Financial District Offices Slated for New Residential Conversion
A mostly-vacant office building in Boston’s Financial District is the latest to join the city’s incentive program encouraging residential conversions.
Latest Developer Submits Housing Plan for Downtown Crossing Offices
A vacant office building steps from Boston Common would be converted into 22 apartments under the latest proposal submitted in the city’s new office-to-residential conversion pilot program.
PLAN: Downtown Seeks to Simplify Development Rules
The study recommendations offer “consistent and fair baseline and bonus heights” for new projects, the draft plan states, replacing a mishmash of more than 20 height limits.
Wu Signals Help for Battered Office Buildings
Public subsidies could be the next tool in Boston’s bid to revive the downtown economy through conversions of neglected offices into housing as concerns mount that zoning incentives won’t be enough.
Can City Afford to Foot Office Conversion Bills?
Not long ago, Boston’s traditional center of business and commerce appeared poised for a glorious new future as the city’s newest residential neighborhood. But even if the city chips in money for conversions, a big transformation could prove costly.
How Other Cities Hope to Boost Resi Conversions Downtown
The conversion push is marked by an emphasis on affordability and serious tax breaks for developers to incentivize office-to-housing conversions.
Decision Time for Boston’s Office Landlords
As remote and hybrid work entrench themselves, Boston’s class B office market looks like potentially fertile ground for conversion into thousands of new housing units.
