Boston PFC Unanimously Approves Six Land Deals Across Four Neighborhoods

BOSTON — July 19, 2026 — Boston's Public Facilities Commission unanimously approved six land-disposition votes at its July 19 session, clearing a backlog of vacant city-owned parcels that had sat in the Mayor's Office of Housing inventory for between five and 35 years. Project Manager Nari Lee Janus presented three sales: a Dresser Street parcel in South Boston to Jeffrey Sullivan for $171,000 — above appraised value — a second parcel for $114,000, and a Jamaica Plain parcel on Forest Hill Street to Forest Woods Condominium Trust for $28,000, where a deed restriction will permanently prevent development after the assessed value was found to be nearly 10 times the appraised figure. Development Officer Joseph Backer secured a new 12-month tentative developer designation for Madison Park Development Corporation at 75-81 Dudley Street in Roxbury for $100, replacing a lapsed 2019 vote, to produce 15 income-restricted ownership units at 80 and 100 percent of area median income. Assistant Director Shani Fletcher won a six-month extension for Boston Food Forest Coalition Incorporated at 44 Aspen Wall Road in Dorchester — a site more than 13 years in inventory — with a conveyance vote targeted for December 2026 after rising construction costs outpaced the coalition's fundraising. Senior Development Officer John Fiobeck secured a tentative developer designation for Roxbury-based, minority-owned ILYB LLC to develop the historic Non Factory site in Nubian Square as a performing-arts and community-cultural center featuring dance studios, a public plaza, and hourly studio space for emerging artists.