Upham’s Corner has several mixed-use development projects slated for construction over the next few years. Mixed-use buildings offer many benefits to the district including an enhancement of livability and social interaction, an increase in pedestrian traffic which boosts the vitality of neighborhood businesses, and a reduction in traffic congestion.

Current Projects:

Columbia Crossing, 572 Columbia Road, Project Phase: Board Approved

The proposed project is an approximately 76,000 square foot, mixed-use building with 48 residential units and approximately 5,000 square feet of ancillary spaces including shared artists’ workspace and space for commercial and other public uses plus parking. The project team is committed to development without displacement, ensuring that housing units created though this development are affordable to existing Dorchester residents.

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Dudley Street, 734 Dudley Street, Project Phase: Board Approved

734 Dudley Street consists of 25 housing units, three commercial retail spaces and 5 parking spaces. The housing units will have 4 Wendover Street as an address and entrance. The site has onsite parking for bicycles.

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Fox Hall, 554 – 562 Columbia Road, Project Phase: Board Approved

Notice of Project Change (NPC) to include approximately 72,087 gross square feet of floor area and containing 65 senior-focuses multi-family rental units, of which 100% will continue to be deed restricted for a variety of income levels to be developed in two phases, including construction in Phase 1 of 50 units in a proposed five-story building addition to the rear of the existing four-story Fox Hall Building, and Phase 2 including the renovation of the Fox Hall building to include an additional 15 units; a drop-off surface parking space accessed from Arion Street and the NPC proposal will retain the 5,534 GSF of existing ground floor retailers in the Fox Hall Building. Read more HERE

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Dudley Street, 749 – 759 Dudley Street, Project Phase: Under Review

The proposed mixed-use commercial/multi-family residential development will be constructed on a 9,908 sf existing commercial site in the Dorchester, Uphams Corner neighborhood with 3,500 gsf of ground floor commercial space along with 48 multi-family units, with 9-garage and 52-bicycle spaces, and having a total of 49,114 gsf of floor area in a new 6-story building. Read more HERE