Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 36 Issue 35 Thursday, August 29, 2019 50¢ Up-front Bayside lease payout key to ‘yes’ from UMass Boston Accordia cost could reach $235m BY COLMAN M. HERMAN making major repairs to structures SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER such as a campus garage that is fall- The University of Massachusetts ing apart. Boston is structuring its lease agree- The payment is, in fact, a prime ment with the developer of its prime reason why Accordia beat out its five Bayside waterfront property in competitors for the lease. It stands Dorchester’s Columbia Point neigh- in stark contrast to the financial deal borhood very differently than it did a Kraft was close to consummating with few years ago in its ill-fated effort to UMass Boston before it soured. lease the site to New England Patriots • The billionaire sports mogul, who owner Bob Kraft. wanted to build a 20,000 to 25,000-seat Accordia Partners will be paying stadium on the site at his expense, UMass anywhere from $192.5 million agreed to pay annual rent of $2.5 mil- to $235 million up front in a lump sum lion for a term of 99 years, adjusted ev- for a 99-year term, according to a draft ery five years based on the Consumer of the lease recently pried loose from Price Index, according to a draft of that the institution after a six-month public lease agreement previously obtained. records battle involving multiple ap- • Kraft also agreed to pay additional peals to the state supervisor of public rent to UMass if the annual number records. of tickets sold went above the very Winning by a Punch-out The exact amount of the rent to be high threshold of one million — $1 paid by Accordia will depend on the for each soccer ticket sold and $2 for Jonathan DePina of Savin Hill claimed a victory in his pro boxing debut last actual amount of the square footage each ticket sold for any other events Friday at Encore Boston Harbor Resort. In an evenly contested match, DePina ultimately permitted for construction in excess of the threshold. defeated his opponent, Robbie Thomas of Michigan, with a flurry of punches • The Kraft draft lease allowed for in the fourth and final round of the lightweight bout to pick up a KO. With by state and city agencies. This up- the victory, DePina, 24, adds to a decorated amateur record that includes front payment is a huge benefit for the selling of branded merchandise at the title belt at last year’s New England regional Golden Gloves tournament. UMass Boston, because it will allow the stadium, but UMass was not go- Emily Harney photo the institution to immediately begin (Continued on page 16) Pressley’s ‘Equity Agenda’ on housing gets an airing at forum in Jamaica Plain BY KATIE TROJANO “inequalities” in housing. from constituents in several smaller groups REPORTER STAFF Pressley has been out- past round table events. where they discussed is- Congresswoman spoken in her opinion “We will take what we sues or shared personal Ayanna Pressley on that housing for all is learned here today from stories about homeless- Monday night asked her a fundamental right you and that will become ness, evictions, tenants’ constituents to “share and that the lack of af- the foundational floor rights, homeownership, real life experiences” at fordable housing is a for the legislation that student debt, and creat- a round- table discussion public health issue. At I’m writing,” Pressley ing and sustaining af- in Jamaica Plain on the the Monday session in said, “The work that fordable housing. Event topic of housing equity. the cafeteria of Boston many of us have already facilitators answered The “Equity Agenda Se- English High School, done at a micro level in constituents’ questions This former comfort station in Uphams Corner is ries” meeting was one of she said that 7 out of the community, state, and pushed the conver- under renovation this summer. several she plans to host 20 of the bills she has and municipal levels, sations along. Historic Boston Inc. image in the Seventh Congres- introduced in Congress we can now partner to At one table, a group sional District to help were directly informed address these inequali- of women discussed Bike cafe gives way to her work up legislation by information and lived ties on a macro level.” low-income housing vs. to address what she calls experience narratives Attendees were split into (Continued on page 13) Uphams Corner eatery BY DANIEL SHEEHAN bike cafe at the property, Four — including grandson— charged ARTS & FEATURES EDITOR a business that was ini- Plans to open a hybrid tially slated to open ear- bike repair shop/cafe in lier this year. De Amor with April murder of Mattapan woman the newly renovated Up- recently decided he no BY ADAM GAFFIN on Monday on charges hams Corner comfort sta- longer intends to follow UNIVERSAL HUB that include first-degree tion have been scrapped through with the plan, Four men now face murder. in favor of a locally owned (Continued on page 11) charges in connection A second man, Henry restaurant that will open with the shooting mur- Dane, of Roxbury, also its doors next May, ac- der of Eleanor Maloney, faces first-degree murder cording to Historic Bos- 74, as she stood outside charges for the gun battle ton Inc., which controls her Mattapan Street that erupted after the the Columbia Road site. home on April 6 enjoying two got into an argument Local entrepreneur a warm day with other that afternoon, Suffolk Noah de Amor, founder members of her family - County prosecutors say. of Bowdoin Bike School, Another man, who had been a central part- including her grandson, Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins discussed the Anthony Davis. was in a car with Dane ner in the restoration All contents © 2019 investigation of Eleanor Maloney’s murder on Mon- Boston Neighborhood He is one of the four day alongside Assistant DA Masai King. before the shootout — in process and would have men who were arraigned Universal Hub image (Continued on page 12) operated the Sip & Spoke News, Inc. 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Registration is $45, with involved in a prior inci- proceeds benefiting the Martin Richard Foundation. dent,” Boston Police of- Participants who choose to fundraise and commit ficers stopped a man rid- to raise a minimum of $300 for the Foundation will ing a City of Boston Blue receive free entry into the race and a limited edition Bike down Columbia 2019 MR8K Team MR8 race shirt. The event is open Road near Geneva Ave. to runners, walkers and para-athletes of all abilities, on Monday afternoon, as well as families with small children. Register now and after a “threshold at BostonBruins.com/MR8K. A rendering shows what a 34-unit condominium project at 3 Aspinwall Road inquiry” and “a pat frisk,” Wednesday (4th) — The Codman Square Neigh- in Codman Square would look like. RODE Architects image arrested the rider on borhood Council meets the first Wed. of each month, a weapons charge. Ac- 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Codman Sq. Aspinwall Road condo project cording to the BPD, the Health Center, 6 Norfolk St. Info: call 617-265-4189. biker, later identified as Friday (6th) — New programs for the Boston Daquam Baskin-King, City Singers start in September. Auditions are hap- in Codman Sq. wins city okay 19, of Boston, was carry- pening by appointment at the Epiphany School, 154 ing a loaded Raven Model Centre St., Dorchester. More audition sessions are BY KATIE TROJANO affordability standards with the city’s Inclu- were a citywide matter. sionary Development MP-25. He has been planned on Sept. 6 and 7 or by appointment. See REPORTER STAFF charged with possession The Boston Planning Shanti Acquisition Policy, four of those bostoncitysingers.org or call 617-825-0674. of a loaded firearm with- and Development Agen- LLC’s construction units will be reserved Sunday (8th) — On Sunday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m.-2 out a license and will be cy (BPDA) last week ap- of the 4-story, 17,812 as income-restricted. p.m. a wide variety of antique vehicles will sparkle arraigned in Dorchester proved the development square-foot residen- According to the BPDA, like gems in historic Dorchester Park for the Seventh District Court. Annual Classic Car Show. For more information of a 34-unit, home-own- tial building will follow the approval is expected ership condominium the demolition of the to bring a $10 million in- about the car show or the DPA, see dotpark.org or Two arrested af- project at 3 Aspinwall former Nelson Manor vestment to Dorchester, Dorchester Park in Massachusetts on Facebook.