Board approves plans to add four-story extension to old Dorchester

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Board approves plans to add four-story extension to old Dorchester

Schematic of old convent building and extension behind it by Context.The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a developer's plans to rehab the former St. Matthew convent at 43-45 Stanton St. in Dorchester and add a four-story addition in its rear to create 14 condos. Two of the units in the new structure, proposed by Ricky Beliveau's Volnay Capital, would be sold as affordable. The proposal originally went before the board last November, but th…