by Steve Adams | Jun 23, 2024
The first draft of history takes center stage at a newly-renovated boutique hotel in downtown Nantucket. Hotel owner and N magazine publisher Bruce Percelay looked to newspaper clippings of local historic events to inspire its new branding.
by Steve Adams | Apr 3, 2024
The nation’s largest life science developer acquired the WBZ-TV studio property in Allston, where a large redevelopment including offices, labs and housing was approved in 2022 but has yet to begin
by Steve Adams | Mar 19, 2023
Commercial and nonprofit affordable housing developers say the biggest effects of BPDA reform won’t be felt until a comprehensive rezoning plan is completed.
by Steve Adams | Mar 9, 2022
Responding to requests from local elected officials, developers are adding 85 housing units to a proposed redevelopment of WBZ-TV’s Allston studios.
by Steve Adams | May 24, 2021
Boston-based developer Mount Vernon Co. is seeking to redevelop a Brighton property occupied by a Santander Bank branch for a 99-unit apartment complex including ground-level podium parking.
by Steve Adams | Nov 29, 2020
Boston’s two-year-old experiment with a new compact living model has attracted steadily increasing interest from housing developers willing to take a flier on its financial promises of lower costs.
by Steve Adams | May 3, 2020
Brookline-based Kaplan Construction has been recognized with two national “Excellence in Construction” awards by the Associated Builders and Contractors for its work on the Revolution Hotel in Boston.
by Steve Adams | Mar 23, 2020
National Development and Mount Vernon Cos. are moving ahead with plans for a replacement studio for WBZ-TV in Allston, freeing up portions of the 8-acre Soldiers Field Road property for additional future projects.
by Steve Adams | Mar 1, 2020
How much longer can multifamily growth sustain itself? Bruce Percelay of early Allston arrival Mount Vernon Co. takes stock of the landscape.
by Steve Adams | Oct 7, 2019
Boston-based developer Samuels & Assoc. is teaming up with Harvard University on a planned multifamily housing and retail project in Allston’s fast-changing Western Avenue corridor.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jun 11, 2019
The first resident move-ins have begun at a 132-unit apartment complex developed by Mount Vernon Co. on the outskirts of Brighton.
by Steve Adams | Mar 25, 2019
Brookline multifamily developer City Realty is adding to the Brighton condominium pipeline, with plans for a 53-unit project including a semi-automated parking system for 50 vehicles.
by Steve Adams | Feb 20, 2019
An apartment and retail building in Boston’s Downtown Crossing anchored by Democracy Brewing has been sold for nearly $20 million.
by Steve Adams | Mar 19, 2018
The new commuter rail station at Boston Landing in Allston has established the neighborhood as prime territory for multifamily developments.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 20, 2017
Cornerstone Realty Capital arranged $38.5 million in financing for The Wave, Mount Vernon Co.’s 132-unit rental complex under construction at 530 Western Ave. in Allston.
by Steve Adams | Jun 2, 2017
Boston developer Mount Vernon Co. is moving to where a big piece of the action is in the multifamily market.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 6, 2016
Boston-based Mount Vernon Co. has acquired Webster Court, a 30-unit apartment building in Somerville’s Union Square, for $12.1 million from Danvers Land Assoc.