Plan to redevelop the Government Center Garage is revived

By Globe Staff

A developer is proposing to redevelop the 11-story Government Center Garage into a massive office, hotel, retail, and residential complex that would be the largest project in Downtown Boston to proceed in decades.

HYM Investment Group said it wants to move forward with a phased redevelopment plan for about 2.4 million square feet of space on a roughly 4-acre site near Congress Street and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. According to HYM, its proposal would “remove the unsightly barrier of the Government Center Garage” and “enliven the connections among the neighborhoods of the West End, the North End, Beacon Hill, and Government Center.”

HYM submitted its proposal to the Boston Redevelopment Authority, or the BRA, the city’s planning agency.

The project will require zoning relief under the Boston Zoning Code, HYM said.

HYM is headed by Thomas O’Brien, a former BRA director.

O’Brien took over as developer of the Government Center Garage project after the project’s previous manager, Ted Raymond, failed to move forward with a plan for two skyscrapers on the site.

In its filing with the city, HYM did not disclose a start date for construction, but said it will remove the garage in stages to ensure that parking remains available.