The Carruth, at 1910 Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester, is a six-story mixed-use building with 116 residences, including 42 condominiums on its top two floors, completed in 2008 beside Ashmont station in Peabody Square.
Trinity Financial developed The Carruth on land leased long term from the MBTA, building it at the same time the MBTA rebuilt the adjacent Ashmont station. The Architectural Team designed the building, Cambridge Seven Architects designed the new transit center next door, and Duffy Design Group created the interiors. The Carruth earned LEED Silver certification and was a finalist for the Urban Land Institute's 2012 Global Award for Excellence. It was the first transit-oriented, mixed-use housing development at the station, and it later inspired Trinity's Treadmark across the street.
The ground floor holds about 10,000 square feet of neighborhood retail, including a restaurant and a cafe. Floors two through four contain 74 affordable rental apartments, and the 42 condominiums fill the fifth and sixth floors. Condominiums are one- and two-bedroom homes of roughly 670 to 1,275 square feet, finished with cherry cabinetry, Bosch stainless appliances, bamboo floors, in-unit laundry, and central air. Some homes have terraces, and some have views over the city.
Elevators serve the condominium floors, and a heated below-ground garage offers direct elevator access. The building is professionally managed.
Ashmont's Red Line platforms are next door. Peabody Square's small triangular park, its historic fire station, and All Saints Ashmont, an early church by Ralph Adams Cram, are steps away. Farther north on Dorchester Avenue, DNA Lofts offers converted loft condominiums.
The Carruth remains one of the best-known condominium addresses at Ashmont.
The Carruth, at 1910 Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester, is a six-story mixed-use building with 116 residences, including 42 condominiums on its top two floors, completed in 2008 beside Ashmont station in Peabody Square.
Trinity Financial developed The Carruth on land leased long term from the MBTA, building it at the same time the MBTA rebuilt the adjacent Ashmont station. The Architectural Team designed the building, Cambridge Seven Architects designed the new transit center next door, and Duffy Design Group created the interiors. The Carruth earned LEED Silver certification and was a finalist for the Urban Land Institute's 2012 Global Award for Excellence. It was the first transit-oriented, mixed-use housing development at the station, and it later inspired Trinity's Treadmark across the street.
The ground floor holds about 10,000 square feet of neighborhood retail, including a restaurant and a cafe. Floors two through four contain 74 affordable rental apartments, and the 42 condominiums fill the fifth and sixth floors. Condominiums are one- and two-bedroom homes of roughly 670 to 1,275 square feet, finished with cherry cabinetry, Bosch stainless appliances, bamboo floors, in-unit laundry, and central air. Some homes have terraces, and some have views over the city.
Elevators serve the condominium floors, and a heated below-ground garage offers direct elevator access. The building is professionally managed.
Ashmont's Red Line platforms are next door. Peabody Square's small triangular park, its historic fire station, and All Saints Ashmont, an early church by Ralph Adams Cram, are steps away. Farther north on Dorchester Avenue, DNA Lofts offers converted loft condominiums.
The Carruth remains one of the best-known condominium addresses at Ashmont.
