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BOSTON-The West End, demolished in the late 1950s as part of thecity's urban renewal effort, will get its first new housing stockin 10 years. Equity Residential Development has broken ground on afive-building, 310-unit complex near the banks of the CharlesRiver. The $160-million plus project, currently known as the EquityResidential Development at Emerson Place, will put studio, one- andtwo-bedroom apartments and townhouses on 5.6 acres at StorrowDrive, Blossom Street and Thoreau Path, which connects the West Endand Charles River.

"These new units will go far in bringing us closer to our goalof increasing the city's housing stock," Mayor Thomas Menino saysin a statement announcing the groundbreaking. "Once completed, thisproject will breathe new life into the community with new residentsand a significant amount of open space for everyone to enjoy."