Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

Re: Shreve, Crump & Low bldng may be replaced w/ new develop

Am I reading this correctly that Karmaloop is now HQ'd in this building and building out studio space?

As part of the boosted efforts around Karmalooptv.com, Selkoe said the company plans to do more of its filming in Boston (most is currently done in New York). Karmaloop is building out a new studio of about 5,000 square feet at its 334 Boylston St. headquarters. A lot of Karmaloop's fashion-related content will be shot at the Boston studio going forward, since many of the company's clothes come through the building, Selkoe said.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/n....html?ed=2012-02-23&s=article_du&ana=e_du_pub
 
Re: Shreve, Crump & Low bldng may be replaced w/ new develop

I'm not surprised - and that's great news. Now let's get the ground floor leased.
 
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The Karmaloop husband & wife live at The Clarendon. There was a big spread on them in an issue of Boston magazine, last year.

Maybe they're ready to upgrade to one of the three penthouses there ... priced $6.75 - $8.0 million.
 
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Shepard said:
I'm not surprised - and that's great news. Now let's get the ground floor leased.
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It'd be a good place for a Karmaloop flagship store.
 
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AdamBC said:
It'd be a good place for a Karmaloop flagship store.
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I don't know about that. Their demo is a younger/hipper crowd, and there isn't a lot around there that caters to that demographic.
 
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They had a store on Newbury St., which closed last year. I think they are strictly an Internet shop these days.
 
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I walked by the Shreve building a bit earlier today and found this in the doorway. I was shocked, thinking it had somehow fallen off the building. No. There was some handwriting on the side of it, with a description. Possibly left by a construction worker? Who knows. Let the rumors begin.

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How many condos could you fit in here? The public record says there is 15,960 square feet of livable space. It sure looks bigger from the outside.

Turn this into condos; he can build on the site of the other three buildings he owns next door.
 
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Do you remember what the description said, John?
 
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I know the lot isn't the same size or dimension, but I would like to see something like 15 CPW in NYC. Make the Shreve building the shorter building along the street with a taller building set back or behind, retaining the original Shreve building.

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If I'm not mistaken, I think that building has the most expensive units in the city out of all of the completed/occupied buildings in NY. And I think that A-Fraud and Madonna live there (not that care for either one).

So is the Druker landscraper project completely dead at this point?
 
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type001 said:
If I'm not mistaken, I think that building has the most expensive units in the city out of all of the completed/occupied buildings in NY. And I think that A-Fraud and Madonna live there (not that care for either one).
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Actually, sir, this near 1000' gem down the street from 15 CPW is the most expensive in NYC, at least until 432 Park's Penthouses sell.

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334-364 Boylston Street | Block Redevelopment (Rumor)

I called a commercial real estate broker inquiring about vacant retail spaces on this stretch of Boylston (a colleague is looking for a space in the neighborhood). The broker told me the developers may decide against renting them as they're mulling a redevelopment of the properties (i.e. new construction).

This was the first I'd heard about this. Anyone have more information?

Discuss.
 
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Thank you kmp1284 for forwarding this thread. Any news since 2013 on this, though? I think it's awful that the developers have sat on a board-approved plan for this site for so many years and just allowed vacant retail spaces to saturate the site in that time.
 
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^ And I was just thinking about this thread. The possible demolition of these buildings is what brought a few of us together with Shirley Kressel.

I walked the block between Berkley and Arlington about two weeks ago, and the absence of retail activity here is dispiriting. I have a very difficult time understanding Ron Druker.
 
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Beton Brut said:
^ And I was just thinking about this thread. The possible demolition of these buildings is what brought a few of us together with Shirley Kressel.

I walked the block between Berkley and Arlington about two weeks ago, and the absence of retail activity here is dispiriting. I have a very difficult time understanding Ron Druker.
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Is it possible that the empty space is still under lease thereby satisfying the owner?
 
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HalcyonEra said:
Is it possible that the empty space is still under lease thereby satisfying the owner?
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All signs point to... yes!

"Outside The Box: Ron Druker" BBJ
2/8/13

"Are you concerned about the fate of the Boylston Street project?

I’m not. I would rather be under construction, but the building is leased now and we have positive cash flow and I’m not under any pressure. Look, we’re not like some other companies that have to keep developing to feed their overhead. ... We are having conversations with brokers about Boylston Street and there is always interest in the Back Bay. It’s become a more desirable place for many different kinds of companies — not just the old insurance companies and advertising companies that it catered to back in the ’70s and ’80s."

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/print-edition/2013/02/08/outside-the-box---ronald-druker.html

The other thing I remember about that article is Druker talking about surprising Keith Richards once, when he met him, by pointing out to Keith that he, Keith, had played at a joint Druker owned--the Orpheum.
 
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Beton Brut said:
^ And I was just thinking about this thread. The possible demolition of these buildings is what brought a few of us together with Shirley Kressel.

I walked the block between Berkley and Arlington about two weeks ago, and the absence of retail activity here is dispiriting. I have a very difficult time understanding Ron Druker.
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can you kind folks show me what block and street wall to which you are discussing?
 
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