Commercial Portfolio

The Pierce Building

Overview:

Located in the heart of Upham’s Corner, the Pierce Building contains 20,000 sq ft of space across 4 floors, including ground-floor retail, office space on floors 2, 3, and 4.  

Property Type:

Commercial (retail, office)  

Units:

1 retail, 2 office  

Residential Affordability:

Unrestricted  

Tenants:

Dorchester Bay EDC; retail tenants  

Completed:

1985

Leasing Information:

Beth O'Donnell, Director of Real Estate Development 617-825-4200, ext. 563

Indigo Block Commercial

Overview:

Spurred by our success at Bornstein & Pearl, Dorchester Bay recently embarked on a partnership with Boston Capital, Escazú Development, and Newmarket Community Partners to redevelop an abandoned light industrial site at 65 East Cottage Street, right next to the Uphams Corner station on the Fairmount / Indigo Commuter Rail Line. Indigo Block includes 80 units of mixed-income housing, 4 two-family homes, and 20,000 square feet of light industrial space. The light industrial building will provide space for up to 4 light manufacturing and office use businesses in a mass transit-accessible location. As with our previous light industrial projects, our mission at Indigo Block is to create jobs for local residents of Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan.

Property Type:

Residential and Commercial (light industrial)

Units:

80 residential rental, 4 homeownership residential, 1-4 light industrial

Residential Affordability:

Units set aside for 30%, 50%, 60% and 120% of AMI   Understanding Area Median Income (AMI)

Tenants:

 

Completed:

2021

Leasing  Information:

Beth O'Donnell, Director of Real Estate Development 617-825-4200, ext. 563

65 Bay Street

Overview:

65 Bay Street was Dorchester Bay’s first foray into light industrial development. In 2002, we completed the new construction of an 80,000 square foot facility on the site of the former Boston Insulated Wire and Cable Factory, next to the Savin Hill subway station on the Red Line. The site had been a contaminated brownfield.  Using a combination of public sources, Dorchester Bay cleaned up the blighted site and custom built a facility for a printing company, Spire, Inc. The company created over 160 jobs at the facility.  Dorchester Bay sold the property to Spire in 2014, and they continue to grow their business there.

Property Type:

Commercial (light industrial)

Units:

80,000 sf commercial printing facility

Residential Affordability:

Unrestricted

Tenants:

Spire, Inc.

Completed:

2002

Sold:

2014

Leasing Information:

Contact the owner, Spire Printing, at (617) 350-8837