28 studio apartments proposed for Magnolia Street in Dorchester

A developer has projected replacing a tiny parking operation astatine 226 Magnolia St. successful Dorchester with a $4-million, four-story gathering with 28 tiny workplace apartments and a extortion topped with star panels.

Shanti Acquisition of Dorchester filed its plans with the BPDA nether Boston's "compact living" pilot, which allows units smaller than usually required arsenic 1 mode to little the prices of the units. In this case, astir of the units would scope from 356 to 398 quadrate feet, alternatively than the minimum 450 quadrate feet the metropolis usually would necessitate for caller studios, - 3 units would beryllium 471 quadrate feet.

Four of the apartments would beryllium rented arsenic affordable.

Shanti is owned by Solmon and Rokeya Chowdhury, who some make tiny residential projects and tally the Shanti Indian restaurants successful Dorchester and Roslindale.

The building, which would backmost up against Ceylon Park, has nary parking but would person retention for up to 50 bicycles.

In summation to the BPDA, the task volition request a fig of variances from the zoning board, including ones due to the fact that of the lot's tiny size - 5,772 quadrate feet - the building's tallness and density connected the batch and its closeness to batch lines and the deficiency of parking.

226 Magnolia St. documents and schedule.