Simmons University’s reconfiguration of its campus real estate reached a milestone this week as crews from Skanska topped off a new 19-story tower that combines dorm rooms for nearly 1,100 students with recreational facilities ranging from an eight-lane swimming pool to gymnasium.
Citing the local lab construction glut, developer Bulfinch is seeking to shelve plans to redevelop a Needham car dealership as a 500,000 square-foot life science complex.
Ann Ehrhart founded retail brokerage and advisory services firm Eversteet in late 2022 to fill the gaps in the traditional brokerage model that prevent deals from being consummated.
Tech titans including once set the pace for the commercial real estate market along Interstate 495. But after years of stagnant leasing activity, changes of ownership for three office parks spanning 541 acres are prompting large-scale redevelopments.
The governor will be on hand Wednesday when political and community leaders in Lawrence celebrate the opening of a new turf field atop a parking garage, part of a big new redevelopment by Lupoli Cos.
An unconventional approach to the design of mixed-use infill projects can maximize both floor heights and amenities for residential and office tenants.
The successful execution of creating this new neighborhood emphatically supports the strategy of mixed-use development as an in-demand socially and culturally enriching experience in today’s post-pandemic world.
A former Dorchester boat dealership will be redeveloped into a $90 million, 168,300-square-foot mixed-use development in a project approved this month by the Boston Planning & Development Agency.
As the region’s suburbs work to tackle their housing, environmental, economic and racial justice challenges, one of the keys to success may be hiding in plain sight: the humble strip mall. Learn more at an MAPC webinar on Jan. 11.
A South Boston property where an Amazon last-mile delivery station proposal fell through is back in the development pipeline, this time with plans for four towers on Dorchester Avenue ranging from 11 to 17 stories.
A 250-unit apartment complex and Market Basket supermarket will rise on a 68-acre property in Shrewsbury where a drive-in theater closed two decades ago.
Nearly 900,000 square feet of housing, offices and lab space could be developed off Route 128 in Needham following approval of a rezoning petition.
Between new store and restaurant openings, the debut of the Blvd. & Bond residences and the groundbreaking for 100 Forge, the new life sciences tower, each passing week will bring new developments to the property.
Boston’s suburban office properties often make poor candidates for housing conversion, with their large floorplates and other restrictions, but paradoxically they could offer an excellent opportunity for creating new housing.
Tavistock Development Co. is planning to reposition a Back Bay office and retail property with a 5-story addition containing nine residential units and a new retail tenant replacing the Crate & Barrel store.
Developer Robert Korff’s latest venture transforming the commercial landscape in Newton will bring a 1-million-square-foot mixed-use project to the MBTA’s Riverside station property, with construction expected to begin in 2022.
A master-planned development on 34 acres could bring 1,740 housing units and 4 million square feet of commercial space to the Dorchester waterfront.
Boston-based Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate are proposing a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Somerville’s Boynton Yards, where the developers already have begun construction of a speculative life science building.
A Thursday event in Springfield celebrated a major milestone in the redevelopment of a long-vacant building in Court Square, and in Gov. Charlie Baker’s view, it also offered a welcome source of relief.
Newton is suddenly experiencing its largest commercial building boom in decades – all via mixed-use projects – and city officials say they would welcome more.
