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Controversial Tower Project Gets Zoning OK

BOSTON-A few weeks after the zoning commission delayed its vote on Kensington Investment Co. Inc.'s plan to build a 30-story apartment building in Chinatown on Washington Street, the commission gives the proposal the thumbs up.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on December 18, 2003

BOSTON-The city’s zoning commission approved Kensington Investment Co. Inc.’s plan to build a 30-story apartment building in Chinatown on Washington Street. The move comes just a few weeks after the commission, in a surprise move, decided to delay its vote on the project.

The 346-unit project, called Residences at Kensington Place, had faced stiff opposition from local groups, but received approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority in September.

Meredith Baumann, a spokesperson for the BRA, explains that the developer had applied for a Planned Development Area classification which would enable a project to exceed the 155 feet maximum allowable height under the current zoning. Baumann tells GlobeSt.com that the area allows for the creation of a PDA as long as the project encompasses at least an acre. Calls to the Chinese Progressive Association, the project’s most vocal opponent, were not returned by deadline, but the issue of whether the project actually encompasses an acre has been a contentious issue. Baumann notes that both the commission and the city council accept that the project is that size.

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