NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES INITIATIVE

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Bid Counter @ (617) 635-4828

The City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) sells city-owned properties to private buyers to encourage development in the City.  One of the goals of DND’s land disposition is to reduce the amount of unused, neglected property existing in the City, placing it back on the tax rolls and adding to the inventory of mixed-income housing. DND’s land disposition process helps alleviate the housing crisis by enabling DND to offer buildable lots to home builders/developers to encourage construction of housing in Boston’s neighborhoods for a range of affordability levels.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) offers the public a chance to submit proposals on parcels of vacant land owned by the City of Boston in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.  The RFP seeks to secure development of the parcels for residential purposes under the city’s Neighborhood Homes Initiative.   

This RFP is soliciting proposals for development of the parcels located at:

27-29 Browning Avenue (Ward 14 / Parcel 02155000), Dorchester; 29 Bradlee Street (Ward 17 / Parcel 00082000), Dorchester; 

30 Clarkson Street (Ward 15 / Parcel 01816000), Dorchester; 38 Clarkson Street (Ward 15 / Parcel 01814000), Dorchester; 

42 Georgia Street (Ward 12 / Parcel 02508000), Dorchester

The sites, totaling approximately 27,565 square feet of vacant land, are intended for sale by the City pursuant to the RFP.  

The property is being offered as is.  

The RFP application package will be available beginning Monday, March 9, 2020 at DND Bid Counter, 26 Court Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, or you may download the package by registering at https://www.boston.gov/dnd/rfps.

An Applicant Conference will be held at DND’s offices at 26 Central Avenue, Boston on March 26, 2019 at 3:30 pm.

Completed proposal applications must be submitted as instructed and returned directly to the Bid Counter, DND, 26 Court Street, Boston, MA by Monday, April 13, 2020, no later than 4:00 PM.  Late Proposals will not be accepted.  For more information about this Request for Proposals contact Neriliz Llenas, Project Manager, at (617) 635-0101.

Sheila A. Dillon, Chief and Director