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Plan to redevelop Fargo building submitted to BRA

January 18, 2006

Liffey 451 LLC has proposed to redevelop the nine-story Fargo Building, a half-vacant, three-building former US Army structure at 451 D St. near the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. It would create 263 residential condominium units from office and commercial space, with 18,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor. The plan submitted to the Boston Redevelopment Authority proposes adding 3 1/2 floors, including a mezzanine in penthouse units on the west side of the buildings, which are about 90 years old. The architect is Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Inc. of Boston. If the plan is approved, building height would increase from 120 feet to 168 feet. There would be 444 parking spaces, 164 of them in a garage in the building and the rest on a surface parking lot. (Thomas C. Palmer Jr.)