Hot Property: St. James Place
Redevelopment of the St. James Episcopal Church property in Cambridge’s Porter Square created 46 condos and a new parish hall for the 157-year-old congregation.
Does Healthpeak Have Formula for Cambridge Success?
With more than $1.9 billion in West Cambridge acquisitions since 2019, the Denver-based REIT Healthpeak Properties is poised to begin testing the city’s appetite for a second Kendall Square-like cluster.
Designers Seek Defenses for Extreme Heat and Flooding
The summer of 2021’s record-breaking heat and precipitation in Greater Boston is adding urgency to additional requirements for commercial buildings and development sites and designs that can withstand expected extreme weather in coming years.
‘What the Hell Is This’: Unique Cambridge Home Hits Market
What may be Cambridge’s most unusual home – and certainly its most unusually-named home – is now on the market for $799,900.
Cambridge Overlay Off to Fast Start
Developers seeking predictable approvals and diminished threat of drawn-out legal challenges are eager to tap into Cambridge’s new zoning designed to encourage 100 percent affordable projects.
CambridgeSide Charts a New Course
This summer, New England Development is scheduled to begin the most dramatic updates to its well-known Cambridge mall to date. The construction is part of a master-planned redevelopment that will expand the 1.1 million-square-foot property by over 50 percent.
Report: Home Prices Help Drive Inequality in Cambridge
Cambridge has the highest share of residents employed in high-tech, biotech, engineering and life sciences jobs among 25 “innovation cities” nationwide, and is also home to sizable and widespread income inequality, according to a new report.
City Must Pay Property Owner in Underway Eminent Domain Case
In a case of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled last month in Abuzahra v. City of Cambridge that property owners can accept partial payments from government bodies for eminent domain takings, while simultaneously challenging the lawfulness of the takings.
How Passive House Construction Reduces Environmental Impact
If houses had personalities, passive homes would be the kind that are calm, quiet and have a reliable temperament. Passive House significantly reduces the carbon footprint while making a comfortable, healthy, and affordable environment.
Google Touts Cambridge Expansion in 10K Job Growth Plan
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says his company will add 10,000 new staffers this year and invest $7 billion in new offices and data centers, including its under-construction regional headquarters in Cambridge’s Kendall Square.
Former Owners Say Alexandria Underpaid for Kendall Square Property
The former owners of a 3.6-acre Kendall Square property say life science developer Alexandria Real Estate Equities underpaid them for the acquisition, inaccurately calculating its costs to gain the city’s approval for a 370,000-square-foot office-lab project.
The Club of Million-Dollar Towns Keeps Growing
The number of towns with a median single-family home sale price of $1 million nearly quadrupled over the past eight years. And it is yet another sign as well that housing affordability in our state is going from bad to worse.
Alewife Redevelopment Includes Lab Buildings, Recreation Upgrades
Life science developer IQHQ proposes three new R&D buildings at its recently-acquired campus in Cambridge’s Alewife section.
Cambridge Faces Basic Test in Affordable Apartments
Despite being a city that prides itself as a bastion of liberal values, Cambridge is in peril of flunking a test of basic human decency next month as it debates a proposed affordable housing development in Porter Square.
Toll Brothers Secures Financing for 525-Unit Alewife Apartment Project
A large apartment complex in Cambridge’s Alewife neighborhood is one step closer to starting construction after developer Toll Brothers announced it had secured a construction loan and a development partnership for the project.
Next Phase of Alewife Redevelopment Ready to Begin
The Davis Cos. is set to break ground on the next 155,000-square-foot phase of its Quad campus in early 2021 after attracting South Boston-based Gingko Bioworks to the West Cambridge portfolio.
Cambridge Weighs Indoor Dining Pause
While cities like Cambridge and Pittsfield take steps to suspend indoor dining, Gov. Charlie Baker said he had not seen data that would support a statewide shutdown of restaurant table service.
Hot Property: 101 Cambridgepark Drive
King Street Properties and Healthpeak have begun construction of a new 160,000-square-foot life science building on Cambridgepark Drive.
Industrial Conversions Have Big Risks and Rewards
Despite top-tier locations, industrial sites can be a hard sell to investors because of pre-existing contamination. But remediation and reuse of properties doesn’t have to be daunting if you work with the right environmental team.
Hot Property: 907 Main
Nauset Construction recently completed the transformation of the historic 1870 Whitney, Lucretia and Henry Building into a 67-room boutique luxury hotel located in Cambridge’s Central Square.
