Turn on the Taps at Ex-Bases
Money for a sewer and water connection isn’t headline news – unless it means unlocking 6,000 long-anticipated housing units near a commuter rail station.
Long-Stalled 6K-Unit Development, Transfer Taxes Get Boost from Mariano
House Speaker Ron Mariano on Thursday voiced an openness to considering a local-option real estate transfer tax to boost the affordable housing supply and indicated he would use water and sewer infrastructure to unlock a long-stalled development site.
Judge Awards $63M Penalty Against Ousted Union Point Developer
A Norfolk Superior Court judge has ordered a multifamily developer hired to helm the troubled redevelopment of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station to pay $63 million for failing to pay for a range of development and upkeep costs on the property before the firm was removed from its master developer role.
Southfield Administrator Leaves Post for Lobbying Job
The full-time administrator in charge of the troubled Union Point redevelopment on the South Shore is stepping down from his post, as the Southfield Redevelopment Authority begins the search for another master developer at the 1,450-acre site.
Prodrive Settles on New Base for U.S. Expansion After Skipping Union Point
A Dutch technology company that backed out of plans to become the first major commercial tenant at Union Point in Weymouth has committed to another property south of Boston.
Commercial Parcels Headed for Auction at Union Point
Lenders have scheduled another foreclosure auction at Union Point on the South Shore, the latest round involving 214 acres zoned for up to 8 million square feet of commercial development.
Union Point Board Votes to Remove Master Developer
A local redevelopment authority has voted to remove LStar Ventures as master developer of the 1,450-acre Union Point property, but some of the company’s executives say they hope to take control of the project.
Lender Forecloses on Union Point Development Sites
A Boston-based lender foreclosed on 115 acres of developable residential parcels at Union Point in Weymouth, in the latest setback for master developer LStar Communities.
Union Point Faces Another Day of Reckoning
LStar Communities isn’t the first company to come up short trying to crack the code of what’s needed to attract commercial development at Union Point, the 1,450-acre former naval air station in South Weymouth. It likely won’t be the last.
Union Point Developer Put on Notice by Overseers
LStar has struggled to attract development to the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station property.
A Family Legacy Built in Stone
Heather Quintal is the fifth generation in her family to work with stone.
Union Point Parkway Construction Begins
State-sponsored construction of a half-mile parkway at Union Point has begun, improving access to one of the largest undeveloped parcels in Greater Boston and prompting new hopes of economic development after two decades of false starts.
Master Developer Renames South Shore Property
The former South Weymouth Naval Air Station has been renamed by its master developer, LStar Communities, as Union Point.
