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Boston Zoning Board of Appeals

Boston Zoning Board of Appeals

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Car-free boutique hotel approved for Dorchester's East Cottage Street

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Approved the hotel project

Boston's Zoning Board of Appeal approved a 42-room boutique hotel for East Cottage Street in Dorchester on October 6. Developers Adam Sarbaugh and Jennifer Sandlin's Cornerstone Real Estate will tear down a 1900-era former church and house to build the six-story Inn at the Little House with a rooftop restaurant and deck.

Updated 2 days ago

Dorchester parking lot to become ten-unit apartment building

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Approved the project unanimously on Sept. 22, 2026

A Dorchester parking lot across from McGonagle's bar is set to become a four-story, ten-unit apartment building. The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal approved the plan unanimously Tuesday, granting variances for height, density, setback, and fewer parking spaces than the rules require.

Updated Sep 23

Boston board approves scaled-down Dorchester apartment addition

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Approved the project unanimously at vSeptember 22, 2026 meeting

A Dorchester property owner won unanimous zoning approval for a three-story, ten-unit rear addition to an existing Second Empire-style house at 24 Mount Everett Street. The $3.6 million proposal by developer Diarmaid McGregor includes 16 parking spaces—four of them mechanical stackers—and 16 bicycle storage spots.

Updated Sep 23

Boston zoning board approves condo building atop ledge next to Dorchester cemetery

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Approved the project unanimously

The lot at 157 Granite Avenue is a rocky, tree-covered wedge squeezed between Cedar Grove Cemetery and a busy Dorchester street. On Sept 22, Boston's Zoning Board of Appeal unanimously approved a five-story, 24-condo building there, granting the variances the site's single-family zoning would otherwise block.

Updated Sep 23

Boston zoning board rejects final house in decade-long Dorchester infill project

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Rejected Higgins' proposal unanimously without prejudice

David Higgins has spent ten years building single-family homes on a three-quarter-acre lot in Dorchester. On September 9, the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal unanimously rejected his proposal for the seventh and final house.

Updated Sep 9

Culinary school approved for $18M Nubian Square center, leaving Mass and Cass

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Approved NECAT's Nubian Square plans

A tuition-free culinary school is leaving the Mass and Cass drug zone for a new $18 million home in Nubian Square. Boston's Zoning Board of Appeal approved the move on September 8, clearing the way for New England Culinary Arts Training (NECAT) to buy and renovate a three-story building on Washington Street.

Updated Sep 8

South Boston's 1948 bank building to become new courthouse

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Approved variances for the project

Boston's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved plans to convert the 1948 South Boston Savings Bank into the new South Boston district courthouse. The September 8 vote lets Cedarwood Development add two floors in the rear and relocate the courthouse from East Broadway.

Updated Sep 8