March 7, 2016 — As luxury housing and shiny new offices went up near Stavis Seafoods’ home on the South Boston waterfront during the past decade or so, the fish processor and distributor continued to expand as well.
First, there was the addition to its Channel Street site. Then came the new corporate office at the Boston Fish Pier, and finally a plant near the Harpoon Brewery.
Now, a new stage has been reached: Stavis unveiled plans on Monday to put its 100 or so waterfront workers under one roof, as it becomes an anchor to a new development on Fid Kennedy Avenue, on a property in the city’s industrial park known as the Massport Marine Terminal.
The project represents an important milestone for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which has struggled to develop the roughly 30-acre property where Stavis will move. The site is specifically designated by the state for marine industrial uses, a designation that appeared to hamper past development efforts.