South Boston Public Housing Complex Gets $70 Million to Start Redevelopment
TAT is working alongside developer WinnCompanies and the Boston Housing Authority to redevelop Mary Ellen McCormack, kicking off a two-decade-long overhaul of one of Boston’s biggest public housing projects. Originally published in The Boston Globe.
By Aaron Pressman, Globe Staff
Developers working with the Boston Housing Authority have obtained $70 million in backing for the first phase of a long-planned redevelopment of South Boston’s Mary Ellen McCormack public housing complex, one of the oldest public housing projects in America.
WinnCompanies and the BHA on Thursday said the financing would allow construction of a 112,000-square-foot building with 94 new apartments designated for low-income families who already live at the complex. Under a plan approved in 2023, Winn and the authority plan to raise $2 billion over the next two decades to redevelop the entire 30-acre complex into a mixed-income, mixed-use property with 3,300 apartments, retail space, and a community center.
The first phase, dubbed Building A, will also include a new Veterans Park with an accessible tot lot, bike lane, new trees, and reconfigured streets safer for pedestrians.
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