Demolition at a waterfront redevelopment site
A Boston City Properties report dated July 24, 2022 described demolition beginning at 22 Whitin Avenue in Revere’s Point of Pines and RiverFront District. The earlier industrial site, associated with G & J Towing, was reported to include four parcels across 14 acres near the Pine and Saugus Rivers.
Redgate Capital Partners’ proposal was described as a six-story mixed-use building with 340,130 square feet and 290 apartments, together with ground-floor retail and restaurant space. The source did not provide a confirmed demolition duration or groundbreaking date. Its plans should not be read as current inventory or a completed-building description.
Public waterfront access and infrastructure questions
The reported design included a lit boardwalk with seating and a connection toward Gibson Park near the General Edwards Bridge. Public paths and neighboring park access were part of the proposed waterfront setting, separate from the facilities or access rights of individual apartments.
The account also recorded stormwater concerns, including residents’ questions about an aging pumping station on the Lynnway, and said the city had approved stormwater plans in August 2021. This is a historical account of the review, not a present engineering assessment or confirmation that every concern was resolved.
Related projects along the Revere and East Boston corridor
The article placed the Whitin Avenue proposal alongside Redgate’s 500 Ocean and Ryder Revere properties, plus Addison East Boston at 144 Addison Street. It also discussed Revio Revere Beach and Amaya, the first residential building then described for the Suffolk Downs redevelopment.
Suffolk Downs’ much larger housing, office, life-science, retail and open-space plans provided the regional backdrop. The source’s 2024 delivery targets, job estimates, rental prices and housing-policy statements belong to that older report. They do not establish current completion, rents, affordability requirements or travel times.
Original report: Boston City Properties