Hot Property: Western Avenue Studios
Lowell’s Western Avenue Studios is one of the initial recipients of Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Common Good Awards, which recognize the inclusion of arts and culture in civic life.
Working Magic to Save Artist Housing
Bill Madsen Hardy is on the short list of real estate developers to send a distress signal when Boston artists face imminent displacement. He’s working his most recent magic on Dorchester’s Humphreys Street Studios, a workspace for 50 artists.
Can Life Science Subsidize the Cultural Economy?
When Peter Rinning saw his new landlord was looking to reposition his Somerville neighborhood for biotech startups, he didn’t expected to be told, “You’re one of the reasons we’re buying this building. Don’t go anywhere.”
Swan Song or Encore for Music Industry?
Somerville officials are studying new ideas to slow the exodus of arts and cultural spaces from the city amid redevelopment and gentrification. And they think developers can help.
Samuels Declares Plans for Fenway Supermarket Parcels
Developer Samuels & Assoc. hopes to transform the site of Boylston Street Star Market grocery store in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood into 553,000 square feet of office/lab and retail space.
Real Estate Has Hurt the Arts. Can It Also Help?
Real estate’s rocket-like trajectory has left Greater Boston’s artists, performers and craftspeople pushed out of studio space left and right. Art, as the common trope holds, is rarely the most lucrative profession, and it shows.
