by Steve Adams | Jul 2, 2025
State real estate officials released their latest vision for a private redevelopment in Boston’s West End, which could result in construction of a 40-story tower and relocation of group homes and shelters for Department of Mental Health clients.
by Steve Adams | Feb 7, 2025
Supporters and opponents of Boston’s proposed downtown rezoning will get additional time to weigh on a plan to hike maximum building heights to 500 feet.
by Steve Adams | Apr 14, 2024
Changes designed to attract more developers and commercial tenants to downtown Boston and avoid a looming fiscal chasm tied to declining office occupancy are moving closer to the finish line.
by Steve Adams | Feb 11, 2024
Renovations and rehabilitation of a Classical Revival building at Dorchester’s Uphams Corner received recognition from a pair of preservation groups.
by Steve Adams | Aug 25, 2023
A Kenmore Square hotel was granted Boston landmark status in a vote that could limit a developer’s attempt to build a life science complex on the Beacon Street property.
by Steve Adams | Jun 21, 2022
Boston-based Bain & Co. is relocating to a new office building overlooking the Boston Public Garden that reignited calls for changes in how Boston treats development projects that are delayed for extended periods.
by Steve Adams | May 1, 2022
Critics have long accused some Boston developers of switching out city-approved designs for aggressively value-engineered alternatives. A new position at the top of the city’s planning bureaucracy is expected to tackle the problem head-on.
by Steve Adams | Apr 25, 2022
A project to replace the former Shreve, Crump & Low jewelers building in Back Bay is under way after nearly 16 years, prompting preservationists to renew critiques of the city’s reviews of developments.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 22, 2022
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 27, 2021
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
by Steve Adams | Feb 28, 2020
The Massachusetts Historical Commission has instructed state real estate officials to consider preserving the Charles F. Hurley Building in Boston’s West End, the site of a potential 1.3-million-square-foot redevelopment.
by William F. Lyons Jr. | Sep 30, 2018
The list of transportation projects that could have a transformative impact on the Seaport District is very small.
by Steve Adams | May 11, 2018
A pair of proposed hotels totaling 677 rooms in Boston’s Kenmore Square are generating pushback from residents who say the project shouldn’t qualify for special zoning rules allowing extra density.