But some of the Boston’s largest projects are still waiting to get underway, including the Fenway Center mega-project and the big-time redevelopment of the Harbor Garage.
Large developments such as the Residences @ Malden Station and the Roxbury Innovation Center show us how widely the real estate boom is reverberating.
Here’s a list of five Big Projects to watch in 2015:
1. Fenway Center
Commonwealth & Brookline AvenuesBoston, MA 02215
This much delayed mega-project, with its five buildings and several hundred apartments plus commercial space, may, in fact, finally get under way this year. Developer John Rosenthal is in the midst of a partnership deal that could jumpstart development.
[see ElectricWeb-Boston | June 16, 2014]
2. One Seaport Square
1 Seaport LaneBoston, MA 02210
The 1.1 million-square-foot project broke ground in mid-November and will include two 22-story towers, called the Benjamin and VIA, with 832 apartments total. It is the first residential phase of the larger Seaport Square project.
[see ElectricWeb-Boston | Sept 15, 2014]
3. Harbor Garage Towers
70 East India RowBoston, MA 02110
Plans for this long-delayed redevelopment call for two towers, rising up to 650 and 550 feet. The complex will host hundreds of condos and hotel rooms, 700,000 square feet of office space and amenities such as an all-seasons plaza for the public.
[see ElectricWeb-Boston | Aug 28, 2014]
4. Assembly Row
Artisan WaySomerville, MA 02145
Somerville's mega-mixed-use project is already slated to include more than 2,000 housing units and dozens of retail stores and a new Orange Line stop.
Plans, however, emerged toward the tail end of 2014 to basically double the size of Assembly Row and basically add more of everything.
5. Six New Street
6 New StreetBoston, MA 02128
This 4-acre complex broke ground in late December and is slated to create 259 new apartments along the Eastie waterfront with a ton of extras, including a water taxi dock. It's a big win for the waterfront and an indication that more development will follow.