Developers in the Seaport District are facing off against long-time residents, who fear for the future of their neighborhood, now that the area has become Boston’s next development hotspot.

Boston’s zoning board signed off yesterday on a plan to convert a Fort Point building into 87 high-end condos.

That plan includes seven affordable units, or roughly 9 percent of the total and far below the 13 percent to 20 percent affordable-unit mix that City Hall has pledged for the area, according to one local activist.

However, the developer says that’s not exactly accurate.

According to him, the project will feature two three-bedroom units, three artist live-work units, one two-bedroom, and one studio.

In his opinion, the units will be more appealing to families and to the artists who have made Fort Point their home, so the actual percentage number of the units set aside is not relevant.

Source: The Boston Herald

John Keith     August 24, 2006     fort point channel, Seaport District

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