Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved construction on one of the first LGBT-friendly retirement homes in the nation. However, the development, called Stonewall at Audubon, is still awaiting the OK from the city's zoning board of appeal before it can proceed, reports The Boston Globe.
The project was recently approved by the residents of the neighborhood after residents clashed with developers over the building’s height. Jack Creighton, president of the Audubon Circle Neighborhood Association, assured the Globe that any qualms with construction had nothing to do with the sexual orientation of Stonewall's potential residents.
"This was a development project like any other, and we wanted it to fit in like any other,” Creighton said. He further told the Globe that condo owners in the area saw the proposed height of the building as " way out of scale" (and too pink) and merely wanted it to follow the neighborhood's zoning law.
With the residents and developers finally agreeing on the building's height at 75 feet, all that is needed now is the zoning board’s approval, which Creighton believes will happen.
Buyers such as Joy Malchodi have already placed a deposit and are eagerly waiting for move-in day. "I have friends in New York and all over the country who are interested," Malchodi told the Globe. "We baby boomers have to make a decision where to live as we get older, and we want to be surrounded by culture and liberal, accepting people."
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