Bartlett Place LLC is a partnership of two community based developers. Our mission is to create Economic Development through Education, Employment and Business Opportunities. Bartlett Place LLC is committed to developing and sustaining home ownership and rental housing that's available to all income levels.

Community Benefits

• Open Air Market
• Small Local Shops
• Public Common
• Arts & Events Venues
• Walk-Ability
• A Place To Sit & Relax
• Learn About Urban Sustainability

A Creative Village

Bartlett Place is the name of an innovative urban mixed-used development that will enhance the historic Fort Hill neighborhood, bridging Roxbury’s bustling Dudley Square and the adjoining Fort Hill and Tommy’s Rock neighborhoods. On a site that today is an urban wasteland – a vacant, eight-acre former bus yard – the new Bartlett Place will be a vibrant creative district featuring a public events plaza, public market, shops and interactive arts. Housing will satisfy the growing need for market-rate rental and homeownership housing, as well as homes designed for moderate-income families to afford. Energy sustainability using green technology will make Bartlett a green and creative village. Tapping Roxbury’s rich artistic population, Bartlett Place will be unique in the amount and quality of its public art. The public space will feature installations by visual artists, ranging from street sculpture to murals; creations by artists-in-residence for shoppers to view or even to join in the creative process; rotating visual arts displays; and diverse performance programming encompassing music, singing, theater and dance. Live-work space and the rich arts environment will attract artists and other creative people.

A Public Events Plaza

The centerpiece of the village will be a large public plaza accessible to shoppers and residents, programmed year-round with a variety of attractions, making the plaza and surrounding shops a destination for Roxbury residents and the broader community. Weekends will feature a bustling public market drawing hundreds of shoppers. Public art installations, creation and performances will be programmed throughout each month.

Spend a lively afternoon or evening at the Bartlett Square retail center with family or friends, taking in a live musical performance, buying a snack or lunch from push-cart vendor, relaxing on the inviting benches and tables, eating ice cream or reading a book, socializing at the coffee shop or dining at a local café or restaurant.

A Public Market And Shops

Bartlett Place will be modeled on the most successful public places in Boston’s neighborhoods – a unique combination of the SoWa public market and the shops in Roslindale Square. A year-round public market will offer diverse goods from artists, crafts vendors and farmers. The public market will occupy the public plaza for three seasons and will operate indoors during the winter, making it the only year-round public market in Boston. Small local shops will provide a wide array of choices for customers walking from their homes in Fort Hill or driving in to this destination shopping village. The market and small stores will bring new shopping opportunities and services to a neighborhood with tremendous buying power but limited retail options.

Housing That Leads The Market

Boston is home to many creative people, both native Bostonians and folks from around the globe. But many of them can’t afford to live in the neighborhoods that put them close to their jobs, friends, and destinations for socializing. Bartlett Place will draw creative people from all walks of life—science, technology, arts, business and education—by offering market-rate housing and modern design resulting in better quality and value than comparable apartments in neighborhoods popular with Boston’s young innovators and creators, like the Seaport, downtown, Fenway, South End and Mission Hill. Moderate-income homes at Bartlett Place will help a range of families and singles live in Boston’s desirable Fort Hill neighborhood.

A Sustainable Village

Bartlett Place’s creative village will also be a green neighborhood featuring innovative energy technology and sustainability practices that will draw renters and home-buyers who identify with a green vision and lifestyle. The homes will be LEED-certifiable for new housing (LEED for Homes) and new commercial construction (LEED-NC), by incorporating passive solar heating, geothermal heat pumps, rain and gray water recycling and safe, renewable finishes and materials and many other green features

More on Housing options coming soon!

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