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BRA Board Approves Slew of Projects

BOSTON-The Boston Redevelopment Authority is approving a series of projects throughout the greater metropolitan area here.

By Ryan Clark | Updated on June 25, 2008

BOSTON-The Boston Redevelopment Authority is approving a series of projects throughout the greater metropolitan area here. Suffolk University, Simmons College and 157 Washington St. are given permission to proceed with their renovations and building projects, while the city of Boston picks a planning consultant for the Allston-Brighton Community Wide plan and a company to operate a heliport.

The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University will move forward with an interior renovation, while trying to maintain its façade on Washington Street. The theater will be fitted with a studio theater, art gallery and 5,200 sf of support space. The university is also planning to put a 12-story, 47,000-sf student residence hall above the theater, which will be connected to 10 West St., a 274-student residence hall that was opened in early January above a restaurant and coffee shop. Suffolk will also build a 112,800-sf academic building for the New England School of Art and Design. The structure will be built at 20 Somerset St. after the university razes the existing building, replacing it with classrooms, studios, laboratories, offices, and gallery and exhibit spaces–under one roof–strictly for academic use. Both the Modern Theatre and 20 Somerset St. projects are under the university’s Institutional Master Plan which is being approved by the BRA Board. Estimated budgets could not be obtained for these redevelopments by deadline.

Simmons College is also expanding space with approval from the BRA Board. The college will add 5,898 sf to their dining hall for an estimated $6 million. The new space–at 300 Fenway–will provide the college an opportunity to renovate its existing kitchen and create capacity for a growing student population.

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