#BostonRedevelopment #BostonCondosA 71 unit condominium building with a mix of1, 2, 3, and 4bedroom condos will be the next life for a former Beacon Hill Suffolk University building. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) approved aproposal yesterday for the119,000 square foot conversion project.Bicycle storage will be available, as will [...]
#BostonRedevelopment #BostonRealEstateThe City of Boston has received a total of 133 design idea entries to replace thesoon-to-be-dismantled Northern Avenue Bridge, according to a Boston Globe article. The ideas competition closed this week, and $15,000 in prize money was awarded to those considered the best submissions.The award recognition [...]
#BostonCondos #BostonRealEstateFive Boston area churches, all built in the mid-to-late 1800s, are featured in a recent Boston Magazine story about church-to-condo conversions. Four are already in use, and the fifth one the [...]
#BostonRedevelopment #BostonCondosBlending indoors and outdoors is the architectural theme of a newly proposed59 story buildingfor Boston's Downtown Crossing, according to a Boston Globe article.One Bromfield, the605 foot mixed-use residential building proposedby Midwood Investment and Development is designed as amix of apartments and condos [...]
#BostonRealEstate #BostonCondosOne way to understanda city's history is throughits milestones in building.The always entertaining writers at Curbed Boston have a new feature piece on the ten key pieces of Boston architecture that tell the story of the city.Beginning in the 1740s with the birth of Faneuil Hall marketplace, and upto the year [...]
Can you picturewhat Boston's skyline might look like in few more years?To visualize it, it wouldbe helpful to have a map diagram and a list of the projected tallest buildings.The good folks at Curbed Boston have put together just that. Their "Boston's 10 Tallest Buildings by 2020" illustrates what we can probably expect when current and [...]
#BostonRedevelopment #BostonRealEstateIt was nearly one year ago that the City of Boston looked to engage the public in Imagine Boston 2030, a 2-year process to develop a plan for addressing some of the issues most affected by the city's rapid growth.That meant asking for public input on a variety of issues includingefficient [...]
#BostonRedevelopmentA two-year Boston redevelopment project is about to come to fruition. A ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, March 21 will signify the reopening of Boston's Government Center T Station, following two years of renovation and expansion. Boston.com reports that a need for wheelchair accessibility was the primary reason for the [...]
#BostonRedevelopment #BostonRealEstateBoston's Mayor MartyWalsh is asking for ideas for restoring the city's 1908 Northern Avenue bridge. Today's issue of the Boston Globe reports that options include building an entirely new bridge in its place;restoring a portion of the current bridge; or restoring and raising the entire current [...]
#BostonRedevelopmentA New York-based operator of the Rockefeller Center ice rink as well as other parks, concessions, resorts, and sports venues has proposed investing upwards of $15 million for its plan to revamp Boston's City Hall Plaza.The Boston Globe reportsthat Delaware North Cos. offeredconcepts that include a ferris wheel style [...]
