by Steve Adams | Sep 15, 2025
Boston city councilors scheduled a hearing this week to investigate recent utility failures in Chinatown and the Leather District, where data indicates changing subsurface conditions including high groundwater temperatures.
by Steve Adams | Jul 13, 2025
Piping hot tap water emerging from the cold-water faucets in his Leather District condo raised a red flag for Robert Qua that something unusual was going on.
by Steve Adams | Sep 23, 2024
Three years after paying $210 million for an office building in Boston’s Leather District, a life science developer is proposing a partial conversion for lab space.
by James Sanna | Apr 26, 2024
WeWork, once the biggest name in coworking in Boston, plans to reject a lease for one of its locations next to South Station.
by Steve Adams | Sep 18, 2022
Don Peebles’ pair of developments at highway tunnel portals in Boston come with complicated design considerations, but also potential transformational changes.
by Steve Adams | Aug 30, 2021
A life science developer that specializes in speculative lab suite conversions has made its third and largest acquisition in Boston with the $210 million purchase of 2 Financial Center.
by Steve Adams | Feb 12, 2020
Boston and state officials are offering up 1.4 acres of land on the edge of downtown Boston for their latest real estate development opportunity.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 21, 2019
A Finnish digital learning startup that established a Boston outpost in 2015 is moving into its first dedicated office space in the Fiduciary Trust building across from South Station.
by Steve Adams | Jun 10, 2019
Oxford Properties Group’s first ground-up development project in Boston proposes a 340-foot-tall office tower to replace the 1950s-era parking garage and office building at 125 Lincoln St. that it acquired in 2017 for $39.5 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 28, 2019
A 86,484-square-foot office property in Boston’s Leather District near South Station has been sold to a real estate investment firm for $68.5 million.
by Jay Fitzgerald | May 26, 2019
Sebastian Colella remembers when it was easy to distinguish the difference between “boutique” hotels and “traditional” hotels run by large hospitality companies.
by Steve Adams | Oct 15, 2018
Boston Planning and Development Agency directors approved a 230-room hotel at the site of a former Leather District nightclub and 193 housing units, including 81 income-restricted units.
by Steve Adams | Jun 26, 2018
Boston’s hotel development boom is spilling into the South Station neighborhood.
by Steve Adams | Mar 22, 2018
A dilapidated former nightclub property in Boston’s Leather District could be redeveloped as a 20-story hotel by Boston-based Hudson Group.
by Steve Adams | Jul 2, 2017
The building’s location, full complement of amenities and highly efficient floor plates make it an outstanding opportunity for today’s tenants.
by Steve Adams | May 23, 2017
Oxford Properties Group has acquired the 125 Lincoln St. garage in Boston’s Leather District, a 2.7-acre property viewed as a potential transit-oriented development site two blocks from South Station, for $39.5 million.
by Steve Adams | Jul 8, 2016
A development site in Boston’s Leather District hailed by Gov. Charlie Baker as a centerpiece of his initiative to encourage middle-class housing could substantially grow in scope.
by Steve Adams | Feb 29, 2016
A New York developer has acquired an office building...