A new residential development with 23 apartments is being proposed at 1428 Dorchester Ave. in the Fields Corner neighborhood, positioned within a six-minute walk of the Red Line station.
The five-story building would include at least four affordable units, meeting the 17% requirement under Boston’s Inclusionary Zoning regulations that became effective in October 2024.
The development by 1428 Dorchester Ave. LLC, with principals Timothy Longden and Edward Ahern, would rise 65 feet on an approximately 7,747-square-foot site, exceeding the 40-foot height limit in the Neighborhood Shopping subdistrict.
The project requires zoning relief for floor area ratio and building height.
The Boston Planning & Development Agency is accepting public input on the proposed development at 1428 Dorchester Avenue through early January. The project was submitted to the city’s planning department on Nov. 2.
The agency opened a two-month comment period Nov. 2 after receiving a Small Project Review Application for the Dorchester Avenue site. Residents can share their views on the proposal until Jan. 2, 2026.
Context Workshop of Boston is providing architectural services for the project, which features varied facade treatments including barnwood vertical siding, eggshell white panel siding, black fiber cement panels and grey panel siding.
The development would provide two on-site parking spaces but includes a 26-space interior bicycle parking room supplemented by exterior bike racks. The limited parking reflects the site’s proximity to the Fields Corner Red Line station, which serves approximately 11,000 daily riders.
The project would provide rear yard and patio areas, side yards, private balconies and a roof deck.
The application cites the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s December 2023 approval of an adjacent 46-unit, five-story development at 1420 Dorchester Ave. as precedent for the building’s scale. That approval explicitly recognized alignment with Mayor Michelle Wu’s Squares + Streets initiative, encouraging denser housing near rapid transit.
Fields Corner is home to Boston’s Little Saigon Cultural District and features existing retail and customer services along the Dorchester Ave. corridor. The site is located on Dorchester Avenue, designated as a Neighborhood Connector under the city’s Complete Streets Initiative with dedicated bike infrastructure.
The project would preserve several existing street trees in good or fair condition along Dorchester Avenue, with trees requiring removal due to poor health or construction needs to be replaced.
