An October 2017 Boston City Properties article described a revised proposal for 57 homes at 1120–1132 Washington Street in Dorchester's Lower Mills area. The plans combined residential development with ground-floor commercial space and left open the possibility of changing from condominiums to rentals.
The Washington Street site
The report identified City Point Development LLC as holding six parcels at 1120–1132 Washington Street, including the former Molloy funeral parlors, three multifamily residential buildings and a vacant lot. It described the combined assessed value as more than $1.8 million and the site as roughly one acre, or 48,303 square feet.
An earlier proposal had reportedly faced objections in 2014 over its six-story height, density, location near the Dorchester Avenue business district, lack of ground-floor retail and parking arrangements. The article said a new letter of intent two years later received a more favorable reception. That response was not an approval.
The revised residential and commercial plan
The revised proposal described demolition of the existing buildings and a four-story development with one- through three-bedroom homes. Its bedroom breakdown was twelve one-bedroom homes, thirty-nine two-bedroom homes and six three-bedroom homes, totaling fifty-seven.
Reported plans included approximately ninety residential parking spaces, bicycle storage, a playground, a private lawn and other open space. The article separately listed eight commercial parking spaces and 3,600 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.
The developer reportedly considered professional offices or locally owned stores for that space and proposed Washington Street improvements including bollards, street trees and lighting. Another sentence in the original described more than 66,000 square feet ambiguously alongside the two retail areas; it is not treated here as a reliable retail-space measurement.
Condominiums or rentals?
The source said the proposal anticipated condominium ownership while reserving the option to develop rentals if market conditions or other factors made the condo plan unfeasible. Neither tenure should be assumed from the article's headline or its references to prospective tenants.
The report described the project as still under review and noted a favorable reaction from the Lower Mills Association's vice president to changes addressing neighborhood concerns. It did not establish an approved schedule or a completed development.
Transit and a Lower Mills home search
The original referred to a ten-minute trip to Milton station but did not identify a travel mode or verify a route. This archive therefore makes no commute-time promise. Check the actual address and trip needed for a home you are considering.
For a rental search, give Amo Realty's Boston City Properties team your preferred area, budget, bedroom needs and move-in date. For a purchase, identify the address or building in your buyer inquiry. The 2017 proposal is not today's inventory.