Wentworth Expands Campus Development Plans
New dormitories, academic facilities and a fieldhouse would be built on Wentworth Institute of Technology’s campus under updated plans for the school’s ongoing transformation of its 31-acre campus.
A Win for Affordable Housing in the Fenway
A religious order’s disposition of a 140-unit building was the perfect example of an opportunity to preserve this critical housing in a neighborhood with excellent access to public transit and amenities.
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.
Children’s Hospital to Anchor New Fenway Development
Boston Children’s Hospital will acquire nearly half of a new Fenway life science complex being developed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Samuels & Associates.
A Recipe for Retail Growth in the Fenway
There is never an off-season for the Fenway, one of Boston’s most authentic neighborhoods. More than 3,000 residential units are planned within 2 miles of The Fenway along with 4 million square feet of new office-lab space expected to deliver over the next five to 10 years.
A Fast-Track Housing Project Rises in the Fenway
Stroll around the Fenway neighborhood in Boston and you will not find many parcels empty and suitable for a new housing development. And that makes it even more challenging for a small, neighborhood-based organization like ours.
Scape Brings New Wrinkles to Residential Projects
When Scape began planning its first residential development in Boston, the city was already grappling with a significant housing shortage. Four years and a pandemic later, that project, “The Bon,” recently opened to prospective tenants.
Samuels Declares Plans for Fenway Supermarket Parcels
Developer Samuels & Assoc. hopes to transform the site of Boylston Street Star Market grocery store in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood into 553,000 square feet of office/lab and retail space.
Sox Owners Embrace Fenway ‘Grit’ in 2.1M SF Development
The Boston Red Sox owners’ game plan for redeveloping 5 acres surrounding Fenway Park contain a heavy emphasis on office and lab space that could bring 10,000 jobs to the neighborhood which is emerging as a new life science hub.
Whoop Picks Kenmore Square for New HQ
Fenway-based fitness wearables company Whoop has signed the first office lease at Related Beal’s One Kenmore Square development as its new corporate headquarters and home base for approximately 1,000 employees.
Congratulations to Boston’s Nicest, Most Stubborn Developer
An anti-gun violence activist, John Rosenthal may be best known for the Stop Handgun Violence billboard that used to hang along the Turnpike as it passed Boston’s Kenmore Square. Now maybe it’s finally time to start taking Rosenthal seriously as a developer as well.
IQHQ Proposes Second Lab Project in Fenway
Life science developer IQHQ is proposing its second major project in the Fenway neighborhood with plans for a 250,000-square-foot office-lab building at 109 Brookline Ave.
The Odds Are Good for the Red Sox’s Latest Venture
Does anyone truly think the owners of the Red Sox won’t get their way at City Hall when it comes to the team’s sweeping plans to redevelop the neighborhood around Fenway Park?
Red Sox Reveal 2.1M SF Development Plan in Fenway
Red Sox owners revealed plans for redevelopment of the streets surrounding Fenway Park with eight buildings of mixed-use development spanning 2.1 million square feet.
Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium Named as COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Sites
Massachusetts on Tuesday designated the site of its next COVID-19 mass vaccination site: Fenway Park.
Kenmore Square Hotel Sells at a Loss
The owners of Kenmore Square’s Hotel Commonwealth have unloaded the property at a discount amid continuing softness in the regional hotel market.
BPDA OKs Simmons Dorm Tower, Multifamily Projects
The Boston Planning & Development Agency’s board approved several new projects at its regular meeting last week, including ones that would add 142 new housing units to the city and a dormitory tower for Simmons University.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Strange Times
With Mookie Bets in the World Series without the Red Sox and John Henry dipping his toes into real estate, it’s strange times for a fan, indeed.
An Industrial Remnant Regains Relevance in the Fenway
Amid the Fenway neighborhood’s transformation from a disconnected sprawl of parking lots, gas stations and auto-related uses to a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood, one building remained stubbornly in the past: The 1 million-square-foot former Sears building now called 401 Park.
Hot Property: Samuels & Assoc. Headquarters
Samuels & Assoc.’s 8,600-square-foot Fenway headquarters exemplifies an urban adaptive reuse approach that mirrors the Boston-based development firm’s strategy for many of its projects.
