A Boston developer hopes to breathe new life into a vacant patch of Dorchester land with a new mixed-use residential and retail project.
"I think this is a game-changer in my neighborhood," said Catherine O'Neill, a real estate consultant and Savin Hill resident hired by Atlas Investment Group to handle the project's community and government relations. "This site has been dilapidated and decaying for over a decade. This is just going to pick up the entire neighborhood."
Atlas' plans call for 260 residential units, 40,000 square feet of retail space and a 400-space parking garage off Dorchester Avenue, according to a letter of intent filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority yesterday.
The targeted four acres — also bounded by Pleasant, Hancock and Greenmount streets — are part of an old industrial site that's just under a half-mile from the Savin Hill MBTA station.
Eileen Fenton, chairwoman of the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association's Planning Committee, said, "In general terms, I think people are very excited about the project — excited about something happening there and adding some vitality. That area at night tends to be a little quieter, so I think with ... people living there and businesses, it will be a great addition."
Atlas has been "smart" about getting the word out early to the community and has been listening to abutters' issues and responding accordingly, according to Fenton.
Atlas, which has the four parcels under agreement, has a phased development plan. The first phase, on the northern portion of the site, would include 64 two-bedroom condos in eight four-story buildings along Pleasant and Greemount streets, and 50 condos or rental units in a five-story building.
"The architectural design is kind of fluid," O'Neill said.
The second phase of development, on the southern portion of the site, would include two, six-story mixed-use buildings with 145 residential units along Hancock Street and Dorchester Avenue, with a 20,000-square-foot landscaped roof deck for tenants. Other planned amenities include a pool and fitness facility.
"Because the retail component may change, there's nothing completely etched in stone," O'Neill said. "We will be going back out to the community when we get retail interest."
The retail space would be on the ground floors of the two buildings. Phase-two development also would include the four-level garage.
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