
Marinas, Housing Developers Fight Healey Stormwater Strategy
The regulatory biggest changes in decades seek to push projects away from the waterfront and could raise costs for inland housing construction.
The regulatory biggest changes in decades seek to push projects away from the waterfront and could raise costs for inland housing construction.
The effort to develop a pro soccer stadium in Everett drew praise Tuesday from state officials, but warnings from Boston leaders that it could cause traffic “nightmares” and pleaded to be included in future planning discussions.
The Davis Cos. paid $72.5 million to acquire the 100-acre ExxonMobil property in Everett, prompting Conservation Law Foundation to announce a settlement of a seven-year-old lawsuit seeking a cleanup of the fuel storage facility.
Everett elected officials’ latest legislative maneuver to unlock a redevelopment of the city’s soon-to-shutter Constellation Energy power plant fell short again on Beacon Hill yesterday, victim of discord over a late budget bill.
Environmental cleanup of the ExxonMobil fuel storage property in Everett will cost $100 million, Boston-based The Davis Cos. estimates, but could unlock over 4 million square feet of development.
The sale of the 100-acre ExxonMobil fuel storage facility in Everett is progressing as a proposed environmental cleanup could clear the way for a multi-million-square-foot redevelopment.
An economic development bill filed Monday removes the Alford Street property from a state designated port area, just weeks after House Speaker Ronald Mariano tossed cold water on the idea.
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Catastrophic flooding. Extreme heat. Flash droughts. Our safest refuge should be our homes – our sanctuaries from the proverbial and literal storms. But the reality is, many of our homes are not safe. Not by a long shot.
From severe storms to nuisance flooding, Boston is facing accelerating costs from climate change. But fortunately, there are several ideas on Beacon Hill that would help pay for infrastructure to protect us.
A state ruling could open up a 23-acre portion of the East Boston waterfront to large-scale development, replacing parking lots and warehouses with new industrial buildings serving airport-related industries.
An environmental lawsuit is delaying attempts to redevelop the sprawling ExxonMobil tank farm site in Everett into housing, life science space and industrial facilities.
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria and a Beacon Hill lawmaker defended legislation that could accelerate redevelopment of a 43-acre waterfront parcel including a potential professional soccer stadium.
New state regulations designed to protect marginalized populations from environmentally-harmful projects are expected to add delays and additional project costs for commercial developers, particularly in the booming e-commerce distribution sector.
MBTA overseers on Thursday approved a $157 million purchase of 160 diesel-electric hybrid buses, embracing the vehicles as a step along the way toward full electrification while irking transit advocates who want the agency to move away from any fossil fuel footprint.
Pledging to file a federal lawsuit if its calls for change are not met, the Conservation Law Foundation on Wednesday alleged that the Boston region’s water and sewer authority has repeatedly failed to enforce pre-treatment standards and allowed its users to pump water with excessive pollutants.
Citing an urgent threat of climate change to Boston’s waterfront, Acting Mayor Kim Janey said she is jettisoning the city’s rezoning of 42 acres that would allow development of a pair of new towers at the edge of Boston Harbor.
Cape Cod’s housing woes run much deeper, literally, than the problems facing other communities across the state.
The Suffolk Superior Court dealt a major setback in April to The Chiofaro Co,’s proposed 600-foot mixed-use tower at the Harbor Garage site near the New England Aquarium in Boston. But the plaintiffs’ victory may only be temporary.
Boston-based Cronin Development’s 22-story luxury condo tower began vertical construction this week following over two years of foundation and prep work on the waterfront site.