Municipalities could exert greater control over construction projects that employ a more diverse workforce under a sprawling economic development package the House passed Thursday night, which also includes funds for a number of commercial real estate projects
Another development team is joining the Roxbury housing pipeline with plans for 132 apartments and condominiums in a pair of buildings overlooking Nubian Square.
After announcing a $20 billion “community investment plan” in five metro areas, including Boston, TD Bank said it will open a branch in Nubian Square in Roxbury in the fall as a part of an effort to serve low- and moderate-income individuals and families, and minority communities.
A 346,000-square-foot mixed-income housing proposal is joining the growing pipeline of multifamily development in Roxbury’s Nubian Square.
After developing 2,200 affordable housing units and partnering on another 1,700 during the past half-century, Cruz Cos. is expanding home ownership opportunities in Dorchester and joining the development boom in Roxbury’s Nubian Square under John B. Cruz III.
While Greater Boston’s life science development boom has transformed many neighborhoods but so far bypassed urban centers such as Roxbury. To change that, developers brought in a relatively unique source of financing.
A project by Boston developer Urbanica will create 114 affordable housing units on a publicly-owned parcel in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, including 47 income-restricted condominiums.
Andre Barbour is helping Boston’s minority communities get in on the ground floor of the development industry – literally – as head of NEI General Contracting’s year-old Workforce Opportunity Resource Center.
Gov. Charlie Baker joined officials from the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology to kick off construction on a new, 68,000-square-foot campus in Boston’s Nubian Square that is hoped will further revitalize the neighborhood.
Boston’s life science boom offers a fresh chance to spread economic benefits to Roxbury’s most important development parcel as the city prepares to solicit proposals for the 7.6-acre site.
The technical school had been poised to stabilize its finances through the sale of its century-old home in South End to developer Related Beal, while building a new facility in the emerging business and arts cluster in Roxbury, according to designs reshaped by the pandemic.
At a gateway parcel in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, three potential developers have another box to check: designing buildings and public spaces to minimize the neighborhood’s asphalt-covered urban heat island and its negative effects on residents’ health.
Construction is complete at 2451 Washington St., a 4-story condominium development that sits at the prominent corner of Dudley Street and Guild Row in Roxbury.
In a decade of commercial real estate success in Boston, the Roxbury neighborhood has lagged seriously behind. Could that be changing?
In addition to approving a major change to the former GE headquarters parcel at 15 Necco St., the Boston Planning & Development Agency board gave approval to a pair of small multifamily projects in two city neighborhoods.
Kathy Kottardis joined Historic Boston as its executive director in 2007. Her and HBI’s next goal: securing the designation from the city of Boston to restore and expand the former Nawn Factory in Roxbury’s Nubian Square
Three diverse development teams are seeking to build mixed-use projects in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, including proposals that include a public market, 14-story mass timber tower and sustainable designs that reduce urban heat island effects.
A new series of bus lanes in downtown Boston has shaved 12 minutes off a major MBTA bus route: the Silver Line’s SL4 and SL5 service to Nubian Square.
A 36-unit development in Roxbury has landed a permanent loan to help preserve its affordability.
A 45-unit luxury apartment project planned for the heart of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood has acquired construction financing.
