by Steve Adams | Aug 18, 2023
City officials green-lit a $130 million project on Brighton’s Commonwealth Avenue and redevelopment of a former East Boston casket factory property, among others, to hit the second-largest number of units permitted all year.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 3, 2022
Brockton-based HarborOne Bank has opened its second branch in Brighton as the bank continues its Greater Boston expansion.
by Steve Adams | Jun 23, 2022
A partnership of Benenson Capital Partners and Hines seeks to redevelop a commercial property in Brighton as 206 apartments in a 183,800-square-foot building.
by James Sanna | Jan 23, 2022
Disaster struck a Brighton building site on a cold day in January 1971 when around two-thirds of the floors on a 16-story luxury condominium tower under construction pancaked onto one another and fell to the ground.
by Steve Adams | Jan 16, 2022
Somerville officials are studying new ideas to slow the exodus of arts and cultural spaces from the city amid redevelopment and gentrification. And they think developers can help.
by Steve Adams | Jan 16, 2022
Decades before “compact living” became a buzzword, an order of priests lived in tiny cells at Brighton’s St. Gabriel’s Monastery. John Sullivan is an executive vice president at CC&F, where he oversees development projects including the 555-unit development that rose in the monastery’s place.
by James Sanna | Oct 12, 2021
A developer has alerted Boston officials to his plans to propose 61 apartments in a section of the city poised for big change.
by Steve Adams | Jun 25, 2021
Life science developer IQHQ is adding Brighton to its steadily growing list of Greater Boston development sites, acquiring a parcel on the outskirts of Boston Landing for $50 million.
by Steve Adams | May 12, 2021
Boston Landing’s new concert venue pays homage to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, naming the 3,500-seat arena “Roadrunner” in a nod the band’s 1970s shoutout to the local environs.
by Steve Adams | May 2, 2021
Owners of the Overlook at St. Gabriel’s commissioned 12 original artworks to complement the redevelopment of the 12-acre former church and monastery property.
by Steve Adams | Feb 14, 2021
Construction of a 108-unit apartment complex with 12,500 square feet of ground-floor retail including a CVS Pharmacy has begun in Brighton’s Washington Square.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 15, 2021
In addition to Redgate’s large revamp of the South Boston Edison power plant site, the Boston Planning & Development Agency board of directors approved six other projects at its meeting last night.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 27, 2020
Millennial housing. Innovation units. Studio apartments. Compact living units. Whatever you call them, developments featuring tiny spaces are popping up again fueled by singles and couples looking for a place to rest their heads within city limits.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 11, 2020
In addition to approving a major change to the former GE headquarters parcel at 15 Necco St., the Boston Planning & Development Agency board gave approval to a pair of small multifamily projects in two city neighborhoods.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jun 28, 2020
When Cabot, Cabot & Forbes and partner Blue Vista Capital Management acquired the former St. Gabriel’s Monastery, the development team recognized the historic importance and uniqueness of the space, and committed to making the property’s history a focal point of our design.
by James Sanna | Feb 14, 2020
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved a tower funded in part by affordable housing payments from Millennium Partners’ Winthrop Square tower, which will also contain a new Boston Public Library branch on the ground floor.
by State House News Service | Feb 6, 2020
Frequent shutdowns are coming to the entire MBTA system this year, including a month offline for the Green Line’s C and E branches, as the T ramps up maintenance plans.
by James Sanna | Dec 27, 2019
The parking garage built as part of the Boston Landing development in Allston has sold for $18.3 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 21, 2019
A new condominium project from City Realty has been proposed just blocks from the large Boston Landing site.
by James Sanna | Oct 2, 2019
A residential project has been proposed on the Brookline-Brighton line that pushes its multifamily component entirely to the Boston side of the property, drawing attention from housing advocates on social media.