A Danvers developer is moving full steam ahead at the Charlestown Navy Yard with plans to build apartments on an empty city-owned lot where several previous projects ran aground.
Kavanagh Advisory Group took on the so-called Parcel 39A — located at the corner of First Avenue at Ninth Street not far from the USS Constitution's berth — after winning a lengthy bidding process held by the Boston Redevelopment Authority in September.
"We felt like the BRA really wanted something to happen there," said Tom Miller, vice president at Kavanagh, a firm founded by the former owner of contractor William A. Berry & Son. "We believe this could be a project that we can really move on quickly."
The developer hopes to break ground by June on a four-story brick building with 54 rental units, a mix of studios and one-bedrooms with 20 percent designated as affordable. Market-rate rents will range from $1,800 to $3,000.
"It's not a huge project, but it's an interesting little piece of the Navy Yard," said Mark Rosenshein of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council. "It will finish the block and really make it look seamless."
The design must match nearby Civil War-era buildings and win approval from the National Park Service.
The BRA originally tapped Boston-based Kenney Development Co. back in 2001 to develop the site, first with a commercial and retail building, and later with a condo complex. But the city finally moved on last year because Kenney "did not show any significant progress ... after several extensions," according to a BRA spokeswoman.
Company president Bob Kenney declined comment on the city's development process for Parcel 39A. "Unfortunately, we are no longer involved," he said.
The small lot is one of three key redevelopment sites remaining in the "historic monument area" within the 135-acre former naval base. The others are the Chain Forge building, opposite Parcel 39A, and the Rope Walk building, a slender former rope-making factory that stretches a quarter-mile along Chelsea Street below the Tobin Bridge.
Kavanagh also holds the rights to redevelop the Chain Forge building, but the massive chain-making machinery inside remains an obstacle.
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary once eyed the space for an expansion, but now other parties, including a hotel operator, are interested in the decidedly "difficult building," Miller said.
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