Boston ZBA Approves Scaled-Back Alexandra Hotel Redesign, Multiple Housing Cases

BOSTON -- July 29, 2025, Boston's Zoning Board of Appeal unanimously approved a scaled-back redesign of the historic Alexandra Hotel, dropping a planned eight-story tower addition while preserving a 68-room hotel program on the South End landmark. Attorney Mark LaCasse of LaCasse Law presented the change on behalf of Alexandra Partners, comprising Tom Callis, Jass Bogle, and project manager Pavel Hunt, noting the BPDA Board had signed off on May 15, 2025, and the South End Landmarks District Commission approved the revised design on May 6, 2025. The board, sitting as a six-member panel under Chair Dong, also approved a six-unit replacement building at 263-265 North Beacon Street in Brighton with provisos requiring accessibility redesign of ground-floor units and BPD site plan review, following support from the Brighton-Alston Improvement Association and opposition from three abutters over rodent and property-condition concerns. Attorney Richard Linds won deferrals to September 9 for three East Boston addresses, 390 Meridian Street, 355 Border Street, and 89 Condor Street, seeking a full seven-member board for all three cases.