1280-1330 Boylston Street, Brookline

Charlie_mta said:
I think it's just the gaudy style of the render. The finished built product will probably look more normal.
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It's the Frederick Law Olmstead School of Architectural Renders - - - where the renders need to be at least 40% park-like greenery on the building - - - which will never happen in real life.

I can picture the scene now: Manager runs into artist's office "Folks, c'mon, I need you to Olmstead this up, pronto!"
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“WS Development doesn’t typically criticize other firms’ projects. But on April 6, WS vice chairman Richard Marks wrote to Brookline’s economic development director, Meredith Mooney, complaining about the limited parking planned for a site across Route 9 from his company’s The Street shopping and medical office complex. A new rezoning proposal that needs town meeting approval, Marks wrote, could allow City Realty to develop a 1.2 million square foot, mixed-use project on five acres with fewer than 500 parking spaces. Current zoning would require nearly 1,900 spaces for similar construction, a “shocking reduction,” in Marks’ words. Meanwhile, The Street is less than one half the size but has nearly 1,400 spaces. Because of the inevitable spillover parking, the rezoning, Marks wrote, is a “real threat” to property owners and businesses within walking distance of the City Realty property.”

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What if the problem with Faneuil Hall is the company that runs it? - The Boston Globe

Faneuil Hall Marketplace has struggled for years. Is it time to get it in the hands of a new operator?
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Lol WS Development criticizing others projects...
 

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Brookline Approves Zoning for City Realty’s Major Chestnut Hill Mixed-Use Project​

“Brookline Town Meeting has approved zoning changes advancing a major mixed-use redevelopment project by City Realty along Route 9 in Chestnut Hill, clearing a key hurdle for the long-planned transformation of 1280-1330 Boylston Street. The zoning framework aligns with City Realty’s proposal to construct three buildings rising 14, 12, and 7 stories. Current plans call for a 200-room hotel, 266 residential units, medical office space, and ground-floor retail and restaurant space, creating a significant new mixed-use destination along the corridor…….”

Brookline Approves Zoning for City Realty’s Major Chestnut Hill Mixed-Use Project

Brookline Approves Zoning for City Realty’s Major Chestnut Hill Mixed-Use Project
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curcuas said:
What's the draw of hotel over resi this far out from the core?
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Not a ton of hotels rooms in the area. BC is not far so a hotel here would work for parents and visitors. Longwood medical area is relatively close. I know this is technically Brookline but it's right on the Newton border and I believe Newton only has two hotels total which is not a lot for a 91,000 person city.
 
Welp I wanted to snap a shot or two of 1330 since I had my bit of business there a few years back but I couldn't help noticing the rest of the complex had a complete lack of people or security, so I ended up spending 10 minutes documenting the place. It's a bit above average for a developer-grade with a few nice touches here and there, but perhaps more importantly it's an original and complete 1960s office park with almost no exterior updates, and by that measure it provides an increasingly rare look at a development form that is rapidly vanishing

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I mean better than whats there now, but really could not have come up with better designs?
 
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