Developer Joey Arcari has filed plans with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to replace a convenience store at Washington and River streets in Lower Mills with a 24-unit residential building with 18 parking spaces.
Arcari’s proposal for what is now the Metamorphosis convenience store, also calls for 1,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space in the new building, which would rise between the Star Market on River Street and Spukies N Pizza on Washington Street.
The space would be split between one bedroom and two bedroom units, with three of them rented or sold as affordable. The proposal does not specify if the units will be rented as apartments or sold as condos.
According to the filing for the “transit oriented” project: “The building is sited as an architectural extension of the Baker Lofts, taking design cues from the distinctive historic mill building context. Timeless materials, rich masonry detailing, and contextual proportions ground it within the site.”
