by Marc Hurwitz
It looks like yet another South Boston restaurant may be facing an uncertain future due to new development.
According to an article from Universal Hub, Coppersmith on West 3rd Street could see its warehouse building demolished to make way for a life sciences building that would house biotech companies, with the plan being to tear down other structures at the site. The post mentions that plans for the project will be submitted by late March, and that the proposal will include a six-story 210,000-square-foot building that is 95 feet high and possibly having ground-floor retail space.
Coppersmith, which first opened in September of 2015, includes a cafe and a dining area, a rooftop bar, indoor food trucks, and more in an old industrial warehouse.
The address for Coppersmith is 40 West 3rd street, South Boston, MA, 02127. Its website can be found at http://www.coppersmithboston.com/
[March 25 update: The Boston Business Journal reports that more details have come out about the proposal to open a lab building where Coppersmith currently resides; the article says that Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. and Anchor Line Partners are looking to replace Coppersmith's home along with multiple industrial and manufacturing buildings that had once been owned by Gillette with a 133-foot-high structure that would have ground floor retail and a "food-drink establishment," though it is not known if Coppersmith might be able (or willing) to take over that space. If all goes as planned, construction on the project could begin in 2020 and finish up by 2022.]
[April 29 update: A tweet from @FPNA_Boston indicates that a public meeting is taking place tonight that will look at the proposal of a life sciences building taking over the Coppersmith space.]
[October 23 update: According to a post from the Fort Point Boston site, a public meeting will take place this evening on a revised proposal to replace Coppersmith with a life sciences development.]
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