Kenmore Project Seeks to Shift on the Fly to Labs
Related Beal seeks to expand the Fenway’s lab space inventory with changes to its 300,000-square-foot redevelopment in Kenmore Square.
Red Sox Ready to Tap into Fenway Development Boom
The Boston Red Sox and Newton-based WS Development are teaming up on plans for some of the biggest changes to the blocks surrounding Fenway Park since Babe Ruth played in Boston.
South End Redevelopment Includes Cultural Space, Senior Care
Related Beal’s 311,000-square-foot proposed redevelopment of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology’s campus in Boston’s South End neighborhood includes a senior care facility, up to 76,000 square feet of offices and subsidized ground-floor cultural space for the neighborhood’s arts and nonprofit community.
Hot Property: Vertex Seaport Offices
Boston-based architecture firm Tria has been selected to design Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ new cell and genetic therapies center in Boston’s Seaport District.
Gillette Set to Sell Another Piece of Campus
Another prime development site is coming up for grabs in the Seaport District as Gillette Corp. offers up a 2.5-acre parcel bordering Fort Point Channel.
Related Beal Files Plans for 1.1M SF A Street Project
A possible realignment of the Boston Harborwalk and earthen berm designed to repel Fort Point Channel storm surges are proposed as part of Related Beal’s new 1.1-million-square-foot development in Boston’s Seaport District.
Related Beal Plans 310K South End Development
Pending relocation of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology to Roxbury is opening up a development opportunity for Related Beal in Boston’s South End.
Life Science Dominates Suburban Leasing Activity
Pursuing lab users continues to be an effective strategy for suburban Boston developers in early 2020, as life science tenants comprised a majority of space commitments in the first quarter.
Hot Property: Innovation Square
Vertex Pharmaceuticals will occupy all 269,000 square feet of office and lab space in phase two of Innovation Square, a development led by Related Beal in the eastern Seaport District.
Hobbs Brook Management Makes $112M Lexington Purchase
Major Route 128 landlord Hobbs Brook Management is expanding its holdings in the area by more than 187,000 square feet.
Prominent Developer Beal Dies at 78
Robert Beal, a Brookline native who oversaw the growth of one of the East Coast’s largest commercial development firms and played an active role in Boston’s political and philanthropic circles, died Sunday at age 78.
Lab Developers Build Ahead of the Market
Commercial landlords trying to capture soaring demand from rapidly growing life science startups are increasingly building out lab space on spec in the hopes of catalyzing the next life science cluster outside of East Cambridge.
Investors Paid $3.3B for Local Life Science Properties
With a combination of low vacancy, high demand and some of the highest asking rents in the country, life science properties in the Boston metro are more desirable than ever for investment firms, both large and small.
Who Pays to Bail Out Boston?
With potential for massive property damage in Boston neighborhoods in the path of rising seas, the city is studying funding mechanisms to pick up the multi-billion-dollar tab in coming decades.
1.1M SF Fort Point Development Would Include Flood Control Strategies
Developer Related Beal’s proposed 1.1 million-square-foot development overlooking Fort Point Channel could be one of the first properties protected under a city plan to flood-proof waterfront properties.
South End, JP Condo Projects Begin Presales
Developers of two new condo projects in South End and Jamaica Plain have announced prices and begun presales in preparation for their completion in 2020.
22K SF in Lab Leases Signed at Seaport Building
Three firms have executed leases for 22,000 square feet in a 9-story, 477,000-square-foot Seaport lab building owned by Related Beal.
1.1M SF Development Eyed for Related Seaport Parcel
The new owners of a 6.5-acre property along Boston’s Fort Point Channel plan to build 1.1 million square feet of housing and commercial space on one of the Seaport District’s prime development sites.
Amid Redevelopment, Kenmore Square Pub Moves Next Door
Just in time for the annual college invasion, a neighborhood mainstay for a half-century has relocated and reopened within Related Beal’s Kenmore Square portfolio.
Congress Square Names First Restaurant Operator
The operators of sushi and noodle bowl restaurants in the Fenway and Allston will expand with a new poke bowl concept at Congress Square in the Financial District and The Beverly complex near North Station.
