Copley Wolff Design Group has an increasingly important seat at the table when project teams meet to map out new developments that put open space in the forefront. Ian Ramey joined the firm as principal in 2015 after 19 years at Morgan Wheelock, Carol R. Johnson Assoc. and Shadley Assoc.
With a 1.1 percent vacancy rate for lab space in the city of Boston, opportunities for the life science industry to grow appear to be almost as challenging as in inventory-starved Cambridge, with the exception of the Seaport.
Greater Boston’s life science hub has outgrown its birthplace in Kendall Square/East Cambridge. Today, the area boasts a 0 percent direct vacancy rate for Class A laboratory space and rental rates approaching $100 per square foot, triple net.
The popular outdoor pavilion that has hosted some of Boston’s biggest concerts has a new name, courtesy of its new owner.
To understand why the Back Bay is such a highly desirable location for businesses of all stripes, you need to look beyond neighborhood’s high-profile towers, as impressive as they may be.
Climate change, in the form of rising sea levels, threatens to literally wash away tens of billions of dollars in new development, and environmental activists are part of the problem.
Citizens Bank is opening its first branch in one of Boston’s most bustling neighborhoods.
General Electric has gone through a series of downfalls since moving its headquarters to Boston’s Seaport.
Global travel retailer Away will open its first Boston location at 50 Seaport Blvd. The brand sells luggage and travel accessories with stores in New York, London, Los Angeles and Austin.
Two projects totaling $1.2 billion that will bring 831 more high-end condominiums and apartments to Boston’s Seaport District are marking construction milestones.
The list of transportation projects that could have a transformative impact on the Seaport District is very small.
The building of additional roads is not a realistic solution to our current and future transportation challenges in the Boston area.
Boston’s Seaport neighborhood rents have grown 1.8 percent year over, according to Rent Café’s analysis of 130 markets and 15 million rents from Yardi Matrix.
Developer Skanska has completed construction of a walking museum between its 101 and 121 Seaport office towers including historical exhibits on the neighborhood’s marine industrial past.
Amidst South Boston’s massive growth, the name “Innovation District” has lost out to the Seaport moniker.
What’s in a name? Apparently not much if it happens to be the “Innovation District.” Boston City Hall’s years-long, head-scratching attempt to rename the booming Seaport is officially dead.
Rarely does a mature city find the opportunity to re-shape a major portion of its landscape at the scale of the emerging Seaport neighborhood. Not since the filling of the Back Bay has Boston experienced such an opportunity.
A 400,000-square-foot office development next to the MBTA’s World Trade Center station is attracting interest from top developers as a deadline for proposals approaches this month. The 1.2-acre parking lot abuts the new 1,550-space Massport parking garage and the MBTA’s World Trade Center station.
Boston real estate agent and condo expert David Bates reviewed the 50 most expensive (per square foot) Boston condominiums in 2017 and found five key amenities they had in common.
A properly designed interior can be the critical difference between business success or mediocrity.
