Allston Yards Apartments Get $90M Financing Deal
After beginning lease-up in mid-2024, the first residential tower at the Allston Yards development received $90 million in financing last week from Pacific Life Insurance Co.
Hot Property: The Alder Opens in Allston Yards
Nearly 30 percent of the market-rate apartments at the newly-completed Alder apartments are leased as the first residential building opened last month at the Allston Yards development.
Live-Shop Combination Transforms Retail Properties
The viability of widescale office-to-residential conversion projects still is up for debate, but signs point to a greater awakening to incorporate multifamily housing into underutilized retail centers across Greater Boston.
Live Above Stop & Shop at New Allston Development
The first residential building at the Allston Yards redevelopment has begun leasing 165 apartments in preparation for its scheduled spring opening.
Allston Yards Seeks to Add 150 Condos
Allston Yards developers are accelerating plans for condo construction after reaching agreement with the owners of a neighboring property, bringing the project’s housing component to more than 1,000 units.
Residential Building Kicks Off Allston Yards Project
Construction of 165 housing units and new Stop & Shop Supermarket is set to begin this month in a redevelopment of an 11-acre strip mall bordering the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Single-Family Home, Condo Activity Surges in December, Sets Year-End Records
Massachusetts’ year-end single-family median sale price reached $400,000 for the first time on record in 2019.
The Year in Commercial Real Estate
From a booming life science industry spreading further out from East Cambridge to new multifamily housing models and an e-commerce-fueled explosion in interest in distribution facilities, here’s what drove demand in 2019.
Allston Yards Developer Pushed to Name Park After Murder Victim
New England Development, the company hoping to redevelop an Allston Stop & Shop store and its parking lot into the 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use Allston Yards development is coming under pressure to name a public park included in the multi-block project after a transgender woman whose murder is commemorated worldwide every year.
Fix the Housing Crisis or Face the Pitchforks
If at-large Boston City Councilor and possible mayoral candidate Michelle Wu’s critiques of New England Development’s project next to the Boston Landing commuter rail station in Allston seem unreasonable, we have some unfortunate news for you.
Wu Blames ‘No Citywide Planning’ for Housing Crisis
Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu is pointing to Stop & Shop’s proposal for nearly 900 apartments and condominiums at its 11-acre Allston property as an example of the city’s myopic approach to civic planning.
Allston Redevelopment Includes 1,050 Residences, 300K SF Office Building
Redevelopment of Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.’s 11-acre shopping center property next to the Boston Landing MBTA station in Allston would include 1,050 apartments and condominiums and 300,000 square feet of class A office space.
