A decades-in-the-making project to transform a mostly vacant former military base south of Boston into a buzzy mixed-use development is poised for a major step forward with an assist from Beacon Hill.
Money for a sewer and water connection isn’t headline news – unless it means unlocking 6,000 long-anticipated housing units near a commuter rail station.
A partnership between Brookfield Properties, Boston-based New England Development and Pinehills Managing Partner Tony Green will lead the latest attempt to redevelop the 1,450-acre Southfield parcel on the South Shore.
Two development teams are seeking to restart the Southfield project at the 1,450-acre former South Weymouth Naval Air Station with a larger housing component while reducing commercial space.
The frontier in Greater Boston residents’ quest to find affordable homes moved to the South Shore and Greater Worcester this year, with implications for the way towns, cities and the state plan for the future.
A day after academic experts slammed a plan to place a natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, energy giant Enbridge had its chance Thursday afternoon at an appeal hearing to defend its permit for a facility the company said would not cause significant or environmental health impacts.
The full-time administrator in charge of the troubled Union Point redevelopment on the South Shore is stepping down from his post, as the Southfield Redevelopment Authority begins the search for another master developer at the 1,450-acre site.
A local redevelopment authority has voted to remove LStar Ventures as master developer of the 1,450-acre Union Point property, but some of the company’s executives say they hope to take control of the project.
Business leaders on the South Shore think they can transform the region’s business community into housing advocates, and at the same time help their region snag a slice of the Boston area’s future economic growth.
The Conrad Group closed out the year with four transactions in Weymouth, Scituate and Hingham.
As pressure mounts on Gov. Charlie Baker to speak out against a planned natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, the town’s mayor hopes to torpedo the project through a state permitting process.
A Weymouth man was arrested yesterday for robbing his local Santander Bank and fleeing in an Uber.
