Boston Redevelopment Authority public notice for
275 Albany Street, Boston MA

On Monday, February 8 & 22, 2010, at 6:30pm the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s will conduct a community meeting, at the Project Place, 1145 Washington Street, to discuss the 275 Albany Street proposal.  BH Normandy 275 Albany Street LLC, proposes to construct a hotel development on the 1.27 acre parcel at 275 Albany Street, between Traveler and East Berkeley Street in Boston’s South End.   The project site, which was formerly used as a parking lot by the Teradyne Corporation, is currently vacant.   The proposal suggests two (2) hotels.   One a 16-story select service hotel with a restaurant on its first floor and the other a 9-story extended-stay hotel plus a 3-level, above grade parking garage with approximately 137 parking spaces, proposed to serve both hotels uses.   The hotels together will have approximately 408 rooms.   While the split between the two types has not been finally determined, current plans anticipate approximately 210 rooms in the select service hotel and approximately 198 rooms in the extended stay hotel.  The select service hotel will include an approximately 4,000 square-foot (approximately 267-seat) restaurant in its first floor.