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Housing Development

Fenway CDC is perhaps best known for our success at providing affordable housing opportunities for Fenway residents. We have, on our own and in partnership with others, developed over 560 affordable homes, housing about 1,500 people, including people with AIDS and mental illness, seniors and families.

Our housing work in the future will focus on preserving the existing affordable housing in the neighborhood and creating additional affordable opportunities, particularly for families, through partnerships with private developers and our institutional neighbors.

Applying for Housing

Fenway CDC properties are managed by independent management companies. For more information or to apply for housing at 71 Westland, 64-70 Burbank Street, 15-25 Hemenway Street, Hemenway House, West Fenway Apartments, and Fenway Views please contact:

Barkan Management
70 Burbank Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 424-6783

For more information or to apply for housing at Westland Avenue Apartments please contact:

Hallkeen Management
66 Westland Ave # 205
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 267-6114

For information on the Fensgate Cooperative contact The Mackin Group, 617-277-1166.
For information on the Susan Bailis Assisted Living Community contact the Atlantic Retirement Group at 617-247-1010 or go to www.susanbailis.com.

The Fenway CDC Properties

  • 15-25 Hemenway Street Cooperative: Fenway CDC worked with the residents and owners – the Massachusetts Historical Society – of these 6 attached row houses to bring about the renovations and assure long term affordability of the 24 apartments. The resident co-op provides affordable homes for a range of income groups.
  • 71 Westland Avenue: This 20-unit property has been owned and operated by Fenway CDC since 1986. In 2000, Fenway CDC completed a substantial rehab on the building.
  • Susan Bailis Assisted Living Community: The facility consists of 82 units, with a mixture of low-income, moderate-income, and market rents. The facility was one of the first affordable assisted living facilities in Boston and converted a vacant parcel into a beautiful building that complements the historic architecture of St. Botolph Street.
  • Hemenway House: In March 1990, Fenway CDC acquired and rehabilitated a foreclosed lodging house on Hemenway Street as part of collaborative project that included the Department of Mental Health and the AIDS Action Committee. Two years later Fenway CDC had succeeded in creating "supported housing" for people with chronic mental illness, AIDS/HIV and other special needs. Hemenway House is home to 13 residents, with on-site staff who provide services to residents.
  • Fensgate Cooperative: In 1982, Fenway CDC proposed renovating this stately landmark at 73 Hemenway Street, which had been declared surplus property by the city. The five-story building was designed by Guy Lowell, the architect who designed the Museum of Fine Arts, and opened in 1904. The CDC, in partnership private developers, redeveloped the building into 46 unique and attractive co-op apartments for a mixed-income population. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the home to Fenway CDC’s offices.
    • 64-70 Burbank: In 1985, 53 units in two five-story buildings at 64-70 Burbank Street were converted to condominiums by Bill Lilly, the self-proclaimed "Condo King". Lilly sold the majority of the shoe box-size units to absentee owners who sought to make a quick profit on their investment.

By the early ‘90s, with the collapse of the real estate market, 64-70 Burbank Street had become a case study in the pitfalls of absentee-ownership and real estate speculation. In 1992 Fenway CDC rescued this failed condo and the surrounding neighborhood from absentee owners and from the drug dealers and prostitutes that were overrunning it by initiating a four-year legal battle and political campaign to gain control of the buildings. In 1995 the CDC refurbished the buildings into 34 apartments, 27 of which are affordable to low and moderate-income residents. In addition, reclaiming these buildings has done much to restore a sense of safety and stability to Burbank Street and surrounding blocks.

  • Fenway Views: In 1990, Fenway CDC completed construction of the first new construction housing development since the 1930’s at the corner of Kilmarnock and Peterborough streets. 108 Peterborough included 55 mixed-income units. In 2006, Fenway CDC converted the buildings to condominiums. It will retain ownership of the 22 affordable units and is well underway in selling the remaining 33 market-rate apartments.
  • West Fenway Apartments: The West Fenway Apartments at 110 Peterborough Street were developed simultaneous with and alongside the Fenway Views project. It is comprised of 52 affordable apartments for elderly and handicapped residents, including the first apartments in the nation set-aside for people with AIDS and HIV.
  • Westland Avenue Apartments:In 2006, Fenway CDC completed the renovation of Westland Avenue Apartments, 96 units of mixed-income housing in four buildings near Symphony Hall. Fenway CDC purchased the buildings in order to preserve affordability that was at-risk as federal affordability restrictions were about to lapse.
  • Morville House: Fenway CDC was engaged by Morville House and the Episcopal City Mission to manage the financing and development of a building addition that brought 30 new affordable apartments to this elderly-handicapped development. The addition was successfully completed in 2006.
  • Queensberry Condo’s: Fenway CDC was designated by the City to redevelop three tax-foreclosed condos on Queensbury for first-time buyers. The CDC completed renovations and sold them to Fenway tenants in 2003.