Brace yourselves Boston – the phenomenal Shake Shack is making its way here next year! The chain is set to open its first store at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center next year. I had the pleasure of enjoying one of Shake Shack’s burgers at their brand new New Haven, Connecticut location this weekend. Although the […]
A $10 million mixed-use property in the center of Harvard Square is for sale. Papyrus, Uno Chicago Grill, and Vitamine Shop currently occupy the property, a 27,796 square foot brick complex originally built in 1910. The mixed-use space is divided between retail (12,150 square feet) and residential (16 apartments totaling 15,646 square feet). Boston Realty […]
A Boston-based mortgage banking firm has arranged a $10 Million financing of College House, a 46,000-square-foot property constructed in the 19th century. The mixed-use building is conveniently located just outside the Red Line’s Harvard Square entrance at 430 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. On the ground floor, the building is currently occupied by CVS, Sovereign Bank, […]
Charley’s Eating and Drinking Saloonon Newbury closed its door’s less than a week ago. Now Frye Boot Co. is looking to open up shop in Charley’s place. Looking to sign as early as Friday, the 8,000 square foot property will undoubtedly be off the market soon. Frye Boots is a 149-year-old company, and has its […]
Love fine Italian food? Good news, the Italian sisters who opened NEBO, or The North End Boston restaurant are set to open another location at Atlantic Wharf by next year. (Above Left, The sister’s new location in Atlantic Wharf, Above Right, The sister’s existing location in Boston’s North End) The Pallotta sisters, Carla and Christine […]
Wellington Place, an apartment complex in Medford, Massachusetts, has sold for 40 million dollars. The complex is 6 acres wide and has a total of 137 units. MIREF Wellington LLC bought Wellington Place. Medford is only four miles outside of Boston; this puts Wellington Place within walking distance of the MBTA. The nearest stop is […]
On Friday, September 21st construction workers broke ground on a 26 story high-rise apartment building in Boston’s Chinatown. The project was approved in 2008; however, construction was delayed due to a redesign of the original building (Boston Business Journal). (Below: a rendering of the 26 story apartment building) Forest City Enterprises, a large real estate […]
On September 1st, 2011 the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development announced that it will allocate one of five Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grants to the redevelopment of the Dorchester Quincy Street Corridor, as well as the Woodledge/Morrant Bay Apartments. Implemented for the first time this year, Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grants are awarded to five […]
The Atlantic Wharf tower, built in 2011, along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway has no more available space. McKinsey and Co., a global consulting firm bought 35,000 square feet of office space in the tower. Above, Boston’s $550 million Atlantic Wharf Tower This was all of the tower’s remaining space; McKinsey and Co. will be […]
Today, PEG Properties & Design began deconstructing the historic South End’s Old Dutch Cottage Candy store. The store, which is considered to be South End’s oldest free standing retail store [Bostonglobe.com], will make way for a beautiful new condominium building, which is to be priced at around $3 Million per unit. The condominium building, elegantly […]
