Historic Boston Head to Lead City Preservation Office
The head of a top Boston historic preservation group and major owner of historic properties is headed to City Hall.
HBI Sells Mattapan Property to Urban Farm Institute
After restoring an 18th-century Mattapan farm, Historic Boston Inc. completed its sale to an urban farming organization.
Hot Property: St. James African Orthodox Church
Nonprofit preservation group Historic Boston Inc. has sold a Roxbury church to the Roxbury Action Program for a new headquarters, office space for nonprofits and an incubator.
Holiday-Themed Shop to Open in Historic Downtown Building
Historic Boston Inc. is adding a holiday-themed gift and souvenir shop to the Downtown Crossing building that includes its own headquarters.
Hot Property: Upham’s Corner Comfort Station
A former rest area built in 1912 to serve Boston’s expanding streetcar system has new life as Dorchester’s newest purveyor of global cuisine.
For Sale: A Piece of Combat Zone History
The 19th-century Hayden building in Boston’s former Combat Zone was a seedy symbol of urban blight when Historic Boston Inc. purchased it in 1993. Following a multi-year restoration project totaling nearly $6 million, the nonprofit is preparing to sell the 681 Washington St. property, where luxury apartments now rent for up to $4,000 a month.
Personnel File
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
Turning Historic Assets into Economic Engines
Kathy Kottardis joined Historic Boston as its executive director in 2007. Her and HBI’s next goal: securing the designation from the city of Boston to restore and expand the former Nawn Factory in Roxbury’s Nubian Square
Personnel File
Members of the banking & real estate industries have been on the move recently. See who’s been hired and promoted in this week’s Personnel File!
Historic Boston Completes Purchase of Roxbury Church
HBI is planning a $5 million adaptive reuse effort, tentatively as a coworking space for area entrepreneurs and artists in the church’s sanctuary, with affordable housing units on the church’s ground level.
Historic Boston Begins $1.4M Comfort Station Conversion to Cafe
A cafe, bike repair shop and meeting spot will replace a long-vacant building in Dorchester’s Upham’s Corner.
Redevelopment Team Named For Upham’s Corner Comfort Station
The city of Boston has designated a partnership of...
