29-Unit Mixed-Use Development In Framingham Proposed

FRAMINGHAM, MA — A Framingham-based developer wants to turn a historic Irving Street building into a mixed-use residential development, according to plans submitted recently to the city.

The developer Irving Historical St., LLC, is seeking permission to renovate the 1925 building at 105 Irving St. into a 29-unit residential complex with commercial space on the first floor. Plans call for the addition of a third story to the building to make way for residential units.

"Three-story mixed-use with ground floor commercial and residential above with accessory parking for 41 vehicles where 28 are required," the plans say. "Twenty-nine residential units consisting of six (6) studio units, three (3) 2-BR units and twenty (20) 1-Br units, ranging in size from 602 sf to 1100 sf with approximately 2300 sf of ground-floor commercial space."

The existing building has about 10,000 square-feet of commercial space on the first floor, plus about 3,500 square-feet of space on the existing second floor. The building is zoned for general office use. Irving Historical St. is seeking an overall site plan review from the Planning Board, plus permission to convert a warehouse behind the building into a parking garage.

According to Middlesex County records, Irving Historical St., LLC, whose manager is listed as Samuel Bicalho, purchased the property last March for $1.8 million from 105 Irving, LLC. Both of those companies list the same business address, 2 Temple St. in Framingham.

If approved, the Irving Street development would join another downtown-area mixed-use project recently approved by the Planning Board along Waverly Street.

The 105 Irving St. development will likely be up for a public hearing at the March 3 Framingham Planning Board meeting.