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 […]
Whole Foods Market, a high-end organic food store dubbed, “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store,” is making its way into Massachusetts—and fast. The construction of six new Whole Foods Markets in Massachusetts has not yet been confirmed; however, the grocer is reportedly in negotiations to either lease or purchase, “6 of 10 Johnnie’s Foodmaster sites in Arlington, […]
Last Thursday, the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved real estate developer Millennium Partners’ $615 million proposal to redevelop One Franklin Street in Downtown Crossing. The project will include a 625 foot structure, Millennium Tower, as well as a renovated Burnham Building. Plans include “600 condominiums and apartments, up to 218,000 square feet of office space and […]
This week, proposed plans for the redevelopment of the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge progressed, with three of an original six companies moving forward into a second round of bidding. The East Cambridge Planning Team, a state agency responsible for redevelopment of the Sullivan Courthouse, identified a proposal submitted by HYM Investment Group […]
Just after being elected mayor in 2003, Joe Curtatone at a boarded-up building in Assembly Square. By Danielle Dreilinger, Globe Correspondent Confusion, tension, and frustration filled Somerville City Hall Wednesday at a nearly four-hour meeting as the aldermen’s Finance Committee debated whether to authorize a bond that could be the key – or the stopping […]
CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO COMMENCE FALL 2011 – Download image SOMERVILLE, Mass., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) today announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) submitted a notice to bidders for the construction of a new Orange Line T station for Assembly Row at Assembly Square. The new station […]
Somerville — With a $25 million investment from the city, the stage has been set for a shiny new Assembly Square with a planned Orange Line station, at least three new buildings – both residential and commercial – and the infrastructure to support about a dozen more. By a 9 – 1 vote Monday night, […]
Somerville — The proposed $25.8 million municipal bond is the central supporting element or keystone of the more than $1 billion redevelopment of Assembly Square. The bond will fund basic public infrastructure (road, water, stormwater, sewer, utility, traffic, lighting, and sidewalk improvements) that will: unlock funding for the new Orange Line transit station construction; and, […]
Update: ITA Software today announced its merger with Google has been approved, and said the two companies are working on closing the deal. Cambridge, Mass. could soon elbow its way into the company of Google Inc.‘s top three research and development site. If Google’s deal to buy ITA Software Inc. for $700 million goes through, […]
