Five-Story Apartment Complex Planned at 90 Washington St.

Developers are planning a a five-floor building at the corner of Washington and New Washington streets that would house 159 rental apartments and ground-floor retail space, according to submissions to the Somerville Zoning Board of Appeals.

Boston.com reported about the project Wednesday.

The proposal, at 90 Washington St., would be next to Cobble Hill Apartments, an elderly housing community in East Somerville. Developers split off a parcel of land from the Cobble Hill Apartments site for the new proposal. A Somerville Planning Board report says there are no plans to redevelop the senior housing complex.

The proposal, by Corcoran Jennison, would include 13,217 square feet of commercial space on the ground level. Plans say it would include 159 rental apartments on the upper floors, though the plans also say there would be 25 studios apartments, 59 one-bedroom apartments and 45 two-bedroom apartments—which adds up to 129.

A planning board report notes the future Washington Street Green Line station would be one block away from the proposed development. It is also next to the New Washington Street dog park.