BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE | Developments

[Shasta]

I searched but couldn't find anything. It's time for Boston to show her stuff, so here's a start...I will add to it as I go along. Feel free to join in!

The Penmark-new condos in the South End
http://www.thepenmark.com/home/images/rendering_penmark.jpg

Folio Boston- 14 floors in the Financial District built around old bldg
http://cache.boston.com/realestate/luxliv/premium/pics/folio2_376_b.jpg

Gateway Terrace- 3 bldg project in the South End
The Hallet
http://archusa.com/hai/Gateway/Gateway-Hallet.jpg
The Vose
http://www.loftsboston.com/gallery/Gateway_Terrace_403/Gateway_Terrace_403-36.jpg

The Watermark- 23 floors of rental apts in Kendall Square area of Cambridge
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1/100km023/pict7040.jpg

Residences and Hotel Inter-Continental- 20 floors along the waterfront in downtown
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1/100km023/pict7152.jpg

Park Essex- 26 floors in the old Combat Zone of downtown
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1/100km023/pict7376.jpg

601 Albany Street near BUMC
http://www.thehamiltoncompany.com/currentdevelopments/developmentpictures/bosalbany.jpg

Artblock- 2 bldgs in the South End
http://www.newatlantic.net/projects/detail/artblock/images/photo1.jpg

Moakley Cancer Center at BUMC in South End
http://kintera.org/AccountTempFiles//account8834/images/newmoakleybuilding1206revised.jpg

The Clarendon- 32 floors in Back Bay near Hard Rock Cafe
http://www.ramsa.com/files/project_images/A03007_1.jpg
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/12/322976.jpg

44 Prince Street in the North End
http://www.44princestreet.com/photos/construction/parmroofview800.jpg

285 Columbus Ave in the South End
http://www.bostonresidentialgroup.com/images/2ndry-images/communities/285-rev.jpg

45 Province Street- 31 floors in Downtown Crossing area
http://www.bushari.com/developments/images/45province/45_province01.jpg

Lofts at 36 A Street in Southie
http://www.theloftsat36a.com/pictures/building.jpg

Harborview at the Navy Yard in Charlestown
http://www.harborviewnavyyard.com/images/photogallery/progress/June-Aerials-002.jpg

[Cory]

There are a lot of renderings on this thread at another site:

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=198272

[Shasta]

Thanks, WesternGulf. I never go to that site and had forgotten about it. They had quite a few projects I was unaware of since I don't get out of my general area too much.

When are you going to post some Houston photos with your new camera?!?!?!

Here are a few more taken from other posts on this site

Center for Life Science (Blackfan) by Lyme Properties in Longwood Medical
http://www.nii.net/~wired781/blackfan.jpg

new hotel built around the old Charles St. Jail near Beacon Hill/West End
http://www.c7a.com/pageImages/portfolio/Riverview_Final_Press_zoom.gif

32 story 33 Arch Street completed in Financial District
http://www.elkus-manfredi.com/images/a33m.jpg

Hines' new proposal for the South Station Tower in Financial District
http://www.hines.com/toolkit_images/Project%20Photos/South%20Station/South%20Station%20Rendering_lres_web.jpg

Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care at MGH
http://www.c7a.com/pageImages/portfolio/Yawkey_Center_at_MGH_003_zoom.gif

Mandarin Oriental under construction in the Back Bay
http://www.mandarinresidences.com/images/renderings/large/06.jpg

Brigham and Women's Center for Advanced Medicine
http://www.c7a.com/pageImages/office/1BWH_lg.jpg
http://www.c7a.com/pageImages/office/3BWH_lg.jpg

Trilogy in the Fenway (17 floors)
http://www.elkus-manfredi.com/images/hr2l.jpg

Charles/MGH Station on the red line
http://www.elkus-manfredi.com/images/pi2l.jpg
http://www.elkus-manfredi.com/images/cmghm.jpg

The Avenir near North Station
http://www.iconarch.com/publish/Avenir_Canal_Master.jpg

Russia Wharf proposal next to the Intercontinental (the site is currently being cleared of 2 8-10 story bldgs to make way)
http://img166.exs.cx/img166/4030/russiawharf056td.png

[Shasta]

Battery Wharf in the North End
http://cache.boston.com/realestate/luxliv/premium/pics/battery5_376.jpg
http://cache.boston.com/realestate/luxliv/premium/pics/battery6_376.jpg
http://cache.boston.com/realestate/luxliv/premium/pics/battery2_376.jpg

Strada 234 in the North End
http://luxurycondosboston.com/gallery/Strada_234_1104/Strada_234_1104-38.jpg

Institute for Contemporary Arts near the Four Points Channel
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/07/arts/08ica600.1.jpg

University Park development across the river in Cambridge
The 18 story tall 100 Landsdowne
http://bostonapartments.com/100landsdownest.gif
91 Sidney
http://91sidneyliving.com/images/home/pic.jpg

One Charles completed near the Boston Common (18 floors)
http://www.citylifeboston.com/images/condos/onecharles/onecharles_12.jpg

[Shasta]

Hodge Boiler Works in Eastie
http://www.thebostonharborjournal.biz/Images/Issue_3/Hodge2.jpg

12 story Neponset Landing in Quincy just South of the city
http://www.quincy2000.org/images/conroy.gif

One First in Cambridge
http://condos-in-boston.com/images/onefirst_1.jpg

The Broadluxe in the Financial District
http://www.bostonrealtyweb.com/images/broadf.jpg

The Greenway on the new Rose Kennedy Parkway
http://cache.boston.com/realestate/luxliv/premium/pics/greenway1_376.jpg

Court Square Press in South Boston
http://courtsquarepress.com/b_render.jpg

The 13 story MacAllen Building in Southie
http://condos-in-boston.com/images/macallen_1.jpg

The Bryant on Columbus in the South End
http://www.wrecapital.com/renderings/303%20columbus%20-%20the%20bryant_resized_web.jpg

700 Harrison in the South End
http://www.chandlerco.com/Assets/700_harrison_june_600p.gif

14 story tall 1330 Boylston Street in the Fenway across from the Trilogy
http://www.samuelsre.com/images/full/2282.jpg

New rendering of the Trilogy in the Fens
http://www.samuelsre.com/images/full/2283.jpg

[ChunkyMonkey]

I don't have any renderings but I remember a few more:

The W Hotel
The theatre district development near the Shubert
The Kensington
What about North Point?

[Wheelingman04]

It is about time somebody started a Boston thread on this forum. Boston actually has its own site called archboston.com That is why there are not many Boston forumers on this site.

[tocoto]

I don't have any renderings but I remember a few more:

The W Hotel
The theatre district development near the Shubert
The Kensington
What about North Point?

The W Hotel - approved
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6031/loewsphoto0xo.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5664/loewsks0.jpg

The theatre district development near the Shubert - approved
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5962/wilbursquarenightshotb2qt7.jpg

The Kensington is in demolition and sitework

What about North Point? It's U/C, a huge multi-building complex
http://www.northpointcambridge.com/images/vision/NorthPoint_siteplan.gif

Nearby Archstone smith
http://cache.boston.com/realestate/galleries/eastcamb/cambridgeresidential.jpg

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9477/img0357zz2.jpg

115 winthrop sq proposed 1000' to roof
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/0125_building_005.jpg

Filenes Biuilding - proposed
http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2006/09/29/1159527711_5571.jpg

[galaca]

Wow! Boston has some great projects going up! :tup:

[Shasta]

Wow. That Shubert development will be very skinny! That lot is so small.

I am also surprised by the W Hotel. I always thought it was rumored to be going into the surface lot where Avery St. dead ends (near the new Ritz). Glad I am wrong as it will be in a much more visible location.

[ChunkyMonkey]

That's the first time I've seen the Filene's proposal. Can't say I like it. It looks somewhat boxy and dated.

Also, can't forget the Apple store.
http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2006/06/29/1151579820_5924.jpg

[Scruffy]

the filenes building looks like the super blocks built in NYC in the 60s and 70s.

[Coldrsx]

some great small and medium sized infill.

[TheBostonBoy]

good stuff going on in Boston! lol and I like the filene's building, it looks nice and a good height

[TheBostonBoy]

keep updating this thread with pictures!

[nomarandlee]

Wow, didn't realise all the great stuff going up in Boston. Lots of good projects.

[tocoto]

new renderings for the Filenes building:


http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4720/filenetower1ug8.jpg


http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/497/filenetowerfranklinmj4.jpg


http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6092/filenetowerwashingtonwt4.jpg


http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9982/filenetowershoppersparkxx9.jpg[/quote]

[tocoto]

some great small and medium sized infill.

An interesting comment considering Winthrop Square is 1000', the SST is over 600' and a number are over 400' including Filenes and Russia Wharf.

[ChunkyMonkey]

The following all under construction.

1330 Boylston
http://www.lunarstudio.com/rendering-gallery/image-illustrations/coex-architectural-renderings/1330-building2.jpg

A small but wonderful redevelopment project of the Paramount Theatre
http://www.emerson.edu/emersontoday/userfiles/image/2005_12/Paramount-Exterior.jpg

303 Third Street, Kendall Square
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i64/letaureau32/303Kendall.jpg

MFA Expansion
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/briv1/mfa/mfa5.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/briv1/mfa/mfa2.jpg

BUs Level 4 biolab in the South End
http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2006/02/03/1138966880_0671.jpg

And Boston's new mosque in Roxbury
http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2006/07/04/1151988254_9140.jpg

[JBoston]

Great stuff, thanks guys! I'm really excited about the Filene's building, however I think that Winthrop Square is obnoxious and ugly. It will completely ruin the skyline. I would love to see it around South Station instead.

[seaskyfan]

I also like the Filene's proposal.

I'm curious about the Winthrop Square site - can something really go to 1000 feet there given the proximity to Logan?

[TheBostonBoy]

Ya, Filenes will be great...and also about Wintrop Sq, their shouldn't be a problem with the FAA, their main concern is the South Boston Waterfront, and the FAA has placed many height restrictions there, but not so much in downtown. But one big thing that is being made a big deal of is that Winthrop Sq might cause 15 mins of shade on Boston Common every morning. So Belkin has to get past that obstacle to get this tower built.

[Props]

I really miss living in Boston, but fortunately there's this forum. :) Not a big fan of the Winthrop Square proposal. It seems more about making a statement than complimenting what's already there. Here's another rendering:


XX

Oops, broken link on the image I tried to post.

[hi123]

any new Info or new pics of the park at northpoint? Is it done yet?

[KevinFromTexas]

Some nice designs there.

:tup: Especially these two.

http://www.elkus-manfredi.com/images/a33m.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2006/09/29/1159527711_5571.jpg

[TheBostonBoy]

any new Info or new pics of the park at northpoint? Is it done yet?

The developers of Northpoint were in court over a huge law suit, so the project kind of came to a standstill for a bit, until they finally negotiated and now they have turned it over to a new developer. The project will continue, and as far as I know it is all the same design and whatnot.

[hi123]

W boston and the theater district tower are now u/c ! I'm glad that these modern glass towers are being built! here is a constuction pic of the W(taken august 28th) :

http://www.boston-condos-for-sale.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/w-boston-hotel-condos-2.jpg

Photo from "boston-condos-for-sale.com"

[hi123]

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[hi123]

this glassy gem broke ground at fan pier today:

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/OnTheBoards/images/0703Boston-2.jpg

Another euro-style tower for boston:tup: :tup: :tup: :banana: :banana:

[Shasta]

We finished our last roof deck of the season today and took a few pics of the finished product. This view down Columbus shows the 285 Columbus development (old Red Cross Bldg into condos), The Bryant (large crane) and the cranes for the Northeastern dorms in the distance...

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/1281/img0854ld8.jpg

[hi123]

Filene's is begging construction aswell now as planned .:slob: :cheers: :banana:

[EDDYC]

The Hines website says that the 621' version of the South Station Tower is sceduled to start in "late 2007." Has anyone noticed anything resembling site prep, parking lot closings, soil testing, signs being put up, etc. down there?

[hi123]

^Yep, I think they started construction last week or something.

[EDDYC]

^Yep, I think they started construction last week or something.

Construction meaning demo/site prep, or are they actually starting excavation and foundations? Any pics? This would be the tallest building to go up in Boston since the Hancock in '76.

At 621', it won't be very tall, but it will be Boston tall.

[tocoto]

It'll be great when they start the 1000+ foot Winthrop Square tower. Then maybe we won't hear any more comments about how short the Boston skyline is. Boston has more 500 footers than most cities in the US and one of the biggest and best urban fabrics in the country IMO.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Construction meaning demo/site prep, or are they actually starting excavation and foundations? Any pics? This would be the tallest building to go up in Boston since the Hancock in '76.

At 621', it won't be very tall, but it will be Boston tall.

Apparently there is scaffolding. However, I have not heard any official groundbreaking postponed until early 2008. You can follow the tower at archboston.com.

http://architecturalboston.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=255

[ChunkyMonkey]

Preconstruction activity at Columbus Center is happening. It looks like this project is being raised from the dead and into reality. This is project is actually being built atop interstate 90 and will restitched neighborhoods that have been torn apart by the highway. That's why it is estimate to cost $800 million.

http://www.boston.com/news/specials/columbus_center/flash_graphic/

[Jesus in a Geo]

Preconstruction activity at Columbus Center is happening. It looks like this project is being raised from the dead and into reality. This is project is actually being built atop interstate 90 and will restitched neighborhoods that have been torn apart by the highway. That's why it is estimate to cost $800 million.

http://www.boston.com/news/specials/columbus_center/flash_graphic/

Holy crap, nearly a billion? Nevertheless, glad to see it has been resurrected. It looks quality.

[holladay]

With a few exceptions most of the Boston projects are very conservative designs. Having never been there I don't know much about the city's architectural culture, whether the designs are client-driven or a product of firms that don't have enough chutzpah. Given the presence of Harvard and MIT, both of which have really great architecture programs, it surprises me that the level of design in Boston isn't top caliber and cutting edge. Can anyone offer insight into this?

[Quabbin]

With a few exceptions most of the Boston projects are very conservative designs. ... it surprises me that the level of design in Boston isn't top caliber and cutting edge. Can anyone offer insight into this?

One thing to say about that is that Boston's architectural heritage is conservative, something pointed out forcefully in the very appealing book Architecture Boston published for the 1970 AIA convention held there that year. Some of Boston's greatest architecture was conservative by the standards of the day. But it has aged better, overall, than trendier work might have. Another point is that modern architects had a field day in Boston and Cambridge in the 1950s and '60s. The city is a gallery of modernist works from that period and the public still hasn't gotten over it, beginning with Boston City Hall. So the conservative tastes since then are in some measure a reaction to the last generation's cutting edge productions.

[TheBostonBoy]

Preconstruction activity at Columbus Center is happening. It looks like this project is being raised from the dead and into reality. This is project is actually being built atop interstate 90 and will restitched neighborhoods that have been torn apart by the highway. That's why it is estimate to cost $800 million.

http://www.boston.com/news/specials/columbus_center/flash_graphic/

Don't get your hopes up...this baby is being stopped right now. Apparently one of the investors backed out, now Winn doesn't have sufficient funds for this projects...things are not looking good for Columbus Center.

[Wheelingman04]

Any new developments in Boston? Are there major projects that have been cancelled due to the economy?

[Wheelingman04]

There has to be someone from Boston on here.:(

[blade_bltz]

Go here (www.archboston.com)

[Kingofthehill]

Wow!

Boston is on the come up!

[BuildCTPlace]

Downtown Boston is getting uglier by the day


The hole in the middle of rebirth
Neighbors still hope for tower

http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/12/04/1228441141_5463/539w.jpg
Construction at the former Filene's site in Downtown Crossing, shown here in August, came to a halt about a month ago. Construction at the former Filene's site in Downtown Crossing, shown here in August, came to a halt about a month ago. (Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff/FILE)

By Robert Preer
Globe Correspondent / December 7, 2008

Oversized holiday stars loom above the streets of Downtown Crossing. Shoppers are starting to crowd sidewalks, and the area's trendy new restaurants and bars are busy.

But in the heart of Boston's central business district and emerging residential neighborhood there's an oversized hole as well - the former Filene's property, where work on a $700 million condo-hotel-office-retail project began earlier this year, then stopped abruptly about a month ago.

"It's very sad news," said Deanna Palmin, a real estate broker who lives with her husband at Tremont on the Common. "The whole neighborhood was going to change because of this project. This high-profile development was going to show we are a residential neighborhood."

In early November, developers John B. Hynes III and Vornado Realty Trust called a halt to the project, which was to include both a new 38-story tower and restoration of the Filene's department store building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original plans called for 250 hotel rooms, 166 condominiums, 475,000 square feet of office space, and four floors of retail, including the return of the much lamented Filene's Basement, a subterranean Boston landmark that closed in September 2007.

In announcing the shutdown, the developers said they would resume construction in 90 days after redesigning the project in hopes of making it more attractive to potential lenders. In the meantime, the unfinished project leaves a deep scar in the city. The hole in the ground takes up almost an entire city block on Washington and Franklin streets. Some of the walls on the parts of the Filene's building that are to be preserved were removed before the work stopped, leaving the interiors exposed and giving the project the look of a war zone.

Community and business leaders stress, however, that other, smaller development projects are going forward in Downtown Crossing, and leaders are confident that the Filene's project will resume early next year. "We feel this is temporary," said Rosemarie Sansone, president of the Downtown Crossing Association. "We know that at some point it will be restarted and completed. We all know what's happening in the world and in the economy now."

Peggy Carr, who lives in the Devonshire building and is active in the association, said, "With what's going on in the credit markets and the world in general, I can't be angry that the project is stopped. They are trying to make it nice as best they can."

While those with a stake in Downtown Crossing await the resumption of the Filene's project, they also are trying to make the most of the holiday season, which draws thousands of visitors to the area each year. The Downtown Crossing Association, which represents businesses and residents, is sponsoring a holiday house tour to create awareness of Downtown Crossing as a residential neighborhood.

On Dec. 13, about a dozen homeowners will open their holiday-decorated condominiums, lofts, and model units to visitors. In addition, restaurants throughout Downtown Crossing will offer special Holiday Home Tour specials and nearby parking garages will offer discounts. On that day, there also will be entertainment provided by artists, carolers, and other musicians at the intersection of Washington and Summer streets. The association sponsored a similar house tour in the spring.

Local businessman and resident William Ashmore is optimistic about the prospects for Downtown Crossing. The owner of Ivy Restaurant on Temple Place, Ashmore is planning to open a second restaurant, Stoddard's Fine Food & Ale, across the street early next year.

Ashmore noted that there are new developments underway or completed on West, Province and Bromfield streets, and on Hayward Place. The problems with the Filene's site will not derail Downtown Crossing's progress, he said. "I get the question a lot, and I really don't think it will," he said. "It's unfortunate timing, but I really feel it's only one piece of the puzzle. I wouldn't say it's a small piece, but there are others."

Robert Preer can be reached at preer@globe.com.

[BuildCTPlace]

News from the BU dorm-in-the-sky project


StuVi 3 ‘years away’
Plans suffer with building freeze

Iris Picat

Published: Friday, December 5, 2008
Updated: Friday, December 5, 2008

While construction is set to finish in June 2009 on Student Village Phase II, the construction freeze has postponed plans for Phase III indeterminably, Boston University officials said.

StuVi2 is currently in the latest phase of a long-term plan going back to the mid-1980s, but officials have not conceived any preliminary plans for StuVi3, and do not intend to in the near future, Auxiliary Services Vice President Peter Cusato.

“New construction projects will be reprioritized and weighed against other needs all based on what economic indicia suggest,” he said.

In the best-case scenario, construction on StuVi3 is “years off,” though it cannot be determined at the moment, Cusato said.

“But I didn’t think I’d be here to see StuVi2. I could be wrong again,” he said. “We’ll have a better sense of what the next academic year will look like as spring draws nearer. Priorities will no doubt be refined at that time.”

However, Cusato said he is certain no plans or architectural designs have been made, and would take at least a year or two to develop.

BU would be more likely to prioritize renovating other student residences given the current economic climate before starting on StuVi3, BU spokesman Colin Riley said. Depending on how successful StuVi2 is, StuVi3 may get pushed along, however.

“It would be a follow-up on demand,” Riley said.

About 75 percent of the undergraduate population lives now in BU housing, but that could change with the new building.

“We could realistically make it go up to mid-’80s,” Cusato said. “We want to house as many people as would like to live here.”

The freeze does not affect any projects that were already under construction, but it does halt future projects, Riley said.

“Nothing has been delayed, because [we were] not planning on starting anything in the fall,” he said. “No contracts have been cut out.”

Cusato said he thinks the public is overreacting to the freeze.

“A couple months ago when BU announced the freeze, it made the front page of The Boston Globe,” he said. “Since then, virtually every institution has done the same thing. “People are panicking needlessly over the freeze, [and] paranoia sets in,” he said. “Send everyone home, fire all staff, jump in the river.”

StuVi2 is currently set to accommodate 960 students, according to the BU website.

“Our goal is to have it open for students next academic year,” Campus Planning and Construction Assistant Vice President Michael Hathaway said. “We have 158 people on the project, and it is the best-run job. It is on budget and on schedule.”

http://www.dailyfreepress.com/polopoly_fs/1.1048913!image/1439669339.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_260/1439669339.jpg
Alex Wolnetz
Though the second phase the Student Village remains fully funded and is set to open on schedule next fall, plans for Student Village III could be delayed with the new construction freeze.

[Mid-Michigan]

Boston seems to be a interesting city, I think I'm starting to like it more than I have.

[DZH22]

Geez Boston is sure in need of some updates. Here's some, all as of August 19th.

First off Boston has a brand new trio of 300 footers.

We have 45 Province Street...

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2235.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2257.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2068.jpg

looks nice until you see the abomination facing the common...

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2258.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2267.jpg

Then there is the W Hotel finishing up

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2261.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2274.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2275.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2284.jpg

Also The Clarendon, 336 feet, just basically waiting to unveil the crown at this point

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2290.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2340.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2291.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2289.jpg

Next there is the first Fan Pier building finishing up

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2102.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2187.jpg

and the addition to the Tufts Medical Center also finishing up

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2271.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2269.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2122.jpg

Then Mass General has a new building, probably about topped off

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2049.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2330.jpg

Last but not least is a new ~400 foot tower being built over Russia Wharf, on top of an old Warehouse style building

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2084.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2097.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2112.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2180.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2211.jpg

Oh and for those of you wondering about the status of the 495 foot tower at Filenes in Downtown Crossing... it's still a giant hole in the ground!!!

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2254.jpg

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/LONG%20WALK%20AUGUST%2009/Construction/IMG_2255.jpg

[liat91]

How about South Station Tower? Government center Garage?

[DZH22]

All of the biggest projects are either on hold or still in the planning stages. The promise of a boom has been tempered by the economy, but I'd say at least a couple skyline transforming towers (600-700 footers) should get out of the ground within the next 5 years.

[Leo the Dog]

Nice update. Any projects getting built on the air rights of the Mass Pike? I'll be back in September, I'm going to check out all of these new projects. The W looks great!

[StoOgE]

I was in Boston back in June and there is an old warehouse/brick looking tower right on the river front as you cross into Charlestown. It looks like it is in really bad disrepair.. but the location seems nice and the building looks like it would be really nice if fixed up.

Is there anything going on with it?

[shrikearghast]

Wanting to buy new supertall...

... please.

[jamesinclair]

Nice update. Any projects getting built on the air rights of the Mass Pike? I'll be back in September, I'm going to check out all of these new projects. The W looks great!

Columbus Center: On hold

One Kenmore: Progressing, but very slowly. No construction until 2010.



The MBTA has some stations finally done, including Maverick, Kenmore and half of Arlington

[TonyAnderson]

I love The Clarendon

[TheCity]

Has anyone heard an update about Trans National Place?

I hope it's not cancelled.

[Shasta]

The Clarendon came out really nice. My favorite part is it seems as if it was planned to not block the view of the weather vane on top of the old Hancock from South End roof decks!

The W is also a nice addition in a part of town that needed a nice addition. Unfortunately, it looks VERY empty. Has it opened yet? The top condo floors show no signs of life.

Province St. blows. How in the world did the developers/architects think it would be a good idea to place a blank concrete-like curtain wall facing the Boston Common?

[Chickenhead]

Province St. blows. How in the world did the developers/architects think it would be a good idea to place a blank concrete-like curtain wall facing the Boston Common?

The west wall contains a shear wall that makes the concrete structural frame rigid. It also houses the stairwell and elevator core just on the other side. Half or more of the wall is blocked by the building next to it, and if that building is renovated or replaced it could obscure the whole wall. They spent more money on the facades that face streets. Its likely there was also some "value engineering" that resulted in the final design.

[scalziand]

BTW, the Russia Wharf project is just about completed.
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2172/img0344c.jpg

And the Filenes project? Still a hole in the ground.

[Troubadour]

...I'd say at least a couple skyline transforming towers (600-700 footers) should get out of the ground within the next 5 years.

That would be interesting, because it seems like Boston has largely kept out of the serious-skyscraping game. Even nimby-paradise SF is jumping in with the Transbay Terminal.

[Hed Kandi]

Boston locals, can we get some updates?

[scalziand]

Here's a development list that someone from archBoston cooked up.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah2f3Zlr58nGdEwzazRnOEJlcEtLdnNvemZ3R0FFbUE#gid=0

Here's map of projects from the BRA.
http://gis.cityofboston.gov/article80_dev/

I was in the city yesterday, and managed to hit a couple sites. The Filene's tower was still a hole in the ground with no activity.

Milenium Place III
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7936/photo0036a.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8650/photo0035az.jpg
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4859/photo0037l.jpg
http://www.suffolkconstruction.com/projects/residential/millenniumplaceiii.html
http://handelarch.com/projects/project-main/millennium-place-III-main.html
http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=1165

Hong Luk Project (http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=1860)
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8797/photo0038oh.jpg

The Kensington-ongoing piling
http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/1525/photo0039s.jpg
http://www.kicboston.com/images/kensington_rendered.jpg
http://www.kicboston.com/kensington_render.php

Liberty Mutual Expansion
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/2230/photo0052f.jpg
http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20100707/763f06_LibertyMutual_07082010.jpg
http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20100708give_us_liberty_without_bridge_neighbors_also_want_storefronts


Copley Square Tower (http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=1113)- a 600 ft building will rise from the plaza and neighboring Neiman Marcus store.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6286/photo0045mv.jpg
Diagrams page (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=72296), SSP thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=148378)

ArchBoston has much more regular updates on these and other projects.

[Citylover94]

Millenium Place III, The Hong Luk Project, The Kensington, and Liberty Mutual are all completed or topped out.
The Copley Place Tower is on hold but may start within the next year or so and the Filenes project is supposed to start very soon.

[tomblue]

Boston is indeed very beautiful and you have focused the exact points that increase the beauty of the snaps too. Thumbs up

[chris08876]

That would be interesting, because it seems like Boston has largely kept out of the serious-skyscraping game. Even nimby-paradise SF is jumping in with the Transbay Terminal.

Growth is coming back slowly but surely. 2008 messed up the population growth in core Boston . Greater Boston though is doing just fine, yet compared to other metros is somewhat lacking in job growth. Could explain the lack of 600-700 + developments.

An interesting read on the economic growth.

http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/massmarkets/2012/06/14/federal-report-shows-greater-boston-lagging-most-other-major-metro-areas-in-job-growth/

[tocoto]

For some reason there is little posted here for Boston. Maybe because they have a very good forum of their own. There are at least 3 600'+ projects that are U/C or moving that way - Filenes, Christian Science and Copley Place. There is another proposed for the old Govt. Center garage that seems to have legs. Right now there are buildings in the 200 to 400 foot range U/C in all corners of Boston, Cambridge Sommerville including office, hotel, mega lab, condo, rentals, with many more proposed and approved. A number of buildings went up through the recession too.

[DZH22]

Here are a handful of the many buildings that have recently gone up. Many more are on the way, and as tocoto said some large ones will finally be built soon, beginning with the 625' Millennium Tower to fill the hole in Downtown Crossing where Filenes was razed 5 years ago.

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9142.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9142.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9757.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9757.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9754.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9754.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9430.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9430.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9280.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9280.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9269.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9269.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9434.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9434.jpg.html)

And still U/C

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9854.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9854.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9612.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9612.jpg.html)


http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9738.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9738.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_8645.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_8645.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9575.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9575.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1UC2013/IMG_9146.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1UC2013/IMG_9146.jpg.html)

[chris08876]

Walmart Nixed, Roxbury Bus Yard Reimagined as Giant Hybrid

You knew the Walmart idea for the old Bartlett Bus Yard in Roxbury wasn't going to take, especially with Mayor Menino against it.

So, instead, a developer has filed plans to a build a large-scale development of apartments, shops, offices and public space for the 8.6-acre yard. Per Casey Ross at The Globe: "If built as envisioned, the project's housing could create one of the most diverse communities in the city. The units would be spread among at least five large buildings on the site, which is on the edge of Dudley Square near a police station. The project would include 194 affordable rental and ownership units, and 129 market-rate residences."

Indeed, Dudley Square is undergoing its own transformation, art and all. Whether the old Bartlett Yard joins in that, though, remains to be seen. This is Boston, after all, and the approval process for the aforementioned project could prove arduous: Each of the buildings will need approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and other agencies, and the developer isn't planning to break ground until toward the end of 2014.
http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/bartlett-e1366773083878.jpg
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Tom Acitelli, August 8, 2013, http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2013/08/walmart-nixed-roxbury-bus-yard-reimagined-as-giant-hybrid.php

[chris08876]

Check Out How the Millennium Tower Will Look Up Close
http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/milltower2.jpg

Above is perhaps the clearest rendering yet of how exactly the mother of all recent Boston towers will look. Nearly all renderings of the Millennium Tower have shown a sort of sleek, shiny mass of gray popping up somewhere near the Federal Reserve Building on the skyline. With the above rendering, you can see the triangular shape as well as the scope of the condos and apartments within the 60-story tower.
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Tom Acitelli, http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2013/08/check-out-how-the-millennium-tower-will-look-up-close.php 2013

[DZH22]

Boston calling

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1Boston2013/IMG_3617.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1Boston2013/IMG_3617.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1Boston2013/IMG_3618.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1Boston2013/IMG_3618.jpg.html)

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/1Boston2013/IMG_3355.jpg (http://s424.photobucket.com/user/DZH22/media/1Boston2013/IMG_3355.jpg.html)


Here are a few of the upcoming projects, all APPROVED, all expected to begin construction within 0-2 years. (first one is U/C working on foundations)

Millennium Tower 625' (plus mechanicals)

http://millenniumptrs.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/eddiemachado-bones-9a00545/library/images/posters/boston_millennium-tower-boston_2.jpg

http://millenniumptrs.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/eddiemachado-bones-9a00545/library/images/posters/boston_millennium-tower-boston_3.jpg

Christian Science Center 691' (plus mechanicals)

http://i.imgur.com/I5D8ElJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gFJeYcz.png

Copley Place Tower 569' roof/625' crown

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/datadyne007/2013-06-19081825_zpsfd1a28eb.jpg

Graphic showing previous 2 plus proposal for site by TD Garden

http://www.bostonglobe.com/rw//Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Business/BostonGlobe.com/2013/09/13tower/towers1200.jpg


Also APPROVED and expected to begin construction next year

Congress Street Garage Redevelopment (528', 480', 299', few others, plus extra mechanical height)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/9603210952_c81b878597_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30840533@N02/9603210952/)

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBgtaHR0cDovL3N0YXRpYy5vdy5seS9waG90b3Mvb3JpZ2luYWwvM0pmQW4ucG5nFLIEFPQEABYAEgA&s=FS2Gs3bVqF0H-Hk1_qeGO7oTpYqN344_k8HWj6P3dLk

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/969179_458434280916332_864476017_n.jpg

Trinity Place Hotel Tower 400'

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo139/JohnAKeith/40_trinity_place.png


This is far from everything, and there has been a TON of construction in the 100'-300' range over the last couple of years and still continuing. However, these are the towers that should do the most to reshape the skyline in the near future.

[chris08876]

MIT forum presents options for reshaping school’s eastern campus, Kendall Square
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MIT’s campus around the Kendall Square T stop could sprout a lush green park and a half-dozen new buildings in the next two decades, according to an urban planning report the institute is readying to comply with a city zoning requirement.

This month, design consultants Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam presented the preliminary results of an East Campus Urban Design Study at a public forum. On Feb. 12, about a month later than scheduled, Scogin and Elam showed off three principal schemes for how buildings might look on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s campus east of Ames Street and south of Main Street one or two decades into the future as MIT adds 800,000 square feet of development. The schemes included not only the construction of buildings but the potential demolition or removal of some existing buildings.

The presentations included three options for landscaping on the site, presented by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, that could also lead to the removal of buildings to support more developed connections and green space between Kendall Square and the Charles River.

In the urban design study, MIT’s team said their goal was to connect the MBTA red line stop to the campus, something nearly everyone agrees is lacking right now. It is oft-repeated that people emerge from the Kendall T stop and do not know how to find MIT, even though it is right in front of them. MIT’s consultants also want to enhance the connection between Main Street and the Charles River.

.......

Scogin and Elam presented two schemes adding a large building at the site of the current Cambridge Trust, just north of the Kendall T headhouse. “There would be columns,” Scogin said, apologizing for the block-like imagery and the absence of architecture in his sketches. The designs are not of individual buildings, he explained, but rather the possibility of where buildings might go and their general massing.

.......

http://www.cambridgeday.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/022814i-Slide-22b.jpg
http://www.cambridgeday.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/022814i-Slide-4.jpg
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John Hawkinson
February 28, 2014
http://www.cambridgeday.com/2014/02/28/mit-forum-presents-options-for-reshaping-schools-eastern-campus-kendall-square/
NOTE: More on the schematics in the link.

[chris08876]

South Boston's Parcel K Plans; Leasing Pace at 315 on A

http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/5843843-thumb-520x307-123830.jpg

SOUTH BOSTON—Two buildings have been pitched for the so-called Parcel K on Northern Ave.: "The first building, slated to be located on the eastern side of the parcel, will be a 10-story boutique hotel with 247 rooms ... The second building, expected to be located on the western side of the parcel, will be an 11-story residential rental building with 304 units."
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Tom Acitelli
http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/01/south-bostons-parcel-k-plans-leasing-pace-at-315-on-a.php

[chris08876]

345 Harrison Ave.


http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/harrison-and-travelers_night-copy_main.jpg

Late last week, everyone's favorite rubber stamp, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, O.K.'d a two-building plan for the old Graybar Electric site. Together they will have 602 apartments and up to 33,500 square feet of retail, restaurant and amenity space. Moreover, the developers have committed $420,000 toward streetscape improvements on Washington Street, Traveler Street and Harrison Avenue as well as $250,000 for community benefits.
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Tom Acitelli
http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/345-harrison-ave-crashes-south-end-constructionpalooza.php

[chris08876]

Note: Here is the master plan pdf for the development: http://www.somervillema.gov/sites/default/files/SomerVisionComprehensivePlanWithAppendicesAdoptedApril-19-2012.pdf

SomerVision Sees 6,000 New Homes, Lots of Green Line Riders

http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/usethisone.jpg

· The plan says small apartment buildings dominate the city's housing stock. Of those buildings, 34 percent are only two units; another 29 percent are three or four units; and 25 percent are five units or more, with just 12 percent having more than 20.
· Sixty-two percent of the city's housing stock is pre-World War II.
· Ninety-five percent of it is within a five-minute walk to commercial hubs.
· Nearly one-third of Somerville residents use mass transit, making the Green Line extension all the more pivotal.
· In fact, SomerVision was created in large part to imagine all the development along hoped-for T stops. The city wants as much as 85 percent of new development to be along the proposed stops. (We told you transit-oriented development was all the rage.)
· The city wants to develop 6,000 new housing units (1,200 permanently affordable).
· It also wants to create 125 acres of new open space.
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Tom Acitelli
http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/there-are-many-juicy-morsels.php

[chris08876]

Watertown's Alta at the Estate

http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/rendering3-thumb.jpg

Here's yet another Greater Boston apartment complex offering incentives to tenants—in this case, the 11.6-acre, 155-unit Alta at the Estate off Waltham Street, which is dangling during its current pre-leasing phase the prospect of one month free rent if you lease by March 20 and no security deposits for the foreseeable future.

Its 81 1-BRs, 73 2-BRs and one (yes, one) 3-BR are spread over two four-story buildings, and there's one two-story townhouse as well. There's also a clubhouse with a cyber cafe and a fitness center. And, in a nod to our Revolutionary past, design flourishes at the Alta at the Estate include clapboard exteriors, gables and dormer windows.
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Tom Acitelli
http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/03/watertowns-alta-at-the-estate-opens-w.php

[chris08876]

An Extraordinary Opening Night for Berklee’s New State-of-the-Art Tower

http://www.berklee.edu/sites/default/files/1berklee-160-lights-red.jpg

Featuring Back Bay views that neighbors pay millions for, Berklee’s new 16-story, state-of-the-art skyscraper will provide housing for 370 students. Spanning 14,000 square feet, the complex includes 20 practice rooms, a fitness center, and 10 recording studios that Brown says “rival any in the United States, including commercial enterprises like Lucasfilm and the major Hollywood studios.”

The excitement about these facilities was palpable among the Berklee community attending the building dedication. Kaitlin MacLean Daley, a student resident assistant who has moved into the new building, says it is “nothing short of incredible.”
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http://www.berklee.edu/news/extraordinary-opening-night-berklee%E2%80%99s-new-state-art-tower

[chris08876]

Fan Pier getting new high-rise

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_371w/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/19fanpier_rendering.jpg

Developer Joseph F. Fallon is proceeding with construction of a 17-story office building along Northern Avenue, a symbol of Boston’s rejuvenated real estate market and the rapid redevelopment of many of its commercial districts.

Work will begin Wednesday on the new complex across from the Institute for Contemporary Art at 100 Northern Ave. It will join a series of large construction sites in the South Boston Innovation District, where major corporate tenants are rapidly altering the skyline.

The law firm Goodwin Procter LLP will occupy most of Fallon’s building, while accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is preparing to move into another building under construction nearby. Other surrounding lots are being filled in by new apartment towers, bringing hundreds of new residents to the district.

“People and businesses are coming here because there’s a lot of energy, a lot of new restaurants and retail spaces,” Fallon said. “We’re building a new waterfront for Boston, and it’s attracting some very strong companies.”
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By Casey Ross
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/03/18/boston-fan-pier-getting-new-high-rise/BgEnjxKs5gxmLTXeLydalL/story.html

[chris08876]

Countdown Begins to Downtown Crossing's Millennium Tower

http://boston.curbed.com/uploads/millmain.jpg

Millennium Partners, the developer of the 625-foot, 56-story spire off Downtown Crossing's Washington Street, announced in January that 2014 would be the "year of Millennium Tower." Not much has happened since. Now, with the May 1 registration deadline fast approaching, things should pick up considerably.
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http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/the-countdown-begins-to-downtown-crossings-millennium-tower.php

[chris08876]

The Viridian

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/52752b22f92ea1643501e683/1282-boylston-rendering-thumb.jpg

The 348,235-square-foot project will rise to 18 floors and include 342 apartments. There will be 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail as well as 295 parking spaces. Original plans called for 100,000 square feet of office space as well, but that was scrapped—first it looked like condos, too, and then everything went rental. The Viridian replaces an old McDonald's lot.
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http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/opening-day-at-fenway-construction.php

[chris08876]

Fenway Triangle:

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/533daf8af92ea142be024330/elkusmanfredi-thumb.jpg

The project will produce 172 apartments, 230,000 square feet of office space, plenty of underground parking, and, easily most importantly, the first Target in downtown Boston.
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http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/opening-day-at-fenway-construction.php

[chris08876]

The Point:

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/533db329f92ea11bc9006361/Point-1.jpg

The 24-story building (22 stories atop a two-floor base) is slated to have 320 apartments as well as 33,000 square feet of commercial space, including restaurants.
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http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/opening-day-at-fenway-construction.php

[chris08876]

Landmark Center


Higher quality renderings in this pdf along with lots of information on it: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/4eb46c0a-b353-40ae-b887-596a2878a316


A Boston developer has filed plans with the Boston Redevelopment Authority on Monday to replace the Landmark Center’s 1,400 car parking garage with offices, housing and the Hub’s first Wegmans.
Samuels & Associates has proposed a $500 million expanded Landmark Center that would include three new buildings, ranging from 10 to 12 stories above a two-story retail podium, with 550 residential units. Wegmans will occupy 75,000 square feet, additional office space will total 15,000 square feet and there will be another 110,000 square feet of retail, much of it along Brookline Avenue. Housing will be located in three buildings.
“The Landmark Center that Steve Samuels is proposing is fascinating and I think Wegmans will be a great addition to the city,” said Peter Meade, BRA director. “It will make every other supermarket in our region better because they will need to compete with Wegmans.”
The proposed project creates 2.2 acres of open space, representing a nearly 100 percent increase in parks in the heart of the Fenway. Located at the corner of Brookline Avenue and Kilmarnock Street, the new open space will include a park and a plaza.
Wegmans, a family-owned grocer with one store in Northborough and another under construction in Chestnut Hill, will have the look and feel of a European, open-air market. Wegmans have legions of fans, many who are from upstate New York, where the chain was founded. The stores offer fresh produce, hundreds of imported cheeses, artisan breads, baked goods and prepared foods.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2013/10/samuels-to-expand-landmark-center.html?page=all

[chris08876]

The Verb Hotel

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This summer, the mid-century motel will become The Verb, replacing what started out as the Fenway Motor Hotel at 1271 Boylston St. in 1959. The 94-room hotel promises to “meld the best of Boston’s past, with the vibrant, spirited culture of the modern-day Fenway neighborhood,” according to Samuels & Associates, the developers behind the project, who are credited with more than $1 billion of investment in many of Fenway’s newest residential, retail and commercial spaces.
The Boston-based developer bought the property in December for an undisclosed prices and took out a $25.4 million mortgage from Brookline Bank, according to the Suffolk Registry of Deeds. The renovation cost of the 43,000-square-foot hotel was estimated at $3 million, according to city records.
Samuels partnered with Weiner Ventures and Spot-On Ventures, developers of the Mandarin Oriental Boston. The Verb is Samuels’ first hotel property.
“We saw a real opportunity to create something unique in this space, while respecting the independent spirit of the local community, building on the arts culture in Fenway and delivering real hospitality in a world that moves too fast,” said Steve Samuels, principal of Samuels & Associates, in a statement.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2014/03/verb-hotel-to-replace-howard-johnson-fenway.html
Thomas Grillo

[chris08876]

Cleveland Circle Project Tabled; Meet Dukakis Station

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Fresh plans are afoot for the development that would replace the old Circle Cinema and a nearby Applebee's in the Brookline-Boston hinterlands.

Recall that the old plans called for a five-story, 234,500-square-foot development with a 196-room Hilton Garden Inn; 74 apartments; around 18,000 square feet of medical office space; and 14,200 square feet of ground-floor retail, including restaurant space. In new plans filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the office component is kaput. Also, the number of hotel rooms has shrank (to 180); the retail square-footage has grown by 200; and the number of apartments has grown (to 92).

Actually, the plans have shifted more than once; and it's likely they'll shift again. Per Matt Rocheleau at Boston.com: "The project, first proposed nearly three years ago, has undergone numerous design changes at the urging of both city officials and area residents. This past spring, some residents said they want to see more changes, namely to address traffic-related concerns."
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http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2013/08/big-part-of-cleveland-circle-plans-xed-out.php

[chris08876]

UMass Lowell gets $1 million in state funds for innovation center

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The M2D2 expansion will occupy one floor in the building at 110 Canal Street, measuring 11,000 square feet. The other floor will be used for a new kind of innovation space for UMass Lowell: housing startup technology companies.
UMass Lowell is referring to both floors as the Innovation Hub, where there will be co-working space for entrepreneurs and ventures to test their products and business ideas. They will be provided with connections to research, business mentoring, financial resources, help with commercialization and more.

The Innovation Hub, which will provide space for up to 40 entrepreneurs and startups, is the first commercial component in what's known as the Hamilton Canal District in Lowell, where a number of old mill buildings are located. The Freudenberg Building at 110 Canal is a 55,000-square-foot structure and is considered part of the area’s redevelopment process.
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Mary Moore
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2014/04/umass-lowell-gets-1-million-in-state-funds-for.html

[chris08876]

European retailer Primark to open first U.S. store at former Filene's site

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Primark, one of the largest clothing retailers in Europe, plans to open a flagship store on four floors of the Burnham Building next year at the former longtime headquarters of Filene’s in Boston's Downtown Crossing.
The Dublin-based company has inked a deal to lease 112,000 square feet of space in the landmark property. About 70,000 square feet of the space will be used for retail, and the rest will be for corporate offices. Primark said the store will employ 500 hourly workers while another 60 are management.
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Apr 23, 2014
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2014/04/european-retailer-primark-to-open-first-u-s-store.html

[chris08876]

Grossman seeks approval to redevelop former Spag's site

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Shrewsbury voters will get a chance to consider a Southborough builder’s plan to transform the shuttered Spag’s/Building #19 property into a multi-use complex that would include housing, retail and office space.
Town meeting voters will consider a proposal on Tuesday by the Grossman Development Group to rezone the 20-acre site to allow for a mix of uses.
So far, the developer has been reluctant to talk specifics about the project dubbed “Lakeway Commons." Mark Hebert, Grossman’s vice president of development, has said the company is not ready to reveal the plan’s details. He could not be reached for comment today.
Voters will consider a warrant that would rezone that retail section of Route 9 to allow for housing and medical offices. If approved, Grossman would be allowed to reconfigure access to the site, easing traffic flow in and out of the parcel. It’s unclear when construction would commence, if the town approves the zoning change.
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http://www.grossmanre.com/properties/

[toxteth o'grady]

And in other less-than-happy news, this is Bexley Hall coming down at MIT. From Myron Freeman.

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[chris08876]

MBTA: Board Approves New Green Line Cars and Buses

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The MassDOT Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the purchase of 40 new buses and to award a contract to build 24 new Green Line cars.

The procurement of 40 new diesel-electric hybrid buses will allow the MBTA to retire buses purchased in 1994 and 1995. The new buses will be manufactured by New Flyer in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with production starting later this summer. All 40 buses will be in service by February 2015. The Board also moved to execute a contract with CAF USA, Inc. to furnish and deliver the ninth generation of Green Line vehicles to support the Green Line Extension project. The procurement of these 24 vehicles will also help to improve service reliability on the entire Green Line system.

“The Board’s approval to purchase 40 new buses and build 24 new Green Line cars underscores the commitment MassDOT and the MBTA have to upgrading its aging fleet,” said MassDOT Secretary & CEO Richard A. Davey. “These new buses and cars will provide safer, more comfortable, accessible and environmentally-friendly public transportation to the millions of customers the MBTA serves each day.”
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http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/mbta/mbta-board-approves-new-green-line-cars-and-buses/

[chris08876]

PENDLETON WOOLEN MILLS OUTLET

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The (mega) Outlets at Assembly Row are poised to finally open late this month, introducing retailers like Saks Off Fifth that we would otherwise have to drive to the 'burbs to shop. One of the more niche brands we're pumped to see there is Pendleton Woolen Mills, the Oregon-based heritage label built on woven textiles and Native American-inspired prints. Promotional events are scheduled from May 29 through June 1.

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http://boston.racked.com/archives/2014/05/13/new-stores-springsummer-2014.php

[chris08876]

The Long Game in Allston

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Harvard's 10-year plan for Allston includes an addition to Harvard Stadium and construction of new buildings, as seen looking northeast from Allston back toward Cambridge.



FOLLOWING APPROVAL of the University’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) by the Boston Redevelopment Authority last October, the work of envisioning much larger, longer-term academic and commercial growth on Harvard’s Allston properties has now begun. President Drew Faust signaled the news in a low-key e-mail, titled “Allston Update,” just before the December holiday break. It announced that provost Alan Garber and executive vice president Katie Lapp would direct three committees charged with advising on “the creation or relocation” of academic facilities; planning “a community of commercial and nonprofit” entities in an “enterprise research campus”; and consolidating these ideas and putting them into a University, regulatory, and financing context.

THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (BRA) voted unanimously on Thursday night to allow the University to move ahead with its Institutional Master Plan (IMP)—nine projects totaling 1.4 million square feet for Harvard’s expanding campus across the Charles River in Allston. The approval establishes overall zoning guidelines, but each project will have to undergo further individual review, and comes as Harvard is about to commence site preparation for a previously approved Science Center on Western Avenue, said University officials.

The nine projects include: an addition to Harvard Stadium that will add indoor seating and office space; a new, larger, basketball gymnasium; a 150- to 250-room hotel/conference center located on Western Avenue across from Harvard Business School (HBS); and various renovations and additions to HBS’s campus, such as a new auditorium for Burden Hall, faculty and administrative offices, and renovation of the adjacent Soldiers Field Park housing complex. The IMP also sketches Harvard’s long-term vision for its Allston campus, which—while in no way binding—would in future decades transform the area from paved, vehicular-oriented, industrial and commercial uses to others similar to those of Harvard Square and its environs, with walkable green spaces, numerous transit options, retail districts centered on road intersections, and permeable, shady quadrangles with many substantial academic buildings.

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http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/10/harvard-s-allston-plan-approved-by-bra

[chris08876]

THE ENVOY

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Officials with the city of Boston, Norwich Partners, and Marriott recently broke ground on a new $70-million hotel in South Boston’s Seaport District.

Located on the site of a former parking lot at 70 Sleeper St., the planned six-story structure will include 136 hotel rooms in addition to 4,000-square-feet of ground-floor retail, according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Plans also call for a public roof deck with a bar and lounge, according to the Boston Business Journal.

Dubbed the Envoy Hotel, the project is being developed by New Hampshire-based Norwich Partners. Marriott will manage the property as part of the hotel giant’s luxury Autograph Collection.

Expected to be completed by the spring of 2015, the project also includes the development of a new section of the Harborwalk on Old Sleeper Street. The new walkway, which will connect the Fort Point Harborwalk to the section of the Harborwalk near the Moakley Courthouse, will also feature new plantings, lighting, and benches, according to the BRA.
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http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/south_boston/2013/10/hold_70-million_hotel_breaks_ground_in_south_bostons_seaport.html

[chris08876]

Note: This residential tower has 118 units.

TWENTY TWO LIBERTY

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Fan Pier Boston is an extraordinary waterfront site situated in the elbow of Boston Harbor and home to the residences at Twenty Two Liberty. Designed by acclaimed CBT Architects, Twenty Two Liberty’s breathtaking, all-glass façade reflects its intimate relationship with both water and sky and invites you to enjoy the calming inspiration of your remarkable setting. For those approaching Boston by water, Twenty Two Liberty will be a landmark on Fan Pier.
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http://www.fanpierboston.com/residential/twenty-two-liberty/

[chris08876]

Parcel K

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SOUTH BOSTON—The Boston Redevelopment Authority O.K.'d the development of the so-called Parcel K, a bunch of parking lots, into 304 housing units, including micro-apartments, and an approximately 247-room hotel as well as office and retail space.
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http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2014/05/parcel-k-ok-charlestown-battalion-armory-1467-tremont.php

[chris08876]

Two potential Casino proposals for the site: The voters are in favor of a Mohegan Sun.

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Mohegan Sun, Wynn present casino plans for Revere, Everett

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Two leaders in the casino gaming industry touted their plans for revenue sharing, jobs and revitalizing downturned areas in their effort to win over the members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

Casino mogul Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts and executives from Mohegan Sun put on their best show for the state gaming commissioners on Wednesday as the gambling leaders fought for only one casino license in Greater Boston. Both Wynn Resorts and Mohegan Sun gave approximately 90 minute presentations to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and revealed some more details about their plans for casinos in Everett and Revere.

The commission is expected to award a license in May.

Mohegan Sun, which is proposing a casino located on 42 acres of Suffolk Downs in Revere, presented first and highlighted their ties to New England and Boston. They showed about five short video presentations, one of which ended with Dropkick Murphys “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.” The crowd of more than 100 supporters started clapping to the song.

“This marriage of Mohegan Sun Massachusetts with Revere, it isn’t like it feels like home, it is home. It’s where we’re from,” said Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority Chairman Robert Brown. Brown began his presentation to the commission by talking about going to Fenway Park and the Boston Garden as a child.

Planners and designers with Mohegan Sun said the casino would have two hotels, intimate lounges, “high octane” dance clubs and casual pubs.

Wynn, who is proposing a $1.6 billion resort casino on a contaminated waterfront site in Everett, spent as much of his time talking about his own proposal as he did taking shots at Mohegan Sun’s plan. He also put emphasis on the non-gaming revenue that his casinos generate.

“It’s the place, the magic of the place, that does it and in order to make the place, the magic, you have to know how. So you don’t build three star [resorts], you build 5 star [resorts],” he said.
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http://www.metro.us/boston/news/local/2014/01/22/mohegan-sun-wynn-present-casino-plans-for-revere-everett/#sthash.gTukDUAL.dpuf
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Revere approves casino with 63 percent vote

Casino supporters cheered after Revere voters approved a billion dollar resort casino on land next to Suffolk Downs.

Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo led the charge.

"Today Revere said yes to jobs, today Revere said yes to tax relief for all of our residents. Today Revere said yes to better schools and safer streets," he said.

Now Mohegan Sun and the community will have to convince the Mass. State Gaming Commission the plan is better than a competing proposal from Wynn Resorts to build a casino in Everett.

Mohegan officials said Revere voters made a clear case with their vote.

"I think more people voted 'yes' here in revere than actually voted in Everett so I think you can look at a lot of different things. This was an overwhelming support of this casino by a community that clearly wants it,” Mohegan Sun CEO Mitchell Etess said.

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http://www.whdh.com/story/24823364/revere-approves-casino-with-63-percent-vote
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[chris08876]

Boston Real Estate Firm to Co-Develop $500m New Balance Complex in Brighton

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Boston-based real estate company HYM Investment Group, LLC announced today it will co-develop the massive, $500-million complex in Brighton that local footwear company New Balance began building recently.

The “Boston Landing” project will create a 1.45 million square foot health and wellness district along Guest Street consisting of a new headquarters for New Balance, a sports complex, hotel and up to three office buildings along with space for retail, restaurant, outdoor recreation and parking.

New Balance is also building a new commuter rail station on the Framingham-Worcester line tracks that abut the 14-acre site and run parallel to the Massachusetts Turnpike.

James Halliday, managing director of NB Development Group, LLC, a subsidiary of New Balance, said his team chose to bring on HYM “because of its direct experience with phased mixed-use sites across the region.”
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By Matt Rocheleau
http://www.boston.com/business/news/2014/04/30/boston-real-estate-firm-develop-new-balance-complex-brighton/lPNnqRXtT8vybT5Ii8Sf4J/story.html

[chris08876]

Residents’ revolt over New Street project unsettles Planning Board, delays decision

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A developer’s rendering from April 7 shows the proposed 93-unit development at 75 New Street in the Fresh Pond area. (Image: AbodeZ + Acorn Holdings)

The Planning Board was scheduled to decide Tuesday whether to grant special permits, and what conditions to mandate with them, for 75 New St., a 93-unit development in the Fresh Pond area opposite Danehy Park that is modeled on the neighboring 87 New St., by the same builder.
No decision took place.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
John Hawkinson
http://www.cambridgeday.com/2014/05/21/residents-revolt-over-new-street-project-unsettles-planning-board-members/

[chris08876]

THE INK BLOCK

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The redo of the old Boston Herald headquarters will include 392 apartments.

45 STUART STREET (Construction happening in 2014)

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The city approved this $125 million project in November 2012 that will create 404 studio, one- and two-bedrooms.
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http://boston.curbed.com/

[chris08876]

6-26 New Street

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Project Description:
The proposed project includes up to 163 residential units and 126 parking spaces.
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http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/projects/development-projects/new-street-development