Downtown Boston Landmark Trades for $15.75M
A Financial District office building that sits in the shadow of the Winthrop Center skyscraper was sold to a local investor for $15.75 million.
A Financial District office building that sits in the shadow of the Winthrop Center skyscraper was sold to a local investor for $15.75 million.
During its 150-year history, Banker & Tradesman and its parent company, The Warren Group, occupied addresses in some of Massachusetts’ most significant commercial districts and steps from some of the 21st-century’s highest-profile development sites.
In addition to a prominent affordable housing project proposed for Jamaica Plain, the Boston Planning & Development Board approved several projects and changes to projects at its Nov. 14 meeting.
A rooftop crane and demolition of the rear parking garage are signs of bigger changes to come at One Post Office Square, a 41-story office tower kicking off a $300 million expansion and renovation project.
The BPDA has kicked off an intensive planning process to look at the future of downtown Boston, and City Hall’s interest in taking a deep dive on the future of the neighborhood comes as development interest in the area bubbles.
For office landlords competing to land the next big lease or hang onto an existing tenant, the latest must-have amenity is one you can slip in your pocket.
A newly formed board of directors will oversee $1.5 million in annual contributions to the new Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Business Improvement District.
After gaining an exemption from Boston Common shadow protection laws and a last-minute redesign, Millennium Partners’ office and condominium tower received final city approvals Thursday.
Millennium Partners has redesigned its 1.6-million-square-foot Winthrop Square development with a distinctive new facade and a narrow glass walkway connecting two high-rises on the upper floors.
Millennium Partners’ proposed 1.6-million-square-foot tower could compromise the structural integrity of two neighboring office high-rises in Boston’s Financial District, the buildings’ owners claim.
After taking a backseat to the Seaport in recent years, Boston’s Financial District is finally on the verge of a revival as an office development hotspot. Opportunities to reposition parking garages are driving several of the latest projects. Two developers are looking to add over 1 million square feet of office space in the central business district in anticipation of accelerating leasing demand.
Final designs for Millennium Partners’ 1.6-million-square-foot skyscraper in Boston’s Winthrop Square call for a 691-foot structure including 500 luxury condominiums and 750,000 square feet of office space, as developers kicked off the formal review with state and city regulators.
As the Boston Planning and Development Agency moves to the next step in its review of the controversial project on the Winthrop Square garage site at 115 Federal St., it’s indicating skepticism about whether the 12,000-square-foot public hall running between Federal and Devonshire streets would provide sufficient public amenities.
The fate of Millennium Partners’ billion-dollar development in Boston’s Winthrop Square garage site heads to the city council this week as regulators seek a one-time exception to laws limiting shadows cast by new buildings on Boston Common and the Public Garden.
Millennium Partners has been designated as developer of the Winthrop Square garage site at 115 Federal St. in Boston.