Exceptional Back Bay investment opportunity with rare lodging house license for short and long-term rentals. Prime location on sunny corner of desirable Hereford Street, close to Boston’s top dining, shopping, colleges, medical areas, and cultural venues. This elegant, 5,520SF building offers 9 beautifully appointed units (4 one-bedrooms and 5 studios). Four units have renovated kitchens and bathrooms; the others offer updated finishes. Features include central A/C, sprinkler system, original architectural details, dramatic bay windows, and charming street views. A private rear garden offers outdoor serenity, and a spiral staircase leads to the roof with potential for a future deck (permits required). With lodging house licenses no longer issued in Back Bay, this is a unique opportunity in one of Boston’s most desirable neighborhoods. The units have great appeal to visiting doctors, nurses, patients, college professors and other professionals on short, or long, assignments to Boston.
| Units | 9 |
| Living area | 5,520 sqft |
| Lot size | 1,775 sqft |
| Year built | 1900 |
| Price / sqft | $942 |
| County | Suffolk |
| MLS # | 73446238 |
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It is a 9-unit multi-family property with 5,520 sqft of living area, built in 1900.
At a list price of $5,600,000 across 9 units, that works out to roughly $622,222 per unit.
At $5,600,000 for 5,520 sqft, that's about $942 per square foot.
11 Hereford St, Boston MA 02115 is in Boston, Suffolk County, MA 02115.

Justin Rollo is a Broker Associate with Signal Real Estate (MA Lic. #9534264) and a lifelong Massachusetts resident. Over 14 years and hundreds of transactions, he has worked investment properties — multi-families and house-hacking — across Greater Boston full-time. Away from real estate, Justin is a proud dad, youth coach and local school-committee member — and a former professional poker player who still loves golf and following local sports.