by Steve Adams | May 7, 2026
Boston officials asked Gillette for a “healthy and balanced neighborhood” with more multifamily housing at the expense of commercial and life science space in its redevelopment of the 31-acre South Boston property.
by Steve Adams | Mar 24, 2026
South Boston developer Joey Arcari’s next venture could transform a local landmark, the former Marian Manor nursing home, into apartments.
by Steve Adams | Mar 17, 2026
The lender behind a 7-acre block in South Boston connected to high-profile lawsuits is poised to move forward with plans for Housing alongside developer HYM.
by Steve Adams | Mar 10, 2026
Gillette’s headquarters will relocate to a planned office and R&D building next to its longtime South Boston campus, freeing up space for a major redevelopment.
by Steve Adams | May 14, 2025
A South Boston developer submitted plans for a condominium project replacing an office building near the Gillette campus.
by Steve Adams | Apr 11, 2025
Redevelopment of the 31-acre Gillette campus in South Boston could include up to 20 buildings and 5.7 million square feet of development.
by Steve Adams | Nov 7, 2024
Developers plan to build the 636-unit housing portion first at the 1.7-million-square-foot 776 Summer St. project in South Boston, reflecting lack of current demand for 860,000 square feet of approved office and lab space.
by Steve Adams | Sep 19, 2024
Developer Core Investments formed a joint venture with a Chicago developer on its South Boston development known as On the Dot.
by Steve Adams | Jun 9, 2024
The first decade of the Boston Seaport District development boom full of low-hanging fruit. Today, Oxford Properties Group and the owners of Pappas Commerce Center have to navigate a trickier path.
by James Sanna | Jun 3, 2024
A South Boston developer has unveiled plans for an apartment building a stone’s throw away from several planned developments in line to radically shape an industrial corner of the neighborhood.
by Steve Adams | May 2, 2024
A development group led by Related Beal completed its financing for development of a Vertex Pharmaceutical-leased research center that’s ramping up construction in South Boston’s Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park.
by Steve Adams | Mar 14, 2024
A site once proposed for lab space was acquired by a Boston-based marketing agency as Alexandria Real Estate Equities scaled back its appetite for development.
by Steve Adams | Mar 12, 2024
A 72-room hotel development site near the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is on the market amid Boston’s lingering pause of hotel construction.
by Steve Adams | Jan 25, 2024
After a series of high-profile dispositions in the Boston area, the nation’s largest life science developer got back in acquisition mode with a $43 million purchase on South Boston’s Dorchester Avenue.
by Steve Adams | Jan 19, 2024
Conversion of the Sheraton Boston’s south tower into dorms for 856 Northeastern University students and a rezoning plan for East Boston received approval from city officials, along with two lab projects.
by Steve Adams | Jan 4, 2024
A new group of investors has closed on a South Boston commercial property that could become part of a larger Dorchester Avenue redevelopment.
by Steve Adams | Nov 21, 2023
Proposed changes to one of the last big development frontiers in Boston’s Seaport District include replacement of warehouses and parking lots with eight new buildings, including 1.3 million square feet for research and development tenants and 205 housing units.
by Steve Adams | Oct 24, 2023
Manufacturing at Gillette Co.’s South Boston campus will relocate to Andover within three years, potentially opening up 31 acres of Seaport District real estate for redevelopment.
by Steve Adams | Oct 13, 2023
Following over two years of review that prompted major changes, Boston-based Core Investments received approval to build 11 commercial and residential buildings totaling nearly 3.8 million square feet on South Boston’s Dorchester Avenue.
by James Sanna | Sep 27, 2023
A re-run of an RFP process for a clutch of parking lots next to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston didn’t produce any additional bids, but Boston Global Investors and Cronin Group don’t appear to have scaled back their ambitions for the 6-acre site.