Samuels Set to Acquire 400-Unit Boston Development Site
Development of a 28-story apartment tower in the Fenway is back in play thanks to the neighborhood’s most active residential developer.
Amid Headwinds, College and Lab Projects Move Forward
These three projects are bright spots offering valuable lessons. All three required years of work and complex transactions. All are entering construction during unprecedented uncertainty.
Fenway Luxury Apartments Land $132M Refi
A large, luxury apartment building in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood has secured its latest refinancing.
How Boston Missed Its Biggest Chance to Rein in Rents
British developer Scape entered the Boston market with dreams of “solving” Boston’s housing crisis with 2,000 units of student housing. Now they’re dust in the wind.
28-Story Furnished Housing Tower Approved in Fenway
Developers Morro USA and Scape received approval today to build a 28-story furnished apartment tower near Kenmore Square.
Apartments Trade for $78M in Fenway and Longwood
A 284-unit portfolio including eight apartment buildings in Boston’s Fenway and Longwood Medical Area traded for a combined $78.4 million to two separate buyers.
Wentworth Expands Campus Development Plans
New dormitories, academic facilities and a fieldhouse would be built on Wentworth Institute of Technology’s campus under updated plans for the school’s ongoing transformation of its 31-acre campus.
A Win for Affordable Housing in the Fenway
A religious order’s disposition of a 140-unit building was the perfect example of an opportunity to preserve this critical housing in a neighborhood with excellent access to public transit and amenities.
BPDA Approves Developments Totaling 876 Housing Units
City officials green-lit a $130 million project on Brighton’s Commonwealth Avenue and redevelopment of a former East Boston casket factory property, among others, to hit the second-largest number of units permitted all year.
Children’s Hospital to Anchor New Fenway Development
Boston Children’s Hospital will acquire nearly half of a new Fenway life science complex being developed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Samuels & Associates.
A Recipe for Retail Growth in the Fenway
There is never an off-season for the Fenway, one of Boston’s most authentic neighborhoods. More than 3,000 residential units are planned within 2 miles of The Fenway along with 4 million square feet of new office-lab space expected to deliver over the next five to 10 years.
A Fast-Track Housing Project Rises in the Fenway
Stroll around the Fenway neighborhood in Boston and you will not find many parcels empty and suitable for a new housing development. And that makes it even more challenging for a small, neighborhood-based organization like ours.
Scape Brings New Wrinkles to Residential Projects
When Scape began planning its first residential development in Boston, the city was already grappling with a significant housing shortage. Four years and a pandemic later, that project, “The Bon,” recently opened to prospective tenants.
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.
Sox Owners Embrace Fenway ‘Grit’ in 2.1M SF Development
The Boston Red Sox owners’ game plan for redeveloping 5 acres surrounding Fenway Park contain a heavy emphasis on office and lab space that could bring 10,000 jobs to the neighborhood which is emerging as a new life science hub.
Whoop Picks Kenmore Square for New HQ
Fenway-based fitness wearables company Whoop has signed the first office lease at Related Beal’s One Kenmore Square development as its new corporate headquarters and home base for approximately 1,000 employees.
Congratulations to Boston’s Nicest, Most Stubborn Developer
An anti-gun violence activist, John Rosenthal may be best known for the Stop Handgun Violence billboard that used to hang along the Turnpike as it passed Boston’s Kenmore Square. Now maybe it’s finally time to start taking Rosenthal seriously as a developer as well.
IQHQ Proposes Second Lab Project in Fenway
Life science developer IQHQ is proposing its second major project in the Fenway neighborhood with plans for a 250,000-square-foot office-lab building at 109 Brookline Ave.
The Odds Are Good for the Red Sox’s Latest Venture
Does anyone truly think the owners of the Red Sox won’t get their way at City Hall when it comes to the team’s sweeping plans to redevelop the neighborhood around Fenway Park?
Red Sox Reveal 2.1M SF Development Plan in Fenway
Red Sox owners revealed plans for redevelopment of the streets surrounding Fenway Park with eight buildings of mixed-use development spanning 2.1 million square feet.
