Developer Buys South End Office Building for Conversion Project
After submitting notification for a planned 92-unit apartment conversion, a New York developer acquired a largely vacant South End office building for $24 million.
Chelsea Shoreline Could Become Housing, Resilient Park
Mass Audubon hopes to acquire an 18-acre Chelsea property previously eyed for large-scale development, with plans for mixed-income housing and a waterfront park that demonstrates the latest thinking in coastal resiliency.
Jamaica Plain Affordable Housing Project Receives Financing
A 6-story, 96-unit affordable housing development in Jamaica Plain could be headed for a groundbreaking soon after landing financing.
As Labs, Offices Struggle, Massport Open to Renegotiating Ground Leases
Massport is sounding out landlords who ground-lease its properties about modifying terms, reflecting the difficult commercial real estate climate in Boston.
TCB Breaks Ground on Provincetown Development
Provincetown’s largest residential project in over a decade is designed to expand housing options for year-round workers on Cape Cod.
TD Gives $1M to Expand Affordable Developer’s Assistance Program
The Community Builders, a national nonprofit developer of affordable and supportive housing, now has $1 million courtesy of TD Bank to scale up its Home Room housing instability pilot program.
Brighton Complex Slated for Mixed-Income Redevelopment
Another Boston public housing complex is slated for redevelopment as a mixed-income complex that would add 200 apartments to the site.
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.
Exciting News from the West End
Nearly all new development projects are exciting, but a slate of proposals to turn a single-story library site in Boston into 90 or more affordable homes is worth cheering on with extra intensity.
Spec Projects Proceed as Tenants Sit on Sidelines
Developers of speculative life science projects in Charlestown and Waltham and Boston’s largest supportive housing community marked midyear construction milestones for projects totaling over 540,000 square feet.
Eight Teams Vie to Build West End Housing
An offering to redevelop the Boston Public Library’s West End branch attracted eight proposals that could create over 100 new affordable housing units and new civic space.
BPDA Approves Dorchester Hotel-to-Housing Conversion
Boston Planning & Development Agency directors approved the conversion of a Dorchester hotel into supportive housing and 82 apartments in a redevelopment of a Jamaica Plain paper supply company’s property.
Trammell Crow Proposes All-Affordable Housing in Brighton Development
A 1 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment of four Soldiers Field Road properties would include 200 income-restricted apartments as Trammell Crow Co. ramps up its activity in Boston.
Worcester Hotel Conversion to Supportive Housing OK’d
A Worcester motel will be converted into 90 units of supportive housing under plans approved by the city’s Planning Board over opposition from some residents.
Community Builders Propose Dorchester Hotel Conversion
A Dorchester hotel would be converted into apartments for former homeless individuals under a development proposal that will benefit from a reprieve from parking minimums for affordable projects.
The Davis Co.’s Changes Allston Development Respond to Family Housing Demand
A proposed hotel-residential development on Soldiers Field Road is back for further review after changes designed to boost the supply of affordable and family-sized housing units in Allston.
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.
Nine Teams Seek Seaport Housing Development Rights
Life science developers have snatched up most of the recent available properties in Boston’s Seaport District, but a publicly-owned parcel that’s been designated for workforce housing is receiving a strong round of interest.
Embattled Homeless Housing Development Finally Breaks Ground
An affordable housing project for the homeless in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood has finally broken ground after seeing off legal challenges from a neighboring commercial landlord.
Hot Property: The Clarion
Shawmut Design and Construction completed the fitout of the Future Chefs youth empowerment and culinary training program at The Clarion.
