
JDC Hit with $1.2M Fine for Garage Collapse
A Brockton-based contractor faces $1.2 million in fines in connection with the partial collapse of the Government Center Garage in March, which led to the death of a worker on his first day on the job.
A Brockton-based contractor faces $1.2 million in fines in connection with the partial collapse of the Government Center Garage in March, which led to the death of a worker on his first day on the job.
The MBTA’s decision to shut down its Green Line subway north of downtown Boston will give developer HYM time to finish demolishing part of a huge garage that hangs over the train’s tunnel, the agency’s leader said Friday.
Months after a demolition worker fell to his death after a part of the Government Center Garage collapsed beneath him, work is resuming to make way for lab and residential towers planned for the site.
In Boston, the Government Center Garage is a multiblock structure that once fulfilled a practical purpose. Since the garage opened in the late 1960s, it has provided more than 2,300 parking spaces with easy access to I-93 for commuters of downtown Boston.
HYM Investment Group’s redevelopment of Boston’s Government Center garage property has received $180 million in short-term financing from Oxford Properties Group.
The 2.9 million-square-foot Bulfinch Crossing redevelopment at Boston’s Government Center garage property marked a major milestone with groundbreaking on a 45-story luxury apartment tower site.
The 2.9 million-square-foot mixed-use project widely known by the unmusical appellation of the Government Center garage redevelopment project has a new name: Bulfinch Crossing.