Build Together Update

Build Together Update

Where Things Stand

Trinity Financial has formally purchased the Fitzpatrick Brothers' site; they propose to build a 4-story, 72-unit complex at 150 Centre Street.

In 2023, the Boston Public Development Agency (BPDA) approved the Trinity plan and, because they declared the site blighted, they removed any requirement for review by the Zoning Board.  

A Few Key Points

• Epiphany School, the abutters, and the neighbors are pro-housing.  Our name says it all: Build Together!

• Our neighborhood is both high in density and diverse.  It is not blighted, as is claimed by Trinity Financial.

• Trinity Financial has characterized our neighborhood as blighted in order to secure massive government subsidies for the construction of its for-profit rental units.   Build Together has an alternative plan. 

• Rather than building a massive number of rental units which would provide a cash cow in perpetuity for a single new neighbor, the plan supported by the abutters and community provides Epiphany School with the opportunity to develop its existing lot.  Plus, the plan includes larger units, designed for families. These units would be homeownership opportunities and not rental units, so as to build generational wealth in the community.

• Contrary to what some of our neighbors have been told, Epiphany School is NOT an elite private school serving only neighborhood children.  Epiphany serves only economically-disadvantaged children, many of whom are formerly homeless.