Recent content by TomOfBoston

Sign of the times, I guess. Northeastern's new EXP building has a rooftop lounge and it too has a glass wall which I do not believe was shown in the original drawings. Legal safeguard to prevent jumpers and lawsuits??

A fly around of the finished EXP from Payette. Exterior only.

Why not relocate the port facilities upriver so that a high bridge is not needed!

I would have expected StuVi III to be built before the Warren Towers renovation. BU will be eliminating 600 beds each year for three years. Do they have a surplus of housing now?

This is the first video tour of the finished interior that I have seen. I am sure there will soon be one put out by Northeastern. Rolling into the long weekend like…. Don’t just Paint, Select Paint. Check out this amazing video created by Select’s in-house… | Instagram

Likely the buyer had to agree to that or no sale. Maybe before the 90 years is up some court will rule the deed restriction invalid.

I am pretty sure that the CSC would never have allowed such a development on their land.

It is not only Northeastern that is acquiring hotels as dorms. And this one was a Fairmont! " As San Jose faces an ongoing housing crisis, particularly for students, a proposal would convert part of what was once the Fairmont Hotel into college dorms for nearby San Jose State University. Devin...

There are few students on campus this week. Students move in end of next week.

840 Columbus is on the Northeastern campus. The city has refused to let Northeastern build a dorm there. As DZH22 said, the university then went looking for an alternative.

Regardless of when they were acquired it is an example of universities acquiring hotels to convert to student housing. They do not require major internal reconstruction. A "hotel" is a hotel regardless of when it was converted. A more recent example of a BU hotel conversion is the old HoJo...

Maybe Northeastern could tell Mayor Wu that if 840 Columbus is not approved they will seek to take over the other Sheraton Tower.

That tower is about 50 years old. The other tower, which will remain a hotel (for now at least,) is 60 years old. It is quite common for universities to acquire aging hotels as dorms. Myles Standis and Kilachand Halls at BU were once hotels. In Montreal, McGill has purchased three hotels...

It is not a zoning issue, the Church owns the land and it is leased to whomever built the buildings there.

The Church does not own the Pru land so they can do as they please. i believe that the Church will not allow any visible signs promoting a bar, and none on the ground floors.