By Pete Stidman
News Editor

A group that was aiming to create a community for gay and lesbian seniors and others in the Fenway neighborhood is now weighing a plan to buy the recently completed Schoolhouse at Lower Mills condo development.

"With the addition of some more common space, this could be a wonderful first Stonewall Community," said a survey sent out to a Stonewall Communities' e-mail list. "There's no lengthy construction period; no waiting to move in. It's ready to go if we want it."

The e-mail urged readers to respond by Friday, April 11, because there was "limited time" to structure a deal with the developer.

"That was an internal document, we're really just surveying our members, there's no story here," said Stonewall spokesperson Joshua Haynes on Tuesday. The story was first reported by Boston's Bay Windows newspaper on Monday.

Abbot Real Estate Development and David Aronstein, director of Stonewall, delayed the groundbreaking for a proposed 53-unit one- and two-bedroom development in the Fenway in February, Bay Windows reported. Last month, they approached the developers of Schoolhouse, Vincent Norton of Urban Capital Partners LLC and Robert Gatnik of Landworks LLC.

"They had a brief dialogue a couple of weeks ago, but nothing more than that. So there's no story there," said Jack Ribakoff, spokesperson for Schoolhouse. "They have over 10 percent of their units under agreement, so I think they're going to move forward."

Asked if a Stonewall Communities buyout was ruled out, Ribakoff said "They're not saying that, just that the article is totally speculative."

The Schoolhouse at Lower Mills is a reincarnation of the old Stoughton School building on 40 River St., built in 1856. It includes 62 one- and two-bedroom units that start at $229,000.