Zoning Board of Appeal

BOSTON — January 27, 2026 — Boston ZBA greenlights 144-unit South Boston development and more than a dozen housing cases. The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal voted unanimously January 27 to approve a 144-unit residential project at 181 West First Street in South Boston, brought by attorney Joe Hanley on

BOSTON — January 13, 2026 — Boston's Zoning Board of Appeal opened 2026 with a contested South End rear-addition case that drew 38 letters of opposition and formal resistance from the mayor's office. Attorney Mark LaCasse, representing the homeowners at 170 West Canton Street, sought two conditional