A developer this week filed formal plans to tear down the Stadium Sports Bar at 228 Old Colony Ave. to make way for a six-story building with 28 apartments or condos - in what it's calling "a compelling precedent" for further development of the area around Old Colony and Dorchester Street.
Ryan Sillery's proposal calls for 29 parking spaces for the units, which will range from one to three bedrooms and which will include four affordable units.
The building will also have some ground-floor retail space. Earlier this year, Sillery and his partner told the Boston Licensing Board they want to use the Stadium's liquor license to attract a restaurant to the space.
Because the project is under 50,000 square feet, it requires only a single public meeting before going before the BRA board for approval. The project will also require Zoning Board of Appeals approval.
In the application, Sillery's architects explain their exterior design:
The building’s massing is derived from a creative reassessment of it’s site context and urban conditions. A series of metal panels provide a strong identity along the segmented urban grid of Old Colony Ave, and serve to subdivide the building form, composed primarily of brick masonry and glass. With the addition of wood tone composite panels, the design possesses a rich material palette that relates to it’s immediate context and serves as a compelling precedent for the area’s future development.
232 Old Colony Ave. small-project review request - 3.2M PDF.
