Wu Seeks Designs for Eastie Flood Barrier
A flood barrier designed to protect waterfront properties including a K-8 school and shopping center is the first stage of a planned East Boston resiliency project.
BPDA Approves Developments Totaling 876 Housing Units
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.
A New Anti-Displacement Model Tested in Eastie
A new model for stabilizing apartment rents in East Boston highlights the substantial fundraising from public and private sources needed to outbid for-profit landlords in gentrifying neighborhoods.
State Lifts Limits on Waterfront Projects
A state ruling could open up a 23-acre portion of the East Boston waterfront to large-scale development, replacing parking lots and warehouses with new industrial buildings serving airport-related industries.
MBTA Launches East Boston Ferry Service
Developers operating in East Boston will have yet another neighborhood feature to point out for potential tenants and buyers: ferry service to downtown.
New Luxury Projects Rise Amid Aging Housing Stock
It wasn’t all that long ago that Boston’s luxury housing ecosystem centered on Back Bay and Beacon Hill. Now, competition with lab developers has ushered in a new crop of submarkets for high-end housing – including some that might surprise you.
Blue Line Up For Two Rounds of Repairs
Four Blue Line stops in East Boston and Revere will go offline to riders for two and a half weeks in May, adding to a previously delayed 14-day shutdown on the line’s other end designed to accelerate repair work, officials announced Monday.
A Sinking Feeling Along the Waterfront?
Boston’s waterfront has become a playground for the rich and powerful. But amid growing angst over the dearth of housing mere mortals can afford, the tide is headed out fast for new luxury housing along Boston Harbor.
Wu Restarts Downtown Harbor Plan Process
Opponents of a proposed downtown Boston tower cheered Mayor Michelle Wu’s decision to relaunch a contentious waterfront zoning process Wednesday, but the building’s developer warned that “immediate further cooperation” was needed to make sure the resulting plan was able to protect the city from floods.
Hot Property: The Addison
Boston developer Redgate has commissioned a giant mural for the road outside its new Orient Heights apartment building The Addison, which is managed by Greystar.
A Background in Construction Leads to Condo Pipeline
After starting out in suburban home construction, J.D. Wild is adding to the multifamily inventory in Boston neighborhoods that are seeing a surge of condominium construction as head of Boston-based Elevated Realty’s development business.
High-Water Marks for Eastie Condos
East Boston is a neighborhood on the shortlists of condominium shoppers looking for new construction with luxury amenities and arresting skyline views – Seaport District perks at a discount.
Redgate Files Plans for East Boston Proposal
Boston-based developer Redgate has filed plans with the Boston Planning & Development Agency for its proposed multifamily building next to a charter school in East Boston.
Boston Still Needs a Working Waterfront
Boston Harbor is nationally renowned as a maritime resource with a long and distinct history of social and economic uses but building the next generation’s waterfront requires a reinvention of one of our greatest assets – the working port.
The Davis Cos. Pitches 471-Unit East Boston Project
The Davis Cos. has notified city officials of its plans for its latest East Boston multifamily development: a 451-apartment and 20-townhome development astride the East Boston Greenway near Logan Airport.
DRI Strategy Could Defend Boston Waterfront
Protecting Boston’s vulnerable real estate from flood damage in coming decades could require creation of new districts to collect payments from property owners, and a new cabinet-level resiliency czar and department at city hall to oversee the defense strategy.
Redgate Proposes 190 Housing Units in East Boston
Boston-based developer Redgate is planning to redevelop a commercial site off Route 1A in East Boston into a 190-unit multifamily development.
Condo Development Breaks Ground in East Boston
As the Boston construction moratorium lifts, a development team is breaking ground on a 64-unit project testing the East Boston luxury condo market.
When Bad Housing Policy Turns Deadly
A handful of Greater Boston communities have become ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts, thanks in part to the overcrowded conditions forced by too-high rent and too few rental units.
Sanders Weighs in on Suffolk Downs Affordability
As Super Tuesday and the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary looms in his campaign’s windshield, candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took to twitter to say he “stands with” community groups seeking to halt plans to redevelop Suffolk Downs.
