tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53096795064681223152024-03-05T02:14:13.421-05:00ElectricWeb-BostonNews and stories of interest to the Boston Electrical CommunityElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-27043790434200540632020-04-06T12:54:00.000-04:002020-05-06T12:54:32.660-04:00COVID-19 Response: Suspension of ElectricWeb for April 2020<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN">Issuance Date: </span></b><span lang="EN">04/6/2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">To: </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Owners and Contractors<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Purpose: </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Guidance to owners and contractors regarding enforcement of Essential vs.
Nonessential construction in accordance with NYS Governor’s Executive Order
202.6 and subsequent orders, and the Guidance on Executive Order 202.6
published by NYS ESDC Item 9<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">AC 28-103.8<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">AC 28-201.1<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">New York State Gubernatorial Emergency Order 202.6 and subsequent orders and
related Empire State Development Corporation guidelines</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">New York City Mayoral Emergency Order 103 and subsequent mayoral emergency
orders</span></li>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">_________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In accordance with NYS Governor’s Executive Order 202.6 and the Guidance on
Executive Order 202.6 and subsequent orders published by NYS ESDC Item 9, (1)
All non-essential construction must shut down except emergency construction,
(e.g. a project necessary to protect health and safety of the occupants, or to
continue a project if it would be unsafe to allow to remain undone until it is
safe to shut the site). (2) Essential construction may continue and includes
roads, bridges, transit facilities, utilities, hospitals or health care
facilities, affordable housing, and homeless shelters. At every site, if
essential or emergency non-essential construction, this includes maintaining
social distance, including for purposes of elevators/meals/entry and exit.
Sites that cannot maintain distance and safety best practices must close and
enforcement will be provided by the state in coordination with the city/local
governments. This will include fines of up to $10,000 per violation. (3) For
purposes of this section construction work does not include a single worker, who
is the sole employee/worker on a job site.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only the following construction projects permitted by the NYC Department of
Buildings or otherwise regulated by the NYC Construction Codes and the NYC
Electrical Code shall be permitted to continue until further notice. This
guidance does not apply to construction on roads, bridges, and transit
facilities that is allowable under the Governor’s Executive Orders and ESDC
Guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Melanie E. La Rocca <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1. Emergency construction </b>(ESDC Item 9, bullet 1)<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>a</b>. Project necessary
to protect the health and safety of the occupants: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i. Emergency work
ordered by the Department;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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essential services – heat, hot water, cold water, gas, electricity, or other</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">utility services; or<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">iii. Work necessary
to address any condition requiring immediate corrective action that</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">severely affects life, health, safety, property, or significant number of
persons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>b</b>. Project required
to continue to the extent it would be unsafe to allow work to remain undone.
Such</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">project may continue only until it is safe to shut the site.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Essential construction </b>(ESDC Item 9, bullet 2)<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>a</b>. Utilities;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>b</b>. Hospitals or
health care facilities;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>c</b>. Transitional and/
or Homeless shelters;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>d</b>. Affordable
housing: Construction work on public housing, or a private or multiple dwelling
or real</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">property that is a new building (NB) or that is 100% vacant; or is work on
unoccupied public</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">housing units for the
designation as housing for specific populations (i.e. shelter set aside,
domestic</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">violence referrals), or work on the exterior to address emergency
conditions requiring immediate</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">corrective action, set forth
in Section 1(a)(iii) or within public housing, correction of critical</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">systems for seasonal preparedness for the 2020-2021 heating season of an
existing public housing</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">building. Construction work
on a private or multiple dwelling or real property that is a new buildin</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(NB) or that is 100% vacant that is now used or will be converted to such
use: (i) For the provisio</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">of affordable inclusionary
housing or mandatory inclusionary housing pursuant to the New Yor</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">city zoning resolution; or (ii) Where no less than 30% of the residential
units are subject to a</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">regulatory agreement,
restrictive declaration, or similar instrument with a local, state, or federal</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">governmental entity or a local housing authority in a city with a
population of one million or more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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construction as approved by the Department.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"><b>3. Work that is limited to a single worker, who is the sole employee/worker
on a job site </b>(ESDC Item 9,</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">bullet 3)</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"> <u>ALL OTHER WORK TO
CEASE</u></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All other construction and demolition work permitted by the NYC Department
of Buildings or otherwise</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">regulated by the NYC
Construction Codes and the NYC Electrical Code shall cease and comply with</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Buildings Bulletin 2020-004.</span></div>
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<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-9297214393873049292020-03-26T14:59:00.000-04:002020-03-31T15:11:52.137-04:00Boston Extends COVID-19 Construction Ban 'Indefinitely'<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston, one of the first major cities in the U.S. to shut down all but emergency construction work to curb the COVID-19 outbreak, is extending its building ban “until further notice” as virus-related deaths and infections mount.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, <b><u>a former union laborer and building trades leader</u></b>, had initially announced a two-week halt when he unveiled the shutdown order on March 16. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But on March 25, with 1,838 infections and 15 deaths in Massachusetts and the number of new cases growing rapidly, he extended the ban 'indefinitely' to combat coronavirus spread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a press statement, Walsh noted that “large gatherings such as those at construction sites have been proven to escalate the spread of the coronavirus.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While not offering any timetable for when Boston might reevaluate its stance, Walsh said the city is working with both construction companies and unions in the building trades to “determine protocols” so that work can safely resume.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pennsylvania and Washington State have also instituted construction moratoriums, although Pennsylvania is exempting hospital projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walsh’s decision to extend the ban comes even as other state and local officials have allowed a range of major building projects to move forward, including in Boston.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite Walsh’s ban, work has continued unabated in Boston’s Seaport District on a Hyatt Place Hotel and in the neighboring Ora Seaport, a 304-unit apartment building. While they are located on Boston’s waterfront, the buildings are exempt from Walsh’s order because they sit on land controlled by the Massachusetts Port Authority.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In contrast to Walsh, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) classified construction work as “essential” in his March 23 order for all "non-essential" businesses and organizations to close for two weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Construction continues to operate with COVID-19 regulations in cities and towns that neighbor Boston, including Brookline. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston’s decision to shut down construction comes amid an epic building boom in the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were 97 different active construction projects across the city before the ban went into place last week, for a total of more than 21 million sq ft of new or renovated residential, office and commercial space, according to the Boston Planning and Development Agency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The safety and health of construction workers and all residents of Boston is my first priority, and I am not willing to put that at risk as the virus spreads throughout our communities," Walsh said.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-53373709288768088262020-03-19T15:01:00.000-04:002020-03-31T15:01:49.031-04:00Hotel, Condos and 655 Apartments Planned in Allston<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuTcL3Xbbq4IbrI2GDOPe7n5Tc4FnxJeeLsxemvSIm0f_jK-FRgOUFdolN2FT3DSoLxEaIz2Yuiz-SXsKiDl4j7OmEeGuCuNHNHzvf1R1bLE2D0csHNF68mv1zW5-GoolvGiZBatGcVav/s1600/002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="649" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuTcL3Xbbq4IbrI2GDOPe7n5Tc4FnxJeeLsxemvSIm0f_jK-FRgOUFdolN2FT3DSoLxEaIz2Yuiz-SXsKiDl4j7OmEeGuCuNHNHzvf1R1bLE2D0csHNF68mv1zW5-GoolvGiZBatGcVav/s320/002.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new owner of the longtime home of The Skating Club of Boston has plans for a large residential project at the site. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston-based real estate firm The Davis Cos. intends to build a 655-unit apartment and condominium complex and a 255-room hotel at the site of The Skating Club of Boston and the Studio Allston Hotel, adding another large-scale project in the area surrounding the Harvard Business School campus and Boston Landing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Davis Cos. plans the project at 1240 Soldiers Field Road and 1234 Soldiers Field Road, which it acquired from the Skating Club of Boston for a combined $40.45 million in 2017 and 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The firm intends to demolish both the club and the Studio Allston hotel to make way for its new residential and hotel project.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Skating Club is building a facility in Norwood, which is scheduled to be complete this summer. It sold the Soldiers Field Road property to The Davis Cos. to finance the new facility.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF8G2tiddVDFBWJJTlJJGePxSPPi9LhfKH3xUYMejhVFkcL2Xeq24pZ2H7Ny2h2WraXQ033M-XZbagDnAf9yU9-H1YrNCRVORFi_nEmyfaVbtEssJBBCD20WB-AbbfdIDQ0hzLXXTMO_I/s1600/001.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1192" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF8G2tiddVDFBWJJTlJJGePxSPPi9LhfKH3xUYMejhVFkcL2Xeq24pZ2H7Ny2h2WraXQ033M-XZbagDnAf9yU9-H1YrNCRVORFi_nEmyfaVbtEssJBBCD20WB-AbbfdIDQ0hzLXXTMO_I/s320/001.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Davis Cos. plans to build a 535-unit apartment complex with 10,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and parking for 220 vehicles at 1240 Soldiers Field Road. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the adjacent parcel, it’s planning 120 condominiums, a 255-room hotel, a 110-space underground parking garage and 4,000 square feet of commercial space. The parking garage will have the ability to accommodate up to 185 vehicles utilizing an automated stacker system if needed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The company is also pitching 72,000 square feet of public open space between the two parcels. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The Project will require dimensional and use zoning relief,” said Fallon. “We appreciate the BPDA’s assistance thus far in providing feedback in the early planning stages of the Project.”</span><br />
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ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-42096987743333262202020-03-12T15:00:00.000-04:002020-03-31T15:14:46.597-04:005 Copley Place Tower to Rise 52 Stories<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simon Property Group is preparing for construction of a 52-story tower at 5 Copley Place that would be one of the largest residential buildings in Boston. The project will create 542 residences, a 40,000 SF addition to the Neiman Marcus store, a glass-enclosed garden and 75,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space at the corner of Dartmouth and Stuart streets. The $500 million private investment will put 1,700 construction workers back on the job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Approximately 680,000 square feet of new residential space will be above the existing building, situated across from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Back Bay Station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The building’s 433 rental apartments and 109 condos will be housed in a slender 52-story tower designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, and include 71 affordable housing units.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plans call for a lap pool on the 6th floor, a 7th floor sky lobby and deck, garage parking spaces and secure bike storage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 569 feet, the skyscraper will be the second tallest residential building in Boston, behind the soon-to-be constructed, Four Seasons Tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will include a large 40,000 square-foot addition to the to the Neiman Marcus store, followed by a complete renovation of the existing 115,000-square-foot store - which will not close during construction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It will also include additional space for smaller-scale retail shops and restaurants, with a “public winter garden” at the Stuart Street plaza. The developer has also committed up to $1 million towards new public art and $250,000 to Southwest Corridor Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will build on the strengths of the existing Copley Place complex at Stuart and Dartmouth Streets and infuse an already successful retail destination with an inspired and dynamic mixed-use development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The expansion of Neiman Marcus and Copley Place strengthens our retail destination in the Back Bay and contributes to the City’s economic vitality,” according to a press release. “The project will enhance the urban fabric of the neighborhood and be a striking addition to the city’s skyline.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project attracted controversy when state representatives accused the Governor of violating a 1997 agreement by signing a revised lease with the developer before city and state regulators could review its impacts on area residents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, the developer has stressed that the tower would not significantly increase wind in the area, and would only cast minimal new shadows on surrounding open spaces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It also said it has rotated the tower from its initial orientation on the site and made several other design changes “to minimize environmental impacts, provide improvements to the public realm, and greatly enhance the overall pedestrian experience.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Built by Chicago-based Urban Investment and Development, Copley Place was at the time the largest mixed-use project in the country. It was criticized by neighbors and some public officials for the way its hulking buildings towered over town houses in the South End.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original $500 million project eventually included the Westin and Marriott hotels, four office buildings, a shopping mall, 100 apartments, and a 1,400-space parking garage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The existing building at Copley Place consists of parking, three levels of retail and seven floors of office space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new design will transform the brick-paved plaza entrance to Neiman Marcus into a multi-story atrium with a glass facade</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new tower would fill out the last undeveloped parcels in Copley Place, which was initially built in the 1980s over the Massachusetts Turnpike roadway and ramps, and on a former railroad yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simon initially proposed the project in June 2008, but put it on hold when the recession dried up funding for big projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The company resurrected the project last year and construction is expected to last 3 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-73118802130584764912020-03-05T15:00:00.000-05:002020-03-31T15:00:36.944-04:00740-Ft Glass Tower Will Be Boston's Third Tallest<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A developer has plans to build one of Boston’s tallest buildings in downtown’s Financial District. The 740-foot glass tower will include a 300-room hotel, offices, retail space, a restaurant and 150 luxury condominium units. Costing as much as $900 million to build, the 900,000-SF skyscraper will add a new showpiece to Boston’s rapidly changing skyline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tower proposal comes during one of the most dynamic periods of construction in the city’s history, as numerous skyscrapers aim to alter the Boston skyline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 740 feet, the angular skyscraper would be Boston’s third-tallest structure, behind the 750-foot Prudential building and the 790-foot John Hancock Tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An office building at 133 Federal Street would be combined with the new tower at ground level to create a 72,000-square-foot lobby with restaurants and shops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The complex, called 111 Federal Street will rise on one of the Financial District’s last major development sites, replacing the city-owned Winthrop Square parking garage presently on the site.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihg_aAb_JP-1_AFIEh8i3Dxb_7DxAdKoGWbaNxeUjbk8n3i-sNWPCc996KX3Su4GMpF_JSqpgfcQBErYCuVmNu49hyr2g2jPV9QgUdmFB_nIA6Za_9C6O0yKKtQFB8d4DqFkV1I_eeYQCN/s1600/a002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihg_aAb_JP-1_AFIEh8i3Dxb_7DxAdKoGWbaNxeUjbk8n3i-sNWPCc996KX3Su4GMpF_JSqpgfcQBErYCuVmNu49hyr2g2jPV9QgUdmFB_nIA6Za_9C6O0yKKtQFB8d4DqFkV1I_eeYQCN/s1600/a002.gif" width="308" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before work can proceed, developer Steve Belkin must negotiate a deal to buy the property from the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The dilapidated garage at 111-115 Federal Street will be demolished and replaced with glass storefronts and modern lobbies for the offices and a luxury hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Former Mayor Thomas Menino selected Steve Belkin to redevelop the property in 2006, but the project failed to attract enough tenants amid the economic downturn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original plan called for a 1,000-foot office tower, but that proposal was rejected because it would have interfered with air traffic. The new proposal calls for a tower 260 feet shorter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The building will be one of only a few towers built in the densely packed Financial District since the 1980s. In recent years, tech companies, restaurants and retailers have brought new life to the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project, designed by Boston-based CBT Architects, is expected to begin construction sometime later this year.</span>ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-76322448537315219292020-02-07T14:47:00.000-05:002020-02-10T14:47:32.258-05:00207 New Apartments to be Created in Dorchester <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A 1.81-acre parking lot at 780 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester, that used to host the Phillips Old Colony House and Freeport Tavern, will soon be home to a new apartment building.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Camden, New Jersey-based Michaels Development, which purchased a controlling interest in the site, has plans to construct a six-story apartment complex. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project promises to bring in more much-needed affordable housing to one of Boston’s neighborhoods.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new development will create 207 new apartments, with 92 studios, 94 one-bedroom apartments, and 21 two-bedroom units. Plans also include a 136-space parking garage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Michaels Development bills itself as the “nation’s largest privately-held owner of affordable housing.” This would be its first project in Massachusetts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The development will also cause the demise of another surface parking lot in Boston. The trend has gathered steam in just the past several months, with several new projects planned in downtown, Fort Point, Back Bay and Bay Village. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The redevelopment of the site, now used for parking, is the latest in what’s becoming a trend for a city in need of housing as developers gobble up old parking lots and garages in favor of mixed-use developments in tightly woven neighborhoods all across Boston.</span><br />
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<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-68806516550610228852020-01-24T14:42:00.000-05:002020-02-10T14:43:25.895-05:00Hotel, Condos and 655 Apartments Planned in Allston<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuTcL3Xbbq4IbrI2GDOPe7n5Tc4FnxJeeLsxemvSIm0f_jK-FRgOUFdolN2FT3DSoLxEaIz2Yuiz-SXsKiDl4j7OmEeGuCuNHNHzvf1R1bLE2D0csHNF68mv1zW5-GoolvGiZBatGcVav/s1600/002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="649" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuTcL3Xbbq4IbrI2GDOPe7n5Tc4FnxJeeLsxemvSIm0f_jK-FRgOUFdolN2FT3DSoLxEaIz2Yuiz-SXsKiDl4j7OmEeGuCuNHNHzvf1R1bLE2D0csHNF68mv1zW5-GoolvGiZBatGcVav/s320/002.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new owner of the longtime home of The Skating Club of Boston has plans for a large residential project at the site. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boston-based real estate firm The Davis Cos. intends to build a 655-unit apartment and condominium complex and a 255-room hotel at the site of The Skating Club of Boston and the Studio Allston Hotel, adding another large-scale project in the area surrounding the Harvard Business School campus and Boston Landing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Davis Cos. plans the project at 1240 Soldiers Field Road and 1234 Soldiers Field Road, which it acquired from the Skating Club of Boston for a combined $40.45 million in 2017 and 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The firm intends to demolish both the club and the Studio Allston hotel to make way for its new residential and hotel project.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Skating Club is building a facility in Norwood, which is scheduled to be complete this summer. It sold the Soldiers Field Road property to The Davis Cos. to finance the new facility.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the adjacent parcel, it’s planning 120 condominiums, a 255-room hotel, a 110-space underground parking garage and 4,000 square feet of commercial space. The parking garage will have the ability to accommodate up to 185 vehicles utilizing an automated stacker system if needed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The company is also pitching 72,000 square feet of public open space between the two parcels. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Project will require dimensional and use zoning relief,” said Fallon. “We appreciate the BPDA’s assistance thus far in providing feedback in the early planning stages of the Project.”</span><br />
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ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-80412117921695237112020-01-14T14:35:00.000-05:002020-02-10T15:39:42.843-05:005 Copley Place Tower to Rise 52 Stories<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simon Property Group is preparing for construction of a 52-story tower at 5 Copley Place that would be one of the largest residential buildings in Boston. The project will create 542 residences, a 40,000 SF addition to the Neiman Marcus store, a glass-enclosed garden and 75,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space at the corner of Dartmouth and Stuart streets. The $500 million private investment will put 1,700 construction workers back on the job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Approximately 680,000 square feet of new residential space will be above the existing building, situated across from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Back Bay Station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The building’s 433 rental apartments and 109 condos will be housed in a slender 52-story tower designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, and include 71 affordable housing units.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plans call for a lap pool on the 6th floor, a 7th floor sky lobby and deck, garage parking spaces and secure bike storage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 569 feet, the skyscraper will be the second tallest residential building in Boston, behind the soon-to-be constructed, Four Seasons Tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will include a large 40,000 square-foot addition to the to the Neiman Marcus store, followed by a complete renovation of the existing 115,000-square-foot store - which will not close during construction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It will also include additional space for smaller-scale retail shops and restaurants, with a “public winter garden” at the Stuart Street plaza. The developer has also committed up to $1 million towards new public art and $250,000 to Southwest Corridor Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will build on the strengths of the existing Copley Place complex at Stuart and Dartmouth Streets and infuse an already successful retail destination with an inspired and dynamic mixed-use development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The expansion of Neiman Marcus and Copley Place strengthens our retail destination in the Back Bay and contributes to the City’s economic vitality,” according to a press release. “The project will enhance the urban fabric of the neighborhood and be a striking addition to the city’s skyline.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project attracted controversy when state representatives accused the Governor of violating a 1997 agreement by signing a revised lease with the developer before city and state regulators could review its impacts on area residents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, the developer has stressed that the tower would not significantly increase wind in the area, and would only cast minimal new shadows on surrounding open spaces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It also said it has rotated the tower from its initial orientation on the site and made several other design changes “to minimize environmental impacts, provide improvements to the public realm, and greatly enhance the overall pedestrian experience.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Built by Chicago-based Urban Investment and Development, Copley Place was at the time the largest mixed-use project in the country. It was criticized by neighbors and some public officials for the way its hulking buildings towered over town houses in the South End.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original $500 million project eventually included the Westin and Marriott hotels, four office buildings, a shopping mall, 100 apartments, and a 1,400-space parking garage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The existing building at Copley Place consists of parking, three levels of retail and seven floors of office space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new design will transform the brick-paved plaza entrance to Neiman Marcus into a multi-story atrium with a glass facade</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new tower would fill out the last undeveloped parcels in Copley Place, which was initially built in the 1980s over the Massachusetts Turnpike roadway and ramps, and on a former railroad yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simon initially proposed the project in June 2008, but put it on hold when the recession dried up funding for big projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The company resurrected the project last year and construction is expected to last 3 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-16514877265254170162020-01-07T14:34:00.000-05:002020-02-10T14:50:12.030-05:00740-Ft Glass Tower Will Be Boston's Third Tallest<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A developer has plans to build one of Boston’s tallest buildings in downtown’s Financial District. The 740-foot glass tower will include a 300-room hotel, offices, retail space, a restaurant and 150 luxury condominium units. Costing as much as $900 million to build, the 900,000-SF skyscraper will add a new showpiece to Boston’s rapidly changing skyline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tower proposal comes during one of the most dynamic periods of construction in the city’s history, as numerous skyscrapers aim to alter the Boston skyline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 740 feet, the angular skyscraper would be Boston’s third-tallest structure, behind the 750-foot Prudential building and the 790-foot John Hancock Tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An office building at 133 Federal Street would be combined with the new tower at ground level to create a 72,000-square-foot lobby with restaurants and shops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The complex, called 111 Federal Street will rise on one of the Financial District’s last major development sites, replacing the city-owned Winthrop Square parking garage presently on the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The dilapidated garage at 111-115 Federal Street will be demolished and replaced with glass storefronts and modern lobbies for the offices and a luxury hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Former Mayor Thomas Menino selected Steve Belkin to redevelop the property in 2006, but the project failed to attract enough tenants amid the economic downturn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original plan called for a 1,000-foot office tower, but that proposal was rejected because it would have interfered with air traffic. The new proposal calls for a tower 260 feet shorter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The building will be one of only a few towers built in the densely packed Financial District since the 1980s. In recent years, tech companies, restaurants and retailers have brought new life to the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project, designed by Boston-based CBT Architects, is expected to begin construction sometime later this year.</span>ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-38703232398228137082019-12-30T15:04:00.000-05:002020-01-01T15:04:19.000-05:00#4 STORY OF 2019<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2-Building Project will Bring 250 Apartments to Hyde Park </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A large two-building development is set to rise near the Readville commuter station, bringing with it 250 new apartments.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston-based Noannet Group is developing the project at 36-40 Sprague Street in Boston’s Hyde Park section.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original plan called for a much bigger development - a four-building campus with 521 housing units, including condos, and features such as co-working space and a big steel-frame sign reading “Readville” to trumpet that area of Hyde Park.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Local opposition resisted the original proposal and led to curtailments that eventually resulted in the two-building, 250-unit project that the Boston Planning and Development Agency approved in mid-September. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Current plans call for just two, five story residential buildings with 14,000 square feet of ground floor retail space, and 3,000 square feet for community space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The residential component will consist of 110 one-bedroom apartments, 88 two-bedroom units, 44 studios, and eight three-bedroom apartments. Thirty-two units will be set aside for lower income tenants.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amenities will include a fitness center, a courtyard, and a daycare facility, as well as parking for 251 vehicles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The developer is providing new traffic signals to the area as part of the project. It was traffic that fueled opposition to the original proposal, with residents concerned about more cars on the Readville roads. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hyde Park is one of the few affordable neighborhoods left in the Boston area, with average rents around $1,750 for one-bedroom apartment.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-61656972080275125342019-12-30T15:02:00.000-05:002020-01-01T15:03:05.193-05:00#3 STORY OF 2019<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New Apt Complex Next to South Bay Shopping Center</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm2YUMAFBP-a-dU87Fs5tk5n0ay4X81TUZYmBbAVQeRr6wQ0MXJd-hbjp9luVJxiVnurdtcmN_YRKBGVxPPo3KDkdWZ6IvL1uLRmHg_Sa3-R5y9Lga8UhAIg9mXcmDLnzHJ79YK-SwcV7/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="734" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm2YUMAFBP-a-dU87Fs5tk5n0ay4X81TUZYmBbAVQeRr6wQ0MXJd-hbjp9luVJxiVnurdtcmN_YRKBGVxPPo3KDkdWZ6IvL1uLRmHg_Sa3-R5y9Lga8UhAIg9mXcmDLnzHJ79YK-SwcV7/s400/002.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The neighborhood around South Bay is changing fast. And next up could be a large apartment building at 173 Boston Street in Dorchester that would include about 400 units.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Developer Bass Realty has filed plans with the Boston Planning & Development Agency, for a five-story apartment building on the site of a Verizon service center and a neighboring warehouse at 15 Enterprise Street. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bass Realty has owned the buildings since the mid-1990s as industrial property. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The four acre project would include about 400 units in three wings, along with nearly two acres of publicly accessible open space, as well as a one-way street that would cut through, connecting Boston Street and South Bay. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will also include 18,000 square feet of commercial space, a 260-space underground parking garage, and 25 on-street parking spaces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The development site is next door to the recently opened expansion of the huge South Bay shopping center, which added 475 apartments, a movie theater, and a more pedestrian-oriented street grid, to its big-box stores and enormous parking lot. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This new project will knit that expansion more neatly into the neighborhood to the south and east.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The owners of South Bay envision eventually redeveloping the entire 50-acre shopping complex to feel more like a traditional mixed-use neighborhood, though plans for that are still in early stages.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-67083022949847727192019-12-30T15:01:00.000-05:002020-01-01T15:01:48.935-05:00#2 STORY OF 2019<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3-Building Project in North Quincy to Create 610 Apartments</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1S6n_ANFWsf7EyLRDjRN64dfcwO5ek3lltg0p-uysF6UjX_GRIttJTyVtOknp9vHeKs5ojYC_YD9S68B0rwqGn1JHVY8ARWnw8iY9QGqxUEpfkt7j5BX9C9aaF4Lz3qK-vdPJF0_65nx/s1600/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="810" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1S6n_ANFWsf7EyLRDjRN64dfcwO5ek3lltg0p-uysF6UjX_GRIttJTyVtOknp9vHeKs5ojYC_YD9S68B0rwqGn1JHVY8ARWnw8iY9QGqxUEpfkt7j5BX9C9aaF4Lz3qK-vdPJF0_65nx/s320/003.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Abby, a three-building apartment complex set on a 7.2-acre parking lot adjacent to the Red Line stop, will bring 610 apartments to North Quincy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project being developed by Maryland-based Bozzuto Development Company will include 45,000 square feet of retail space, including a Target, as well as a parking garage with 1,314 spaces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All of the buildings in the project—named for first lady Abigail Adams, will be connected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quincy is seeing a wave of development near its Red Line stops to its proximity to Boston. The Abby is under 25 minutes from Cambridge’s Kendall Square on the Red Line and 15 minutes from Boston’s South Station. The site is also about a mile from I-93.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The complex, designed by Icon Architects, is scheduled to wrap in phases. The first phase includes the garage, which is slated to be ready in summer 2020; Building A, which is scheduled for completion in spring 2021, with 218 apartments and the 40,000-square-foot Target store.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Building B is scheduled to wrap in summer 2021, with 137 apartments and 2,500 square feet of retail space, as well as 219 surface parking spaces.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second phase will include a 255-unit Building C, which will also have 2,500 square feet of retail space and 130 parking spots for residents. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amenities at the Abby will include a fitness center, a solarium, a lounge, a dog spa, a bike-repair area, two landscaped courtyards, and electric-vehicle charging stations.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The development team is also donating $4.8 million to Quincy’s affordable housing trust as well as to public space improvements at North Quincy High School and nearby streets and sidewalks.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_C23Mga16gh6_qHYLVYjqKScyZLHCKJIqYKqjkJCkQ3Uk1b1pZ1cwbZWw08sa3uQNxj0XpvH_KDbjrnvjj8LJObJcqUNnr4q4pgllS92W4MWQWRwZc-Rpu7UAIxbnZiRqcGZdTzSWTRs/s1600/004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="685" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_C23Mga16gh6_qHYLVYjqKScyZLHCKJIqYKqjkJCkQ3Uk1b1pZ1cwbZWw08sa3uQNxj0XpvH_KDbjrnvjj8LJObJcqUNnr4q4pgllS92W4MWQWRwZc-Rpu7UAIxbnZiRqcGZdTzSWTRs/s320/004a.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A huge 33-story, $400 million+ Raffles Hotel and Residences will soon begin to rise at 40 Trinity Place in Back Bay. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Saunders Hotel Group and the Noannet Group landed a $314 million construction loan in July.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 154-room Raffles Hotel and 146 Raffles Condominiums will replace the current Boston Common Hotel & Conference Center, an eight-story, 85,000-square-foot building featuring 64 hotel rooms and a 13,650-square-foot conference facility.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new tower is planned to rise 33 stories, and will also include restaurant and retail space as well as expansion space for the adjacent University Club. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amenities will include a two-story sky lobby perched high above Copley Square, six food and beverage venues, a state-of-the-art Raffles Spa with a 20-meter indoor pool and fitness club, conference rooms, a grand ballroom, and a rooftop garden terrace and lounge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will provide over $22 million in public benefits in total, including street and public realm improvements, seven on-site affordable housing units and a contribution of over $13 million that will support additional affordable housing in Boston.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hotel will be the first mixed-use property in North America for the world-renowned and iconic hospitality brand, and is expected to thematically reflect Boston—as other Raffles hotels in places such as Paris, Singapore, and the Seychelles reflect their locales.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tower—officially named Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences— will be built to LEED Gold sustainability specifications and is scheduled to open in 2022. </span>ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-80628675814685334222019-11-18T15:25:00.000-05:002019-11-19T15:26:01.752-05:00Massive Columbia Point Mixed-Use Development<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dg1vMfIOHt7uq_Hw4IxK5lbu6epnJ_O5alAhyphenhyphenrKN4Dn1Nnu3LcLFmJrG6zKaTa8haUybwq05s_xGz-guCzSayVl1pUL1p8SzQly0muLirR6fXU2Tl7WZumWskd2ixUURji8KJ9D7ZNcx/s1600/004-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="573" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dg1vMfIOHt7uq_Hw4IxK5lbu6epnJ_O5alAhyphenhyphenrKN4Dn1Nnu3LcLFmJrG6zKaTa8haUybwq05s_xGz-guCzSayVl1pUL1p8SzQly0muLirR6fXU2Tl7WZumWskd2ixUURji8KJ9D7ZNcx/s320/004-b.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A massive 20-acre development covering more than 2.5 million square feet located on Dorchester’s Columbia Point will soon begin breaking ground along the Harborwalk overlooking Boston Harbor. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The building site was formerly home to the now-demolished Bayside Expo Center, located three miles from Downtown Boston, just steps from the MBTA Red Line and only minutes to Interstate 93.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">UMass Boston, the site’s owner, has hired a development partner to transform the site into a modern-day Harvard Square, planning for up to 3.4 million square feet of mixed-use development.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The university has big plans for the new neighborhood which will be integrated with the existing UMass Boston campus and includes academic, research, retail, residential, dining, entertainment, and cultural uses.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Additionally, the project will replace an underground garage and create fund a new home for the nursing school.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Developer Accordia Partners recently finalized an agreement to lease the 20-acre site, signing a 99-year ground lease for the UMass Boston property with an expected value of $235 million.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The deal will provide some relief to the financially-strapped university.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Accordia was selected as the winning bid from proposals offered by 16 developers for the prime waterfront land on Columbia Point in February.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the new buildings will feature state-of-the-art energy efficiency and be LEED certified. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The entire project is expected be under construction for about 10 years.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-43209398247071248632019-11-11T15:22:00.000-05:002019-11-19T15:23:40.065-05:00Seaport Square Project Changes from Residential to Offices<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkvE7g59ny6XrB40VO4eJe3VBm19Eau8pOPssNr1FJ2lpch5xn8r_-NFsWEzC7LiTrLwATWNjartirC4uvuswo8gWbWEoxJ6cc5BpbX7fZNVc4Ud7HxWRtv0eED-qDDTsG4WDi_2DXBJU/s1600/003-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="801" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkvE7g59ny6XrB40VO4eJe3VBm19Eau8pOPssNr1FJ2lpch5xn8r_-NFsWEzC7LiTrLwATWNjartirC4uvuswo8gWbWEoxJ6cc5BpbX7fZNVc4Ud7HxWRtv0eED-qDDTsG4WDi_2DXBJU/s320/003-a.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Boston Planning and Development Agency has approved WS Development’s plan to switch plans for its project at 350 Summer Street in Seaport Square from a residential conversion to 384,000 square feet of office and lab space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Per the developer’s original September request, the building will be comprised of approximately 384,000 square feet of office and/or research and development uses and about 38,000 square feet of restaurant, entertainment, and retail space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The building had been slated to host 350,000 square feet of residential and 72,000 square feet of restaurant-entertainment-retail.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">WS Development has a potential office tenant lined up already too. Foundation Medicine, a Cambridge-based life sciences firm that has already leased 580,000 square feet at WS’ under-construction 400 Summer Street for its new headquarters, has a right of first refusal to take space in 350 Summer Street as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project is the latest major life sciences-related real estate move in the Boston region. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New projects from Somerville to Watertown and different parts of Boston, including South Boston and Allston, have been drawing interest from numerous biotech firms. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No surprise, given the industry’s presence regionally—but still notable given that all these projects have been proposed in just the past 12 months.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The shift at 350 Summer Street has raised concerns about the loss of residential units in a Seaport District—and a Boston—that needs housing of all kinds. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">WS said that it would still build the approximately 3,200 units it originally proposed for Seaport Square, in part by shifting the mix of unit types to include smaller, lower-priced units and fewer large luxury units.</span><br />
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ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-12994688857376507092019-11-06T15:19:00.000-05:002019-11-19T15:20:02.941-05:00A 212-Room Canopy by Hilton to Rise on North Street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidECgiHb2-Dgf8d3hC7T5FfCB-CqY682srBZsfDWDsQQ9ulwZpPBLQ6q5W5BFVQMoaYFvVC253DOKpuodael3nIuQZfRm4bMxRTbp5qbXfsQtPwen5rIVv7r5qxU364rl2tABstzsFj57R/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1148" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidECgiHb2-Dgf8d3hC7T5FfCB-CqY682srBZsfDWDsQQ9ulwZpPBLQ6q5W5BFVQMoaYFvVC253DOKpuodael3nIuQZfRm4bMxRTbp5qbXfsQtPwen5rIVv7r5qxU364rl2tABstzsFj57R/s320/002.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A new 212-room Hilton-branded hotel will soon break ground at 111 North Street near the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The joint venture between CV Properties, Harbinger Development, and Olshan Properties expects to complete the $200 million building by the middle of 2021. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hotel will operate as a Canopy by Hilton, a brand that the hospitality colossus launched only last year with a Washington, D.C., development.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Canopy by Hiltons are supposed to be more integrated into their surrounding neighborhoods than other hotels from the company. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 111 North site straddles Boston Haymarket area and the city’s historic North End, so it appears to be a good fit for the location.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aside from the hotel, the project is also due to include 13,000 square feet of retail space and restaurant space. There will be a 2,500-square-foot bar and restaurant, too, with views of the Greenway and a glass wall that retracts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Canopy by Hilton will join a slew of planned hotel projects in Boston along the Greenway. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Developer Boston Residential Group plans to replace a surface parking lot at 55 India Street with a 12-story, 29-unit condo.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other planned hotels include a Raffles-brand hotel in Back Bay, an expanded Onyx hotel in downtown, a Club Quarters in Back Bay, a citizenM hotel near TD Garden, and a new boutique hotel adjacent to Fenway Park.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What’s driving this hotel construction boom? Boston’s high occupancy and nightly rates—some of the highest in the United States—have quite a bit to do with it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also the fact that Boston-area hotels historically sell for substantial prices when owners and investors decide to check out.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-74951704431711442582019-11-01T15:17:00.000-04:002019-11-19T15:18:10.941-05:00Dorchester Project to Create 207 New Apartments <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A 1.81-acre parking lot at 780 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester, that used to host the Phillips Old Colony House and Freeport Tavern, will soon be home to a new apartment building.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Camden, New Jersey-based Michaels Development, which purchased a controlling interest in the site, has plans to construct a six-story apartment complex. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project promises to bring in more much-needed affordable housing to one of Boston’s neighborhoods.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new development will create 207 new apartments, with 92 studios, 94 one-bedroom apartments, and 21 two-bedroom units. Plans also include a 136-space parking garage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Michaels Development bills itself as the “nation’s largest privately-held owner of affordable housing.” This would be its first project in Massachusetts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The development will also cause the demise of another surface parking lot in Boston. The trend has gathered steam in just the past several months, with several new projects planned in downtown, Fort Point, Back Bay and Bay Village. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The redevelopment of the site, now used for parking, is the latest in what’s becoming a trend for a city in need of housing as developers gobble up old parking lots and garages in favor of mixed-use developments in tightly woven neighborhoods all across Boston.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The trend is likely a result of not only the high land values in Boston—which make sales particularly alluring for lot owners—but the changing nature of driving and parking in the city.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-84818321198292221472019-10-25T08:49:00.000-04:002019-10-29T03:30:05.186-04:002-Building Project will Bring 250 Apartments to Hyde Park <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A large two-building development is set to rise near the Readville commuter station, bringing with it 250 new apartments.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston-based Noannet Group is developing the project at 36-40 Sprague Street in Boston’s Hyde Park section.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original plan called for a much bigger development - a four-building campus with 521 housing units, including condos, and features such as co-working space and a big steel-frame sign reading “Readville” to trumpet that area of Hyde Park.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Local opposition resisted the original proposal and led to curtailments that eventually resulted in the two-building, 250-unit project that the Boston Planning and Development Agency approved in mid-September. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Current plans call for just two, five story residential buildings with 14,000 square feet of ground floor retail space, and 3,000 square feet for community space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The residential component will consist of 110 one-bedroom apartments, 88 two-bedroom units, 44 studios, and eight three-bedroom apartments. Thirty-two units will be set aside for lower income tenants.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amenities will include a fitness center, a courtyard, and a daycare facility, as well as parking for 251 vehicles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The developer is providing new traffic signals to the area as part of the project. It was traffic that fueled opposition to the original proposal, with residents concerned about more cars on the Readville roads. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hyde Park is one of the few affordable neighborhoods left in the Boston area, with average rents around $1,750 for one-bedroom apartment.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-49173190728649917382019-10-18T12:46:00.000-04:002019-10-29T03:30:12.143-04:00New Apt Complex Next to South Bay Shopping Center<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm2YUMAFBP-a-dU87Fs5tk5n0ay4X81TUZYmBbAVQeRr6wQ0MXJd-hbjp9luVJxiVnurdtcmN_YRKBGVxPPo3KDkdWZ6IvL1uLRmHg_Sa3-R5y9Lga8UhAIg9mXcmDLnzHJ79YK-SwcV7/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="734" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm2YUMAFBP-a-dU87Fs5tk5n0ay4X81TUZYmBbAVQeRr6wQ0MXJd-hbjp9luVJxiVnurdtcmN_YRKBGVxPPo3KDkdWZ6IvL1uLRmHg_Sa3-R5y9Lga8UhAIg9mXcmDLnzHJ79YK-SwcV7/s400/002.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The neighborhood around South Bay is changing fast. And next up could be a large apartment building at 173 Boston Street in Dorchester that would include about 400 units.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Developer Bass Realty has filed plans with the Boston Planning & Development Agency, for a five-story apartment building on the site of a Verizon service center and a neighboring warehouse at 15 Enterprise Street. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The four acre project would include about 400 units in three wings, along with nearly two acres of publicly accessible open space, as well as a one-way street that would cut through, connecting Boston Street and South Bay. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project will also include 18,000 square feet of commercial space, a 260-space underground parking garage, and 25 on-street parking spaces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The development site is next door to the recently opened expansion of the huge South Bay shopping center, which added 475 apartments, a movie theater, and a more pedestrian-oriented street grid, to its big-box stores and enormous parking lot. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This new project will knit that expansion more neatly into the neighborhood to the south and east.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The owners of South Bay envision eventually redeveloping the entire 50-acre shopping complex to feel more like a traditional mixed-use neighborhood, though plans for that are still in early stages.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-91965143153314351972019-10-11T14:42:00.000-04:002019-10-29T02:43:22.926-04:003-Building Project in North Quincy to Create 610 Apartments<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1S6n_ANFWsf7EyLRDjRN64dfcwO5ek3lltg0p-uysF6UjX_GRIttJTyVtOknp9vHeKs5ojYC_YD9S68B0rwqGn1JHVY8ARWnw8iY9QGqxUEpfkt7j5BX9C9aaF4Lz3qK-vdPJF0_65nx/s1600/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="810" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1S6n_ANFWsf7EyLRDjRN64dfcwO5ek3lltg0p-uysF6UjX_GRIttJTyVtOknp9vHeKs5ojYC_YD9S68B0rwqGn1JHVY8ARWnw8iY9QGqxUEpfkt7j5BX9C9aaF4Lz3qK-vdPJF0_65nx/s320/003.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Abby, a three-building apartment complex set on a 7.2-acre parking lot adjacent to the Red Line stop, will bring 610 apartments to North Quincy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The project being developed by Maryland-based Bozzuto Development Company will include 45,000 square feet of retail space, including a Target, as well as a parking garage with 1,314 spaces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of the buildings in the project—named for first lady Abigail Adams, will be connected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quincy is seeing a wave of development near its Red Line stops to its proximity to Boston. The Abby is under 25 minutes from Cambridge’s Kendall Square on the Red Line and 15 minutes from Boston’s South Station. The site is also about a mile from I-93.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The complex, designed by Icon Architects, is scheduled to wrap in phases. The first phase includes the garage, which is slated to be ready in summer 2020; Building A, which is scheduled for completion in spring 2021, with 218 apartments and the 40,000-square-foot Target store.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building B is scheduled to wrap in summer 2021, with 137 apartments and 2,500 square feet of retail space, as well as 219 surface parking spaces.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second phase will include a 255-unit Building C, which will also have 2,500 square feet of retail space and 130 parking spots for residents. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amenities at the Abby will include a fitness center, a solarium, a lounge, a dog spa, a bike-repair area, two landscaped courtyards, and electric-vehicle charging stations.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The development team is also donating $4.8 million to Quincy’s affordable housing trust as well as to public space improvements at North Quincy High School and nearby streets and sidewalks.</span><br />
<br />ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-89800748007894658992019-10-04T14:40:00.000-04:002019-10-29T02:41:13.895-04:00$400M+ Raffles Hotel & Condos to Rise in Back Bay <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_C23Mga16gh6_qHYLVYjqKScyZLHCKJIqYKqjkJCkQ3Uk1b1pZ1cwbZWw08sa3uQNxj0XpvH_KDbjrnvjj8LJObJcqUNnr4q4pgllS92W4MWQWRwZc-Rpu7UAIxbnZiRqcGZdTzSWTRs/s1600/004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="685" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_C23Mga16gh6_qHYLVYjqKScyZLHCKJIqYKqjkJCkQ3Uk1b1pZ1cwbZWw08sa3uQNxj0XpvH_KDbjrnvjj8LJObJcqUNnr4q4pgllS92W4MWQWRwZc-Rpu7UAIxbnZiRqcGZdTzSWTRs/s320/004a.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A huge 33-story, $400 million+ Raffles Hotel and Residences will soon begin to rise at 40 Trinity Place in Back Bay. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Saunders Hotel Group and the Noannet Group landed a $314 million construction loan in July.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 154-room Raffles Hotel and 146 Raffles Condominiums will replace the current Boston Common Hotel & Conference Center, an eight-story, 85,000-square-foot building featuring 64 hotel rooms and a 13,650-square-foot conference facility.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new tower is planned to rise 33 stories, and will also include restaurant and retail space as well as expansion space for the adjacent University Club. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amenities will include a two-story sky lobby perched high above Copley Square, six food and beverage venues, a state-of-the-art Raffles Spa with a 20-meter indoor pool and fitness club, conference rooms, a grand ballroom, and a rooftop garden terrace and lounge.</span><br />
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The tower proposal comes during one of the most dynamic periods of construction in the city’s history, as numerous skyscrapers aim to alter the Boston skyline.<br />
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At 740 feet, the angular skyscraper would be Boston’s third-tallest structure, behind the 750-foot Prudential building and the 790-foot John Hancock Tower. <br />
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An office building at 133 Federal Street would be combined with the new tower at ground level to create a 72,000-square-foot lobby with restaurants and shops.<br />
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The complex, called 111 Federal Street will rise on one of the Financial District’s last major development sites, replacing the city-owned Winthrop Square parking garage presently on the site.<br />
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The dilapidated garage at 111-115 Federal Street will be demolished and replaced with glass storefronts and modern lobbies for the offices and a luxury hotel.<br />
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Former Mayor Thomas Menino selected Steve Belkin to redevelop the property in 2006, but the project failed to attract enough tenants amid the economic downturn.<br />
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The original plan called for a 1,000-foot office tower, but that proposal was rejected because it would have interfered with air traffic. The new proposal calls for a tower 260 feet shorter. <br />
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The building will be one of only a few towers built in the densely packed Financial District since the 1980s. In recent years, tech companies, restaurants and retailers have brought new life to the area. <br />
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The project, designed by Boston-based CBT Architects, is expected to begin construction sometime later this year.ElectricWeb-Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362779955607818255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309679506468122315.post-83208630796218456392019-09-04T08:46:00.000-04:002019-09-12T05:46:29.661-04:00Giant 52-story Tower to Rise at 5 Copley Place<span style="color: #0b5394;">Simon Property Group is preparing for construction of a 52-story tower at 5 Copley Place that would be one of the largest residential buildings in Boston. The project will create 542 residences, a 40,000 SF addition to the Neiman Marcus store, a glass-enclosed garden and 75,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space at the corner of Dartmouth and Stuart streets. The $500 million private investment will put 1,700 construction workers back on the job. </span><br />
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Approximately 680,000 square feet of new residential space will be above the existing building, situated across from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Back Bay Station. <br />
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The building’s 433 rental apartments and 109 condos will be housed in a slender 52-story tower designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, and include 71 affordable housing units.<br />
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The plans call for a lap pool on the 6th floor, a 7th floor sky lobby and deck, garage parking spaces and secure bike storage. <br />
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At 569 feet, the skyscraper will be the second tallest residential building in Boston, behind the soon-to-be constructed, Four Seasons Tower. <br />
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The project will include a large 40,000 square-foot addition to the to the Neiman Marcus store, followed by a complete renovation of the existing 115,000-square-foot store - which will not close during construction.<br />
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It will also include additional space for smaller-scale retail shops and restaurants, with a “public winter garden” at the Stuart Street plaza. The developer has also committed up to $1 million towards new public art and $250,000 to Southwest Corridor Park. <br />
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The project will build on the strengths of the existing Copley Place complex at Stuart and Dartmouth Streets and infuse an already successful retail destination with an inspired and dynamic mixed-use development. <br />
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“The expansion of Neiman Marcus and Copley Place strengthens our retail destination in the Back Bay and contributes to the City’s economic vitality,” according to a press release. “The project will enhance the urban fabric of the neighborhood and be a striking addition to the city’s skyline.” <br />
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The project attracted controversy when state representatives accused the Governor of violating a 1997 agreement by signing a revised lease with the developer before city and state regulators could review its impacts on area residents.<br />
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Some neighbors have raised concerns, for example, that the project will add to the high winds and shadows thrown off by other skyscrapers in the area.<br />
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However, the developer has stressed that the tower would not significantly increase wind in the area, and would only cast minimal new shadows on surrounding open spaces. <br />
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It also said it has rotated the tower from its initial orientation on the site and made several other design changes “to minimize environmental impacts, provide improvements to the public realm, and greatly enhance the overall pedestrian experience.”<br />
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Built by Chicago-based Urban Investment and Development, Copley Place was at the time the largest mixed-use project in the country. It was criticized by neighbors and some public officials for the way its hulking buildings towered over town houses in the South End.<br />
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The original $500 million project eventually included the Westin and Marriott hotels, four office buildings, a shopping mall, 100 apartments, and a 1,400-space parking garage. <br />
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The existing building at Copley Place consists of parking, three levels of retail and seven floors of office space.<br />
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The new design will transform the brick-paved plaza entrance to Neiman Marcus into a multi-story atrium with a glass facade <br />
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The new tower would fill out the last undeveloped parcels in Copley Place, which was initially built in the 1980s over the Massachusetts Turnpike roadway and ramps, and on a former railroad yard. <br />
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Simon initially proposed the project in June 2008, but put it on hold when the recession dried up funding for big projects. <br />
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The company resurrected the project last year and construction is expected to last 3 years.<br />
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