Back Bay
79 Marlborough Street
Boston, MA 02116
Scale, location and six parking spaces create unusual optionality.
What stands out is the combination of scale, address and flexibility. The house has the proportions and presence you would expect of Marlborough Street, but the parking and overall configuration give it a level of practicality that is far less common.
FABLE PERSPECTIVE
The Property
The Context
The Potential
A Back Bay townhouse with unusual scale - and several possible futures.
At 25 feet wide and nearly 6,500 sq ft, 79 Marlborough has the proportions of a substantial city house rather than a conventional apartment building. Original architectural details and high ceilings remain, while the existing five-unit configuration means the building is already working in a very different way from the grand single-family home it could become.
The address does a great deal of the work.
Marlborough Street is one of Back Bay’s defining residential streets, and this section sits particularly close to the Public Garden while retaining the quieter, more domestic character that makes Marlborough distinct from Commonwealth Avenue or Newbury Street. Six outdoor parking spaces are also a genuinely unusual asset at this scale and location.
The interesting question is not simply what it is - but what it should become.
There are three credible routes: retain it as an income-producing multi-unit property, pursue a condominium strategy, or re-establish it as a significant single-family residence. Each implies a very different capital requirement and end value. The attraction is that the width, scale, location and parking give a future owner unusually strong raw ingredients whichever route they choose.
FULL LISTING DETAILS
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