Boston Redevelopment Authority commissioned
Primary Group to prepare a feasibility study for a 51.5 acre urban
site. The former state hospital site currently contains 17 buildings
housing a variety of clinical and social service functions. Primary
Group was charged with evaluating the feasibility of accommodating
over 100 units of affordable assisted living housing on the property
and identifying additional developable parcels. The study proposes
the development of a new hospital campus, with non-developable parcels
located off site, and the urban parkland integrated into the parcel
as preserved open space. The new plan makes it possible to successfully
combine a variety of activity zones, with functional zones separated
by green space.
