Wentworth Institute of Technology received approval for a new 972-bed dormitory housing its entire first-year student body, a project that could relieve off-campus housing pressures in the Mission Hill neighborhood.
Higher education is a backbone of Greater Boston’s construction market, but cracks are starting to show and many schools are focusing on renovations instead.
Boston University indefinitely postponed plans for a new $94 million academic tower, in a reflection of the financial pressures facing the higher education sector.
Wentworth Institute of Technology is partnering with student housing specialist Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions on redesigned new student housing projects on its Boston campus.
Last-minute objections from the Museum of Fine Arts delayed approval of a 460,000-square-foot life science project on Wentworth Institute of Technology’s campus.
Construction costs are already sky-high in Greater Boston, and there is fear decarbonization regulations can add even more strain on affordable housing developers’ wallets.
New dormitories, academic facilities and a fieldhouse would be built on Wentworth Institute of Technology’s campus under updated plans for the school’s ongoing transformation of its 31-acre campus.
Homebuilders say the latest energy efficiency standards being adopted in many Massachusetts communities will wipe out recent progress the state has made toward spurring housing production.
Wentworth Institute of Technology’s partnership with private developers would bring a major life science expansion in Mission Hill and opportunities for student internships at a 640,000-square-foot lab complex along Huntington Avenue.
Wentworth Institute of Technology plans four new building projects including a new 630-bed residence hall and academic building to replace outdated facilities on its 31-acre Boston campus.
Wentworth Institute of Technology is the latest college set to cash in on Boston’s lab boom in a partnership with private developers.
A group of Boston-area students are picking up tips on real estate investment and paths to a potential career in the industry through a summer program sponsored by The Fallon Co. and Street2Ivy.
MassDevelopment has issued a $41.3 million bond for construction of a 78,000-square-foot multipurpose building on Parker Street at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
