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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.
Developer Related Beal received approval to move forward with projects on city-owned properties in South Boston and Roxbury that could include more than 400 housing units and nearly 320,000 square feet of lab space.
Architectural avatars of efficient and livable middle-class housing, triple-deckers altered the landscape Massachusetts in the early 20th century. Over 100 years later, Massachusetts’ affordability crisis is prompting a fresh look at the form.
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.
Real estate development in Boston is only getting trickier, and it’s pushing the city’s development pipeline southward into Mattapan and Bowdoin-Geneva.
Chase Bank has opened a new community center in Mattapan as part of the its nationwide initiative to address systemic racism in what JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon described as a permanent and sustained effort by the bank.
The working-class neighborhoods at Boston’s heart are poised to get a big upgrade to their transit infrastructure following the announcement of a $15 million federal grant.
A 10-acre parcel that would complete the redevelopment master plan of the former Boston State Hospital property in Mattapan could be the missing piece of the puzzle that creates a true “smart growth” neighborhood.
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved a tower funded in part by affordable housing payments from Millennium Partners’ Winthrop Square tower, which will also contain a new Boston Public Library branch on the ground floor.
JP Morgan Chase has received approval to open two more branches as part of its expansion in the Greater Boston area.
A 21-unit multifamily building planned on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan is rejiggering its unit mix under the city’s Compact Living Pilot.
Three new projects are heading for Boston’s neighborhoods: a lab building in Roxbury for Northeastern University, a Mattapan apartment building and a West Roxbury apartment and townhouse development.
TD Bank is apologizing and has pulled one of its in-branch ads after many claimed the ad was racist for the way it referred to Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
During his State of the City speech on Tuesday night, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced the creation of a new Economic Development Center focused on connecting residents to better jobs, helping small businesses grow and improve public input in economic development and policy-making.
A Waltham real estate investment firm has acquired the Fairlawn Apartments, a 347-unit apartment complex in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.
