Recent content by SouthEnder88

I know I shook my cane on this earlier, but I arrived from Paris last Sunday and have to say...those CBP corridors in the E extension are already super narrow given the volume of passengers departing a wide body. It's going to be bedlam squeezing in a moving walkway to the mix.

The last few months of meeting presentations have also indicated a return to looking at how to reduce car traffic flow into/out of Logan. They don't say it explicitly, but I'm curious if this is a giant wind-up to the return of the people mover that was initially moving ahead right before the...

I didn't realize the Lisbon and Rome service ran until January!

Noted yesterday coming out of Terminal E that signs were flagging Etihad moving to Terminal C later this month. I know it's not that long of a walk, but I'm curious how the airline feels since it's a bit of a hike from the Air France lounge to the widebody-capable gates at Terminal C. Not that...

Has the Cross Harbor Link in the BPDA's Seaport transit long-term strategy mix been discussed much on here? I hadn't seen it before. Seems to be quasi-NSRL sans the North Station part (but would appear to make the fancy Courthouse Station buildout in the Seaport finally make sense.

https://thepointsguy.com/news/first-raffles-boston/

Do we think the infrastructure bill/surplus we keep hearing about in the state coffers from pandemic relief could get the people mover back on track (pardon the pun) and/or accelerate Terminal E expansion part 2/A-to-B connector? (Obviously there is a construction labor component to this puzzle...

https://hub.united.com/2021-02-19-united-announces-plans-to-begin-new-daily-nonstop-service-between-boston-logan-and-london-heathrow-2650621690.html I certainly did not have United starting BOS-LHR in my forecast, but I'll take it!

https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/mixed-use/don-chiofaro-files-plans-for-1b-600-foot-boston-waterfront-tower-102644?rt=73871 More details here. Shy of 900K SF. Interesting quip that Menino said an 80-degree day in January was more likely than Chiofaro building here...and then we eclipsed 70...

Have we figured out if AA LHR will depart from terminal B? Seems like the new gates weren't configured for something that big?

Kinda weird this has sat empty with no real movement? https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/office/holding-out-for-a-whale-or-downturn-making-sense-of-the-601-congress-vacancy-102102

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/transportation/t-notes-payroll-finally-getting-back-to-2015-levels/ Former state transportation secretary Fred Salvucci warned on Monday that Logan International Airport needs a lot more transportation capacity. In remarks to the state’s two transportation...

Looks like WeWork, a major occupier of Boston office space, has been pushed out of two potential deals: https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/office/exclusive-two-potential-boston-wework-deals-called-off-101164

Re: Alexandra Hotel Renovation | 1769 Washington St | South End https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/hotel/scientology-soaring-costs-and-blurred-neighborhood-lines-inside-the-alexandra-hotels-long-road-to-redevelopment-100057?fbclid=IwAR0Lo_EEFPbEdqw8bzJ5elrse5IQU4uxV9aTE_hJsjVy_Lf5bgA0Hhi4tZ8

https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/office/as-a-coworking-giant-takes-flight-boston-real-estate-experts-analyze-how-it-might-fall-99826 Seems like WeWork is moving into 95 Berkeley across from the hotel formerly known as Chandler Inn