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I'm assuming the red brick sampler is for the residential. I can't think of where else it could be going.

^^^ Excerpts from a lamentation by Brian McGrory, a columnist for the Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/08/lifestyle/jetblue-problems-boston-logan/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter

Future construction stalled. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/05/business/housing-construction-costs-suffolk-downs-greater-boston/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter Content trimmed under Fair Use doctrine.. The full article also mentions the stalled Riverside development.

They didn't. My big error.

BC's long-term debt as of May 2023 was about $1.5 billion. All, or nearly all, of that debt is associated with capital construction. Long-term debt was 40 percent of the endowment's total value. (though debt and capital facilities are not part of the endowment). That might be enough to give...

Boston College is opening Messina College this fall. Messina is the former campus of Mount Ida, BC having bought Mount Ida several years ago. The campus is off Heath St. in Brookline. (There is also the Mount Ida campus of UMass Amherst, but that is in Newton.)...

Boston Fire Department estimated damages at $3 million ^^^ The rear of the building, including the roof, looks relatively untouched. Though there may be smudge marks by the third floor windows on the right. The fire seems to have been concentrated on the third floor and the Stuart side...

The current capital campaign's goal is to raise $3 billion, and does not highlight new buildings. New buildings offer naming opportunities for generous donors. The campaign goals are lofty and rather nebulous, but seem directed at increasing the size of the endowment to support increased...

Article about the $1 billion ost of replacing a short-span, four track railroad bridge in CT. https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/article/ct-billion-dollar-bridges-infrastructure-amtrak-18456623.php And touches on the cost of a new $300 million pier in CT for loading off-shore wind energy...

Yes, the brick panels are exclusively in the alley. The original SCL building had red brick on this south façade, with the added adornment of extensive fire escapes. The original building was a commercial school for women on the upper floors. The original building also made no attempt to turn...

I am placing this Globe article in this thread because a similar berm is proposed for the site of the Revolution stadium just across the river. Image courtesy of the Globe. Perhaps this will deserve its own thread when two years of construction starts this fall...

Fish kill explained. https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/a-north-end-feast-of-a-different-kind/

Frank Stella died in NYC on May 3, 2024. ^^^ Architectural Digest on the installation of Damascus Gate at the Seaport. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/boston-seaport-frank-stella From the effusive Globe obituary...

In the Globe article on the Museum of Illusions, I noticed a graphic announcing that the Museum of Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport in 2024. (121 Seaport Boulevard). https://www.museumoficecream.com/ Another global museum chain. Google Museum of Ice Cream Reviews to get a sense of what...

Update (April 23, 2024) with very positive news. Unfortunately, the article does not indicate whether there will be more testing of the magnet, or whether Commonwealth Fusion now proceeds to building the full device...

This appears to be a refinancing of the property by Silverstein and Rialto. This loan is not for construction financing. https://commercialobserver.com/2024/04/tpg-real-estate-credit-provides-104m-acquisition-loan-boston-parking-garage/

Globe article from April 5, on Boston's reliance on private developers to fund projects that provide resilience against near-term sea level rise. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/05/science/boston-sea-level-rise-real-estate-development-slowdown/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results

From BFD: Companies working at a fire of construction materials on the outside deck of the 9th floor of a building under construction at 700 Atlantic Ave. No injuries to report. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Constellation signed an agreement in February to keep the natural gas facility open for another six years. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/09/business/everett-lng-terminal-will-stay-open-under-deal-with-national-grid/ As for AI related demand for electrical power...

When Encore/Wynn purchased the 45 acres (the potential stadium site) from Constellation, the Eversource switching station along Alford St. was to remain. (There may be an easement providing for such.) The switching station facility seems to run northward along Alford St. all the way to where...