A Village Will Rise in South Boston

David Pogorelc, owner of DJ Properties, LLC

BOSTON—Work on the $400-million project to create a village in what is now an underutilized industrial section of the Andrew Square neighborhood in South Boston is expected to begin in the next 60 to 90 days.

David Pogorelc, owner of DJ Properties, LLC, the developer of Washington Village, tells Globest.com that the first phase of the project will entail a little more than 300 residential units and approximately 65,000 square feet of retail space and is expected to cost approximately $160 million to complete. The entire development to be built in three phases will feature 977,450 square feet of space, including 656 residences in nine buildings ranging in height from three and four stories to 21 stories. Core Investments is partnering on the project with DJ Properties that will also build-out nearly 100,000 square feet of retail space.