New Southfield Plan Includes Potential for More Housing
The Southfield Redevelopment Authority supported changes that would give the new master development team flexibility to build more housing depending upon market conditions.
New England Development Unveils Changes to Lechmere Canal Park
On the heels of recent life science leases reshaping its Cambridgeside property, owner New England Development is set to update Lechmere Canal Park with new lighting, landscaping and accessibility upgrades.
SmartLabs Brings More Biotech to Cambridgeside
SmartLabs will open its fifth and largest Greater Boston location at the Cambridgeside property as developers reposition the mall property for life science tenants.
Wellington Air Rights Draw Eight Proposals
Eight developers have responded to the city of Medford’s offering of air rights at the MBTA’s Wellington station for mixed-use projects including multifamily housing, office space and hotels.
CambridgeSide Seeks to Convert ex-Storefronts to Lab Space
New England Development wants to change office space, converted from third-floor storefronts before the pandemic, into laboratories. It’s following a familiar playbook for office landlords.
Auction Set to Close at South Weymouth Housing Site
The federal government has received a dozen bids for a 51-acre parcel in South Weymouth that’s been the subject of a jurisdictional dispute with local officials.
‘CambridgeSide 2.0’ Gets Another Biotech Lease
Conversion of the former Sears store into lab space at the Cambridgeside mall picked up momentum with a 50,453-square-foot lease by a biotech that received $116 million in venture financing early this year.
Feds to Auction 51-Acre Site at Southfield Over Objections
The U.S. government is auctioning off a 51-acre site at the Southfield property in South Weymouth over the objections of the local agency responsible for redeveloping the former naval air station.
Allston Yards Seeks to Add 150 Condos
Allston Yards developers are accelerating plans for condo construction after reaching agreement with the owners of a neighboring property, bringing the project’s housing component to more than 1,000 units.
Burlington Plots New Course for Mall Area
Burlington is blazing a new zoning trail that other suburban towns may be following in coming years, hoping for new housing and better pedestrian connections in the commercial district near the Burlington Mall.
Biotech Leases Spec CambridgeSide Lab Space
A year-old Cambridge biotech company that’s received $315 million in venture financing has leased nearly 150,000 square feet in the Cambridgeside mall’s new office-lab redevelopment.
Residential Building Kicks Off Allston Yards Project
Construction of 165 housing units and new Stop & Shop Supermarket is set to begin this month in a redevelopment of an 11-acre strip mall bordering the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Southfield Board Set to Begin Negotiations with Developer
The Southfield Redevelopment Authority will receive nearly $1 million a year to help pay for its operations after entering an exclusive negotiating agreement with the potential new master developer at the 1,450-acre former air base.
Nearly 500 Housing Units Eyed for Bunker Hill Mall
New England Development’s proposed 240-unit apartment building at its Bunker Hill Mall property is the first step in a potential larger redevelopment of the 6-acre Rutherford Avenue retail property.
Sweeping Changes Come to Massachusetts Mall Landscape
The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the trend of shopping-mall owners rethinking how to reposition their properties amid the rise of e-commerce and consumers wary of venturing into enclosed retail shops and restaurants.
204 Housing Units Eyed at Bunker Hill Shopping Center
Charlestown’s Bunker Hill Mall would get a 204-unit compact living-style housing project in the latest in a series of multifamily developments at local grocery-anchored shopping centers.
CambridgeSide Redevelopment Review Set to Begin
A comprehensive revamp of the 30-year-old Cambridgeside mall would include 575,000 square feet of additional development including 200 housing units and office space, and new sidewalk-facing storefronts.
Southfield Picks New Master Developer
A partnership between Brookfield Properties, Boston-based New England Development and Pinehills Managing Partner Tony Green will lead the latest attempt to redevelop the 1,450-acre Southfield parcel on the South Shore.
New England Development Gets OK to Reboot Cambridgeside Mall
It’s “goodbye, struggling big-box retailers” and “hello, residential units, offices and labs” at the Cambridgeside mall after the Cambridge City Council voted 6-3 Monday night to approve zoning for New England Development’s proposed reboot of the mall.
Two Teams Seek to Fix ‘Broken Development’ in Weymouth
Two development teams are seeking to restart the Southfield project at the 1,450-acre former South Weymouth Naval Air Station with a larger housing component while reducing commercial space.
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