In the second phase of a larger plan that will fundamentally change the use of several blocks along the corridor, five candidates are being considered for designations as developers of 12 of the 18 vacant lots put out to bid last summer in the Grove Hall section of Blue Hill Avenue.
City officials are reviewing proposals and expect to make decisions by mid-December, according to officials at the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH).
Of the five candidates, four have plans to build mixed-use buildings that would remake the 300 block of Blue Hill Avenue – a bustling part of Grove Hall that has lively businesses, but still bears the scars, or empty lots, from unrest and disinvestment in the 1960s and 1970s.
The fifth developer, Mass Liberation, is a non-profit looking to have a smaller lot at 190 Blue Hill Ave. that the company already cares for designated for development as programmed…
