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[atlrvr]

Avenir, proposed by Trinity Financial, at the corner of Canal and Causeway across from the Garden, is now going to be built as apartments.  It was originally a condo project, but it never pre-sold enough.

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In addition to more than 200 apartments, the project, called Avenir, will contain 28,000 square feet of retail and 116 parking spaces.

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Trinity filed a Notice of Project Change, which the BRA approved in April. Trinity also replaced its original investment partner, Lehman Brothers Inc., with Archstone-Smith (NYSE: ASN), which will own and operate the apartment building, said Goldenfarb.

Construction is expected to being next month and be completed in July 2009.

Boston Business Journal article

This project goes runs along Canal, where big-dig stuff is stored next to the North Station T entrance/exits.  Here is a rendering from when it was condo.  No word if it has changed design.

[DoctorGonzo]

What horribly generic architecture. Looks like every office park built in the past ten years.

[Lone Ranger]

DoctorGonzo, on Jun 28 2007, 11:45 PM, said:

What horribly generic architecture. Looks like every office park built in the past ten years.

With a cheeseball name like Avenir, the architecture had to be good!  

[atlrvr]

Apparantly ground was broken yesterday on this.....still no word on if this is the final design.....since this is the first project at the north end of the "Big Dig", I hope it has respectable design facing the greenway.