Catalano the three-lot site, where the developer could have built a row of three-families. But Campano, whose niche is unique properties, prevailed on her to be open-minded about a more contemporary design.
"High design and high quality sell," said Campano of Keller Williams.
Trying to put nine units on a tight site required building up and over central corridors to access rear-facing bedrooms.
"It was a challenge to build, something completely out of the box compared to the work we normally do," said DelVecchio. "It takes more time and it's more expensive."
Units have different configurations. Unit 3, on the market for $599,000, has a kitchen/dining area that steps up to a living room with harbor views. Another half flight up leads to a loft-style bedroom.
Unit 9 has a large open kitchen/living/dining area overlooking the harbor and a rear-facing bedroom. This unit and three others have 500-square-foot private roof decks.
Kitchens have quartz or honed-granite countertops, KraftMaid or Ikea cabinets, GE Cafe stainless-steel appliances and Grohe faucets. Living rooms have built-in gas fireplaces. Bathrooms have porcelain tile floors and white tiled tub and showers. There are white oak floors throughout.
Whittaker, who also teaches at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, said the Jeffries Point neighborhood and the Boston Redevelopment Authority were supportive of her design, and she hopes the project will lead to more contemporary design and perhaps a future brand for Catalano's projects.
"I'm a hands-on developer, on site every day," said Catalano. "It's taken a lot of work to get this done but it's come out looking just like the renderings."
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