Designer Selected for Fort Point Flood Barrier
An engineering firm will draw up designs for a 2,000-foot-long flood barrier to protect the Gillette Co. property and development sites in Fort Point from rising seas.
BPDA Backs Increase in Fenway Building Heights
Developments in a Fenway commercial corridor will qualify for taller building heights under zoning changes approved by Boston Planning & Development Agency directors.
Related Beal Proposes South Boston Labs and Incubator
As the life science market retreats in a challenging financing climate, Related Beal is making a long-term bet on an expanding lab cluster in South Boston.
Sheraton Owners Seek Dorm Conversion in Back Bay
The owners of the Sheraton Boston Hotel are moving forward with a proposed student housing conversion that’s drawn opposition from elected officials, a labor union and student activists.
Developers Offered City Funding for Charlestown Housing Plan
A centerpiece of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s new surplus property program has the potential for development of up to six housing towers in Charlestown, and developers that include a major affordable component would be eligible for enhanced city funding.
Hines, Calare Partner on Allston Apartment Project
The developer of Boston’s South Station Tower and a Framingham real estate investor are partnering on plans that would bring 316 apartments to an industrial site in Allston.
Two Apartment Buildings Proposed at Former Uno HQ
Redevelopment of the former Uno restaurant chain’s headquarters in West Roxbury would include a pair of 5-story apartment buildings totaling nearly 124,000 square feet.
IQHQ Seeks Another Allston Lab Project
Life science developer IQHQ is seeking to build another major project near Boston Landing, replacing a commercial property with 150,000 square feet of lab space.
94-Room Hotel Proposed in Downtown Crossing
A developer of hotels, condominiums and restaurants in Boston over the past 40 years is seeking approval for a 15-story hotel in the Ladder District section of Downtown Crossing.
BPDA Asks Developers for Strategies on New Goals
Before it imposes new requirements, the Boston Planning & Development Agency is asking developers for examples of successful strategies to meet Mayor Michelle Wu’s three-legged reform platform of resiliency, affordability and equity.
305K SF Lab Wing Proposed at Southline
Owners of the former Boston Globe headquarters are betting on future demand for life science space in Dorchester, proposing a new lab wing in the next phase of the Southline redevelopment.
BPDA Reform Could Backload Biggest Changes
Commercial and nonprofit affordable housing developers say the biggest effects of BPDA reform won’t be felt until a comprehensive rezoning plan is completed.
BPDA Approves 1.8M SF of New Projects
A developer will pay $1 million to a new fund created by the city of Boston to support displaced artists, after receiving approval for a mixed-income housing and life science project in Allston.
Condo Construction on Collision Course with IDP Changes
Policymakers in Boston could be facing a catch-22 while pursuing a pair of popular but potentially contradictory goals: encouraging developers to build more residential condominiums while requiring a higher percentage of income-restricted units.
Developer Revives Decade-Old Southie Apartment Plan
The owner of a South Boston industrial property is reviving development plans originally approved in 2012, seeking to begin construction of a 127-unit apartment complex.
170 Apartments Proposed for Allston Block
A developer unveiled plans for a 149,000-square-foot apartment complex alongside one of Allston’s main thoroughfares, including a new post office as a potential ground-floor tenant.
Rubber Meets Road in Sullivan Square
It’s hard not to see the proposed One Mystic residential tower in Boston’s Sullivan Square as a test case for whether the Wu administration can follow through on its housing production rhetoric.
Developer Defends Plan for Charlestown Housing Tower
The developer proposing a 636-unit housing tower in Charlestown that’s been subject to a lengthy delay in its approval replied to critiques with a full-throated defense of housing creation next to public transit.
BPDA Proposes Bonus Payments for Downtown Benefits
Officials provided new details on how developers could receive approval for bigger projects in downtown Boston in exchange for bankrolling an assortment of community benefits, ranging from affordable housing to transportation upgrades.
455K SF Lab Project Proposed at Former Gillette Property
The developer of a lab complex in South Boston is set to pursue a larger project in Fort Point on a former Gillette Co.-owned parking lot.
