Residence who opposed the construction of apartments at the former Home for Little Wanderers in Jamaica Plain were left speechless after the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved the project. Boston Residential Group’s $75 million plan is to demolish the nearly 100-year-old building on South Huntington Avenue and construct a 196-unit apartment complex dubbed Olmsted Place. The […]
A proposal by Mayor Thomas Menino to expand housing inspections in the Boston area has been met with great discern by landlords. The plan, which would cost property owners $3.5 million in just the first year of its implementation, is not favorable for landlords and tenants alike. Due to the fixed nature of available housing […]
Millennium Partners, the firm developing Millennium Place at Washington and Avery streets, will begin selling condominiums this week. The 256 luxury condominiums range in price from “$550,000 for one-bedrooms facing a courtyard to $3.5 million for penthouses with rooftop terraces” (Boston Herald).
Since the second quarter of 2011, Vacancy rates in Cambridge have been improving. Cambridge’s vacancy rate peaked that quarter at 10.3% and has been steadily declining since. The figures are in for the second quarter of 2012 and vacancy rates have dropped to 9.4% with a total of 10,137,858 square feet vacant in the Cambridge […]
The New England Revolution, a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, may be moving. The owner of the club, The Kraft Group, is interested in constructing a new $100 million soccer stadium in Assembly Square, Somerville. Currently, the team plays at Gilette Stadium, which has a massive capacity of 68,756. Unfortunately for the Revolution, the […]
After the closing of Jp Licks ice cream on Newbury Street, the ice cream shop has announced they will be returning to a new location in the Back Bay! Looney Tunes, Boylston St. (below) JP Licks on Newbury before closing (below) The new location is the former “Looney Tunes” record store on Boylston Street, near […]
Today at 400 Technology Square in Cambridge leases totaling 162,000 square feet have been signed. The involved companies were as follows: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), The Ragon Institute Harvard University Epizyme Warp Drive Bio Aramco Services Co. Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE), an owner, operator, and developer of life science office and […]
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 […]
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 […]
