Costs Weigh on Boston Office Leasing Decisions
Higher construction costs associated with buildouts of new offices are pushing tenants towards lease renewals, rather than relocations, a new brokerage report says.
Sign Points to JPMorgan Lease at South Station
JPMorgan Chase’s search for a consolidated Boston office picked up momentum with a proposal to affix its name to the new South Station tower.
WATCH: ‘Most Magnificent Building in Boston’ Opens at South Station
Twenty-seven years after it was first conceived, developer Hines’ South Station Tower finally opened Thursday afternoon to the sounds of a French jazz trio.
Below Boston, Rising Heat a Risk to Buildings
Piping hot tap water emerging from the cold-water faucets in his Leather District condo raised a red flag for Robert Qua that something unusual was going on.
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Whatever the name, city pied-a-terre abodes do have something in common: They’ve become an important part of luxury tower development strategies in Boston.
Elkus Manfredi Picked to Design South Station Offices
The first office tenant to lease space in the new South Station Tower selected Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects to design its 41,000 square-foot workspace.
Personnel File – No. 405
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
Landlords Pursue Law Firms with High Concessions
Law firms in the market for new office space in Boston are in a strong negotiating position to extract heavy tenant concessions from landlords, according to a new brokerage report.
PHOTOS: South Station’s Got a Bold, New Space
Commuter rail riders passing through South Station have been able to watch the monumental, 6-story arches that support Hines’ new office-and-residential tower take shape for several years.
Now, they finally get to walk underneath them.
South Station Tower Gets Largest Office Lease
The parent of Waltham-based Hobbs Brook Real Estate is expanding its Massachusetts presence with a new office at Boston’s South Station tower and new research facility scheduled to open in Norwood.
Law Firm Raises Profile with First South Station Tower Lease
South Station Tower’s first office tenant is a national law firm that will relocate from its Financial District offices next year in a landmark deal for Hines’ $870 million development.
Crews Battle Blaze at Downtown Tower Building Site
A blazing pile of materials outside Hines’ under-construction South Station Tower set off a large response from the Boston Fire Department Tuesday morning.
Goodbye to Downtown Skyscraper-Building
When the South Station tower opens next year, it will be one of the largest office projects ever built in the city. It may very well be one of the last as well.
One Career Decision Was All He Needed
Fred Clarke’s fateful decision to accept César Pelli’s job offer 50 years ago set in motion a sweeping career that’s included designing some of the biggest punctuation marks on the skylines of the world’s biggest cities, including Boston.
Naming Rights for Residences Is the New Normal
From the Seaport to the Back Bay, it might seem like every new condo building going up in Boston has a condo component attached to a well-known luxury brand. And new data shows it’s happening for good reasons.
South Station Tower Project Survived Market Upheaval
As developer Hines begins marketing 166 luxury condominiums, the architect of the 51-story South Station tower surveyed the progress of the firm’s second landmark skyscraper rising along Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway.
South Station Tower Enters Vertical Phase
Developer Hines’ South Station air rights project moved into the prime construction phase this month, in a vertical display starting to become visible in the surrounding neighborhood.
This Month in History: A Tower Over South Station?
A rising part of today’s Boston skyline has a surprisingly long backstory stretching out to 1989.
Hines Names South Station Condo Brand and Brokerage
Developers of the South Station tower have named Ritz-Carlton as the residential brand for 166 luxury condominiums and announced the selection of their interior designer and brokerage.
Boston Office Rents Rebounding Amid Construction Boom
Construction crews topped off the 43-story One Congress tower at Boston’s Government Center as a brokerage report detailed signs of a recovery in the city’s office market including an uptick in asking rents.
