Allston Yards: The First-Phase Construction Story and Later Plans

Posted By: Boston City Properties

Photo Courtesy of New England Development

The original Boston City Properties story reported the start of Allston Yards’ first building at the former shopping-plaza site at 60 Everett Street. Its central news was the combination of housing with a replacement Stop & Shop. The full development was a much larger, phased proposal—not a single apartment building delivered all at once.

Building A was the first phase

The old article described Building A as 165 residential units with a new grocery store. The city’s later Building A project description allows up to 176 homes, 87,200 square feet of retail including Stop & Shop, and a one-acre community green. The different figures belong to different descriptions of the project; neither is a count of apartments available for rent.

The article also anticipated a third-quarter 2022 start for a second office-and-laboratory building. That was a forecast in the historical story, not a current construction schedule or confirmation that every proposed phase has been completed.

The wider Allston Yards plan

A 2019 city-filed master-plan presentation described 895 rental and ownership residences, office and retail space, a one-acre green and an eight-to-ten-year phased buildout. Those are proposed project totals and timing, distinct from the first building.

The original BCP report described changes made through community review, including reduced density and transportation and housing commitments. It discussed income-restricted homes alongside market-rate and ownership housing. Those references do not establish current application requirements, an open waiting list or eligibility for a particular apartment.

From an industrial site to a mixed-use neighborhood

The original story traced the site’s earlier use by Arthur C. Harvey Co., followed by Stop & Shop’s purchase, environmental cleanup and the opening of a shopping plaza in the late 1990s. It presented Allston Yards as another change in how that land would be used.

Boston Landing commuter rail and the neighboring Boston Landing development were important parts of that account. The article discussed new walking connections and public open space rather than just individual buildings. Its descriptions of surrounding facilities and future events should not be read as a guarantee of today’s transit schedule or programming.

Looking for an apartment in Allston?

Use the Allston building directory to compare named buildings, then tell our rental team which addresses interest you. Check the specific apartment’s layout, lease dates, costs and included features. A master-plan housing total does not tell you which units can be toured or rented now.

For apartment research at the development, see our Alder at Allston Yards rental guide. The linked building guide does not show live availability.