475-511 Dorchester Avenue

Project Proponent:

CORE Development

Project Description: mail to: Nick Carter

The proposed development filing is a PDA Master Plan Area comprised of approximately 21 acres of land, bounded generally by Southampton Street to the south, the Southampton/Amtrak rail yards to the west, private property at 365 Dorchester Avenue to the north, and Dorchester Avenue to the east. The development concept will construct twelve (12) new buildings with significant open space and public realm components as a vibrant mixed-use extension of the neighborhood including ground floor retail, residential units with associated amenities, and commercial development including office, lab, and R&D areas with associated mechanical and support spaces. The total development will be constructed in four phases and include approximately 3,771,000 square feet of new commercial and residential buildings. The masterplan includes four (4) new publicly accessible open spaces totaling approximately 2.9 acres, including a new 1.5 acre green space adjacent to a new, realigned D Street.

Boston Planning & Development Agency

One City Hall Square, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02201 phone: 617.918.5303 email: nick.carter@boston.gov to find other schools,” she said.

High school was complex for all graduates this year due to a never-before disruption due to COVID-19, and a radically distinct experience of key educational and social years. The impact was not lost on Mae, a capable and engaged student.

“It was so hard to learn,” she said, “We were all remote at the end of freshman year, and hybrid my sophomore year for the most part. On zoom, it felt hard to talk, and the teachers were begging us to keep our cameras on and talk, but then they couldn’t always notice us when they had to look at those in the classroom and the group on remote. A lot of kids had anxiety and depression because they couldn’t see their friends. People don’t realize how important it is to be around other people.”

Close of Comment Period: 7/26/2023

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The importance of community seems integral to the life of Mae Lafferty. Her mother, Kathy Lafferty, is the Director of the Neighborhood House, and she volunteered there, as well as working for the past couple of years at the Condon School Summer Program. “I love working with kids,” she said.

“My mom works to make the community a better place and my dad, “Shine” Lafferty is a hard worker and I wanted him to be proud of me,” she said. In addition, she names Teddy Cunniff, from the South Boston skating rink who taught her about hockey. It was her young skating experience that is now foretelling a career, as she recalls the support from Teddy and her coach, David Ivaska.

An extended family and her best friend, Molly, have rounded out this graduate’s positive experience of South Boston and has shaped her perspective. Her older brother attends Plymouth State University in N.H. “I love being part of a community where you know so many people and being part of that feels good,” she said.” The downside is the problem with substance abuse so many people have here, and the affordability of the community long-term.”

“What is most important to me is giving back. I want to help my community and kids,” she said. Mae Lafferty has already made academic; athletic and community contributions and it is easy to imagine many more to come.

Congratulations, Mae! Your community is proud of you.