BOSTON—Equity Residential reports that it has received neighborhood support from more than 1,100 West End residents on the latest revisions to its proposed $350-million tower project at the Garden Garage project site here.

The Chicago-based multifamily development firm recently submitted a series of revisions, which included reducing the height of the building at 35 Lomasney Way by two floors, as well as significant traffic improvements and parking upgrades to the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The latest revision marks the second notice of project change made to its original project plan that called for a total of 500 rental housing units.

The developer states the changes have been made in order to reach a consensus and sufficient neighborhood support for the project that calls for the demolition of an above grade parking garage, which will be replaced with a 44-story, 517,000-square-foot building that will feature 470 rental apartment units. In connection with the reduction of the height of the building, the changes include the reduction of 16 units from the prior proposal that called for 486 units. Originally the plan called for two buildings of lesser height but that took up a larger footprint at the 3.02-acre site. The project also calls for approximately 2,000 square feet of retail.

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