Pogorelc stresses the first phase will also include the build-out of the expansive public space that will include community meeting space, pedestrian plazas and landscaped areas, as well as a new roadway network that will not only serve residents of Washington Village, but also residents and businesses of the surrounding area. About half of the developed site, or 2.4 acres, will be open to the public, including about a mile of wide sidewalks.

“We are building a community, we are not just building buildings,” he says. “We are building a community within a community.” Pogorelc says that the 6,000-square-foot public green will be the focal point of the Washington Village development. The new village will also feature the addition of 150 new trees.

DJ Properties plans to program the Village Green with farmer's markets, car shows, block parties, Boy's and Girl's Scout events, seasonal activities including pumpkin carving around Halloween and a Santa's Village during the Christmas holidays.

While Washington Village will, when completed, include about eight new streets, one of those streets will be a “pedestrian street” that will cut through the heart of the community past the public green and landscaped park to the residential area of the development.

Pogorelc says that Washington Village will succeed because after five years of discussions with the Andrew Square Civic Association, it is seen as a welcome addition to the area. The community asked him to bring community space and a grocer to the neighborhood and those goals will be realized in the first phase. He says the final design of the project was a partnership with the Andrew Square neighborhood. The architect for the development is Prellwitz Chilinski Associates Inc. of Cambridge, MA.

The residential component of the first phase will include rental apartments and condominiums housed in a total of five buildings of varying heights. The tallest building—21 stories—will be built in the final phase. Washington Village will create approximately 110 affordable units, or 17% of the total, with some units priced for middle-income families.

Another key component of the first phase will be the introduction of a grocery store to not only Washington Village, but the entire Andrew Square neighborhood. Pogorelc says that discussions are underway with grocers, but no lease deal has been signed as yet. The Dartmouth Company is the commercial broker for the project.

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BOSTON—Work on the $400-million project to create a village in what is now an underutilized industrial section of the Andrew Square neighborhood in South Boston is expected to begin in the next 60 to 90 days.

David Pogorelc, owner of DJ Properties, LLC, the developer of Washington Village, tells Globest.com that the first phase of the project will entail a little more than 300 residential units and approximately 65,000 square feet of retail space and is expected to cost approximately $160 million to complete. The entire development to be built in three phases will feature 977,450 square feet of space, including 656 residences in nine buildings ranging in height from three and four stories to 21 stories. Core Investments is partnering on the project with DJ Properties that will also build-out nearly 100,000 square feet of retail space.

The BRA approved the Washington Village mixed-use plan earlier this month to build the project on a nearly five-acre site bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester Street, and Old Colony Avenue. The project will replace a mix of surface parking and vacant light industrial and commercial buildings.

Pogorelc hopes to begin demolition of the existing buildings at the nearly five-acre-site in the next two to three months, with construction on the project itself beginning two to three months after demolition work is completed.

Pogorelc stresses the first phase will also include the build-out of the expansive public space that will include community meeting space, pedestrian plazas and landscaped areas, as well as a new roadway network that will not only serve residents of Washington Village, but also residents and businesses of the surrounding area. About half of the developed site, or 2.4 acres, will be open to the public, including about a mile of wide sidewalks.

“We are building a community, we are not just building buildings,” he says. “We are building a community within a community.” Pogorelc says that the 6,000-square-foot public green will be the focal point of the Washington Village development. The new village will also feature the addition of 150 new trees.

DJ Properties plans to program the Village Green with farmer's markets, car shows, block parties, Boy's and Girl's Scout events, seasonal activities including pumpkin carving around Halloween and a Santa's Village during the Christmas holidays.

While Washington Village will, when completed, include about eight new streets, one of those streets will be a “pedestrian street” that will cut through the heart of the community past the public green and landscaped park to the residential area of the development.

Pogorelc says that Washington Village will succeed because after five years of discussions with the Andrew Square Civic Association, it is seen as a welcome addition to the area. The community asked him to bring community space and a grocer to the neighborhood and those goals will be realized in the first phase. He says the final design of the project was a partnership with the Andrew Square neighborhood. The architect for the development is Prellwitz Chilinski Associates Inc. of Cambridge, MA.

The residential component of the first phase will include rental apartments and condominiums housed in a total of five buildings of varying heights. The tallest building—21 stories—will be built in the final phase. Washington Village will create approximately 110 affordable units, or 17% of the total, with some units priced for middle-income families.

Another key component of the first phase will be the introduction of a grocery store to not only Washington Village, but the entire Andrew Square neighborhood. Pogorelc says that discussions are underway with grocers, but no lease deal has been signed as yet. The Dartmouth Company is the commercial broker for the project.

Steady gains in the US economy have resulted in net positives for the multifamily sector—will this wave continue for the foreseeable future? What's driving development and capital flows? Join us at RealShare Apartments on October 19 & 20 for impactful information from the leaders in the National multifamily space. Learn more.