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...
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.
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...
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