Echelon Seaport’s three buildings will total 1.3 million square feet. By Tim Logan GLOBE STAFF June 13, 2017 Developers and city and state officials Tuesday celebrated the start of work on one of the biggest housing developments yet to hit the Seaport District. Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh were on hand…
The stark underpass of Interstate 93 will be a flourishing urban park come June. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and National Development announced plans for Ink Underground, an urban park that will span eight acres partially under Boston’s Interstate 93. Stretching from Albany Street to the Fort Point Channel, the park will serve…
Fenway is changing Unit 25-2K, a 1,148-square-foot condo on the 25th floor of the under-construction Pierce Boston residential tower at 188 Brookline Avenue in Fenway, is asking $1,991,6000—or $1,734.84 a square foot. Such a sum is not unusual in modern Boston—and hasn’t been unusual for a while—but it is rather striking for Fenway. Then again,…
By Paul E. Kandarian GLOBE CORRESPONDENT FEBRUARY 17, 2017 IN THE KITCHEN Mother-and-daughter team Lynn Tripp, 57, and Olivia Tripp, 25, have a lot in common: The elder Tripp is an associate professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, the daughter a 2014 graduate of the school with a degree in culinary nutrition. In…
by Marcus Mitanis The last time we checked in on the progress of Arquitectonica‘s first project in Boston, the building’s structural skeleton was sprouting like a weed. But there was no sign yet of the sharp and sleek glazing that was marketed. That’s changed in the months since, with crews covering much of the…
Federal Realty Investment Trust’s Alloy at Assembly Row in Somerville topped off recently. The property will include 122 units when it is completed next year. It is the first upscale condo development in Assembly Row, to go along with its retail, restaurants, office space and a hotel. Pictured are Sue Hawkes, Heather Hathieson, Amy Clements,…
By Tonya Mezrich | January 23, 2017 | Home & Real Estate In the market for a luxury apartment? These might work. Panoramic views, state-of-the-art gyms, five-star concierge services— what’s not to love? Three luxury residence buildings offer Bostonians a spanking-new brand of lush living that comes with loaned-out scooters, dog spas, Meile-applianced kitchens, and…
Bingyi Chen, a Chinese immigrant who lives in Concord, has bought at least 16 units at the new Millennium Tower for $15.6 million — all in cash. By Tim Logan GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 5, 2017 After years of going up, rents in Boston’s superheated real estate market may have finally reached a peak. Data released…
Somerville’s Assembly Row has bested the northern reaches of Dorchester in our fifth-annual Curbed Cup to determine the region’s Neighborhood of the Year. Assembly Row nabbed 64.04 percent of the vote to Upper Dot’s 35.96. The victory also marks the first time a neighborhood has repeated in the Curbed Cup. Will there be a three-peat…