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I'm looking in the same area for 8/1. 7/1 rentals are popping up now on Zillow and Craigslist, which are still the two most popular. You're probably fine for another month. After 6/1 may be tight. You're likely dealing with a broker one way or the other. The recent law made it so that tenants...

Man, $1.2M/unit... Would be interested in seeing how this pencils..

I wonder what kind of agreement BS&G has on Service Road. If it's a public road that they're using without any sort of agreement, I don't think they have any ground here. If they do have an agreement, it's perplexing the project got this far along and included as many crosswalks...

Why aren't they using any trenchless methods around the tracks? Should be much less disruptive.

Something like 10/500,000 college athletes.. Such a strange topic to hang on to, especially if you think about it for more than 60 seconds, if we're talking about having a nuanced position... Every time this discussion is brought up we gravitate more toward an environment of fear for all women...

Some additional helpful context is that only projects in that list that are marked with an asterisk received new or additional funding, to be distributed this fiscal year, to be expended the next 5 fiscal years.

https://www.mbta.com/projects/ruggles-station-improvements#phaseII

What a nice jewel box, clad in orange aluminum panel... I wish marketers were at least honest - the space could very well be interesting, but selling this as a jewel box fitness center is a stretch.

From about a year ago, the price increased a bit, but not much. It'll probably increase substantially when they inevitably claim time delays toward the end of this. Attachments with full budget info are in the original post:

The new CIP is pretty bleak: https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2026-03/2026-03-26-board-of-directors-meeting-proposed-cip.pdf

I'm surprised to see the Frances Appleton Bridge in Boston referenced as a precedent on the official page, especially with the following references for the competition: This reference worries me that the winner will be whoever can put the most Corinthian columns on a bridge and include a...

MBTA South Salem Station Design Contract upcoming...

Only in Boston has been clickbait or rage-bait content for some time now. They're not much of a news "outlet" anymore, and post whatever they think will get people to react to their posts on slow news days.

The mute button does wonders

Fair points, and a little hyperbole and a lazy complaint on my part (Monday morning after all). Still useful context on how the rezoning process in Cambridge actually works. My worry is that if we see more of this, people who are even less familiar with the process than myself, who is slightly...