Mill Creek Pitches 321 Units Near Quincy Red Line Stop
An affiliate of Florida-based multifamily giant Mill Creek Residential has filed plans for a new, large apartment building in northern Quincy.
How New Projects Are Responding to Climate Concerns in Boston
Like other waterfront cities, Boston faces existential risk from climate change – not just rising sea levels, but also sudden rainstorms and extreme temperatures.
Hot Property: Worcester’s The Cove
Residents of V10 Development’s new Worcester apartment complex can take in the minor league baseball action at Polar Park without ever leaving the property.
Back Bay Property Elevates Food and Beverage
The architects and development team behind Raffles Boston sought to create vitality and community through the way food and beverage offerings were integrated into the building’s public and common spaces.
Hot Property: The Cordwainer
Anthemion Senior Lifestyles’ recently completed Cordwainer complex was designed to fill a gap in the assisted-living built environment with bright and airy designs reflecting research about the specific needs of memory care patients.
Approved Readville Project Asks to Switch Condos to Rentals
The developer behind a project planned for Boston’s most southerly neighborhood is asking city officials for permission to convert the project from a mix of condominiums and rental units to fully rental units.
From Disaster Comes Opportunity in the Merrimack Valley
Adapting an idle building into housing, commercial space or a community center maximizes the value of an existing asset, reduces carbon emissions and can effectively help address the shortage of affordable housing.
Hot Property: The Cove
The Cove, a 173-unit multifamily development next to Worcester’s Polar Park, will include interior designs inspired by a former music club that formerly occupied the property.
Watch the CRE Insider Webinar: Hotels in 2022
Banker & Tradesman commercial real estate editor Steve Adams hosted from TAT, citizenM and law firm Freeman, Mathis & Gary for a virtual panel discussion about the state of the hotel and hospitality sector in Massachusetts
How Urban Infill Can Unlock Housing Production
The Boston-area housing market is surging. Recent reporting puts vacancy rates at a 10-year low and apartment rents at the highest year-over-year jump in two decades.
Three Trends Shape the Future of Adaptive Reuse
For developers and owner-operators throughout New England, adaptive reuse has long proven a cost-effective, sustainable and market-responsive means of generating new housing units, creating successful mixed-use communities and preserving our region’s architectural history.
Pandemic Poses Threat and Opportunity for Affordable Housing
While designers of market-rate multifamily housing experiment with everything from increased unit depths with interior home offices to rebalanced parking ratios, the economics that drive those modalities of design and urban planning do not necessarily apply to affordable housing.
Keep It Local, Make It Social
In an ever-more-competitive regional housing market, how can the best new condominium and apartment buildings stand apart and attract today’s discerning tenants?
