Urban Edge Housing Corp. is getting ready to file plans to replace two "distressed" commercial buildings on Columbus Avenue with a six-story building in which all 65 apartments would be rented as affordable.

In a letter of intent filed with the BPDA yesterday, Urban Edge says its proposal for 1595-1599 Columbus Ave., just south of Centre Street, would include a lot with 21 parking spaces and first-floor retail space.

The new building would sit on a roughly half-acre lot.

1595-1599 Columbus Ave. letter of intent (26k PDF).