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Neighbors question Apple by Monica Collins Apple will take a bite out of Boston ? specifically upper Boylston Street, where Apple Computer Inc. plans to construct a glass and steel cube that will look unlike any building the historic street has ever known. The Apple corps of designers and...

Oh, sweet ?Liberty? by Suzanne Besser Come June, the old jailhouse will be really rocking, though not to the tune of ?Jailhouse Rock.? The jury?s in. After years of deliberation ? well, not really ? the Cambridge-based real estate developers Carpenter & Company, Inc., who have been...

Not too good. This idea was first started several years ago. The last meeting that was held regarding the future of this project was in 2004 (to my knowledge). This project is mostly just a pipe dream.

Boston's first Renaissance hotel expected to open in December 2007 To the sound of bagpipes and drum, a 25-foot-long steel beam, painted white and decorated with a US flag and signatures of steelworkers from Local 7 and others, was raised this morning at the topping-off of the Renaissance...

MIT to build new media lab Boston Business Journal - 9:03 AM EDT Wednesday Massachusetts Institute of Technology will break ground in spring 2007 for a new media lab. The 163,000-square-foot, six-story building will be located on the corner of Ames and Amherst Streets on MIT's east campus in...

Project to make Boston greener Rom?n Rodriguez The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway project would combine elements of urban design with horticulture in the space once occupied by the Route 93 Central Artery if the project attains the funding and public support Mayor Thomas Menino encouraged at...

Hudson Group Pays $9M for Greenway Building By Beverly Ford Email this story | Printer-friendly | Reprints BOSTON-A six-story building with a prime location overlooking the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway has been acquired for $9 million by an Israeli investor. The new owner plans to raze...

Boston Children's Museum gets funds for expansion Boston Business Journal - 12:32 PM EDT Tuesday The museum is constructing a 23,000-square-foot addition, a new theater and new exhibitions in arts, culture, science, math, health and fitness in its historic 150,000-square-foot former mill...

Interest Could Push Parking Garage Sale Over $200M By Beverly Ford Email this story | Printer-friendly | Reprints BOSTON-The calls from investors, pension fund advisors and parking lot operators started coming into Cushman & Wakefield?s Boston office even before the city?s largest parking...

Suffolk announces plans to shrink proposed dorm, But residents want more talk about its future plans by Suzanne Besser Early last week, Suffolk University officials said that they had decided to scale down the size of its proposed new dorm, but many residents say the school is on the wrong...

Fenway center plans $55m expansion Facility to be largest in nation with focus on gay health issues By Christopher Rowland, Globe Staff | September 19, 2006 The Fenway Community Health Center is kicking off a capital fund-raising campaign for a $55 million clinic and research center that will...

That's the one downside to this project. Not too many people venture out to that area of Boston, unless they intend to go to Logan (I think). However, I would not put this on the Greenway. I would put it somewhere where it is easily accessible and where people can see it easily.

Usually, they do. But don't forget that this is a 1,000 foot tower we are talking about, meaning about 70-80 floors. That is a lot of people in one building. That would have to be a pretty big underground parking garage, especially if part of the design is to have a hotel and/or condos involved.

Logan 9/11 memorial design unveiled Boston Business Journal - 3:26 PM EDT Wednesday by Naomi Boston-based Moskow Architects Inc. will design the pastoral setting that will honor the passengers and crew of American Flight 11 and United Flight 175, which crashed into the World Trade Center...

$1B-Plus Westwood Station Moves Forward By Beverly Ford Email this story | Printer-friendly | Reprints WESTWOOD, MA- The first phase of a 4.5-million-sf, mixed-use project here will get under way today when demolition begins on the 260,000-sf General Motors Parts Distribution Center on...