BRA approves project for 93 Massachusetts Ave.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority, the city's planning agency, granted an approval to a $22.8 million proposal for an office-and-retail project at the northwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street.

Kingston Realty Trust, the developer of the project at 93 Massachusetts Ave., received approval for a nearly 50,000-square-foot commercial development, the BRA said.

(Above is a rendering of the project provided by the BRA.)

The project envisions a substantial rehabilitation of an existing 21,500-square-foot building and the creation of a 27,362-square-foot addition, said the BRA, which added that the development team expects to start construction next spring.

Plans call for retail space on the project's ground and basement levels and offices on floors two through five, the BRA said.

The existing building is currently occupied by three restaurants and a store at street level with three floors of office space above, the BRA said.

When the redevelopment project is completed, it could house a large retail tenant in a space of 14,000 to 20,000 square feet; a store of that size could effectively extend the Newbury Street shopping corridor, the BRA said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)