Three Under-the-Radar Boston Real Estate Trends You Missed in 2025
Beyond the headlines, several trends left their mark on local real estate, pointing to conditions to watch in the coming year.
Hot Property: Snowport Holiday Market
Snowport Holiday Market Presented by Constant Contact returns to the Boston Seaport on Nov. 7 with a new lineup of independent businesses.
Signs of Life in Boston Biotech CRE
Little tiny green shoots are poking up here and there, with leasing activity running well ahead of 2024 totals and the pace of vacancy growth slowing down.
Hasbro Picks WS Building in Seaport for New HQ
The company’s new headquarters will be WS Development’s 400 Summer St. building, also home to Foundation Medicine.
Boston Launches New Ferry to Flynn Marine Park
Commuters on the MBTA’s regional rail system just got an option to add a little more fluidity to their commute. And Seaport landlords just got a new amenity to promote to potential tenants.
Seaport West Adding Earl’s Kitchen + Bar in 2027
Earl’s Kitchen + Bar announced plans for its second Boston location as landlord Pembroke revamps its Seaport District portfolio’s restaurant lineup.
A Top-Heavy Tower Redefines Seaport Architecture
Hemmed in on all sides, 10 World Trade Center is a monument to creative design on a cramped parcel that conflicts with an MBTA tunnel below and airplane landing paths above.
Top Mass. Politicians Turn Out to Praise Sublime Systems, WS Seaport Tower
One phrase was uttered over and over again Tuesday morning by the movers and shakers of Beacon Hill and D.C.: Who knew concrete was so exciting?
Amazon Tells Workers to Return to the Office Five Days a Week
Amazon is reverting to its pre-pandemic policy and will require corporate employees to be in the office five days a week starting next year, CEO Andy Jassy said Monday.
Hot Property: One Boston Wharf
Amazon’s new office building in Boston’s Seaport includes a Somerville clean energy startup’s climate-friendly concrete product in its 5,000-square-foot, ground-floor Paseo public promenade.
Alexandria Unloads Seaport Parcels After Dropping Lab Development
Alexandria Real Estate Equities sold a pair of South Boston parcels to a Boston-based investor and a self-storage facility for just over half what it paid for them.
Massport Picks Team for Seaport Affordable Housing
Massport selected a team of The Community Builders and Menkiti Group to develop the first income-restricted housing project on its properties in the Boston Seaport District.
Hot Property: One Boston Wharf
Turner Construction topped off framing of WS Development’s new One Boston Wharf office tower in the Seaport District, which will include the 700-seat Seaport Performing Arts Center.
The Key to Keeping Current in the Seaport
It turns out that “try before you buy” is a compelling pitch for retailers as well as shoppers. In what’s becoming a commonly accepted practice, retail landlords such as WS Development and Wilder regularly take a flier on local, independently-owned shops that bring unique, new concepts to their portfolios.
Hot Property: 10 World Trade
10 World Trade in Boston’s Seaport District is the city’s first development recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council for sustainable design of landscapes and outdoor spaces.
This Month in History: The Seaport Gets Its Transit Link
A ceremonial first bus ride from South Station to Logan Airport heralded the first day of the future for Boston’s newest neighborhood on the last day of 2004.
Tech Layoffs Add to Office Market Woes
Potential layoffs at Amazon and deep cuts to Twitter’s workforce are adding to the headwinds faced by a Boston office market in the midst of a year-long retreat.
Convention Center Expansion No Boon to Back Bay Hotels
The proposed $400 million expansion of the Boston’s gigantic Seaport convention hall could turn out to be one very sweet deal for a Texas tycoon and GOP mega-donor.
Worker Killed at Seaport District Construction Site
The second construction worker in just over two months was killed on a Boston job site Thursday morning.
Channelside Pressed for Cultural Anchor in Fort Point
With many Boston cultural venues threatened by redevelopment, community and cultural advocates say a 1.1 million-square-foot Related Beal development must do more to bring the arts into the development. And City Hall is listening.
