
256 Apartments Proposed in Jamaica Plain
A gas station and an auto body near the MBTA Orange Line’s Green Street station would become hundreds of new apartments if Boston officials approve a development proposal from Boston Real Estate Capital.
A gas station and an auto body near the MBTA Orange Line’s Green Street station would become hundreds of new apartments if Boston officials approve a development proposal from Boston Real Estate Capital.
Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Wednesday giving Boston 225 more alcohol licenses, the majority of which are expected to boost economic development in 13 targeted ZIP codes.
Jamaica Plain’s newest brewery and taproom brings a LGBTQ+- and woman-owned enterprise to the local craft beer industry.
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.
Policymakers in Boston could be facing a catch-22 while pursuing a pair of popular but potentially contradictory goals: encouraging developers to build more residential condominiums while requiring a higher percentage of income-restricted units.
Mike Leyba helps lead City Life Vida Urbana, the most vocal and prominent of Greater Boston’s tenant advocacy groups, a position that makes him a powerful voice in Boston’s debate over rent stabilization policies.
Penrose, under Regional Vice President Charlie Adams, is making a name for itself as a developer of creative housing models throughout the East Coast. Locally, it’s working on unique projects in Jamaica Plain and Chelsea.
Banker & Tradesman readers interested in understanding the mass transit revolution waiting to hit Massachusetts should take a trip to Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood.
City and state officials gathered in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood to celebrate the opening of a new piece of transit infrastructure that, they say, shows the way forward for transit improvement projects region-wide.
Boston officials are seeking new powers to reject condo and apartment developments that locate parking decks instead of retail shops on the ground floor.
A proposal to for a big increase in Boston’s development fees passed a key hurdle Thursday night, moving it closer to reality.
Boston’s urban condo market began 2020 robustly before the pandemic all but paused sales for several weeks as agents, buyers and sellers adjusted to new realities. Now, signs point to the beginnings of a recovery starting to emerge.
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.
The Boston Planning & Development Agency’s board approved several new projects at its regular meeting last week, including ones that would add 142 new housing units to the city and a dormitory tower for Simmons University.
The Hattie Kelton Apartments are now complete in Jamaica Plain. The building is named in honor of Hattie Kelton, who advocated for the Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill communities for decades.
Another multifamily project is being proposed along Jamaica Plain’s Washington Street corridor, this time by the owners of a neighborhood fixture who hope to expand their business at the same time.
A landmark in Jamaica Plain’s Hyde Square is coming up for sale after the community group that owns it was unable to raise enough money for a renovation.
Frequent shutdowns are coming to the entire MBTA system this year, including a month offline for the Green Line’s C and E branches, as the T ramps up maintenance plans.
As I have heard from people living in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain in my new role as chief executive officer at Urban Edge, it has become clear that as much as residents are concerned about being able to afford to live in these neighborhoods.