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Looks like the type of project Boston needs all over the inner ring neighborhoods. The big towers in DT and Back Bay are fun to watch going up. But, realistically they are just a drop in the housing shortage bucket. Central Boston is never going to be an affordable place again. It is going...

Anyone know the expected pace should be? Maybe a floor a week?

This article from the DC housing market jives with that story. Essentially wood based buildings can only currently be built to 6 stories using wood. Switching from wood to steal is exceedingly expensive (on a per square foot basis), so it only makes sense if you can get a lot more density to...

Not sure how it works in the uber-lux condo world. But, in the mere "luxury" apartment buildings these amenities can usually be reserved by residents for an hourly fee. Otherwise it is first come first serve, with the occasional building organized "tenet appreciation" event for big things like...

Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway Sure the Feds were a party to the MOU with some vague guidelines on compatibility. But, I highly doubt the Federal Highway Administration has any concerns what goes up here. It is ultimately up to the state run-groups to interpret how these highly subjective...

Not that this project was ever billed as a plan to bring housing costs down, But I wonder if these extravagant prices will simply add more fuel to the NIMBY fire. These high rise projects will be taken as proof that new construction doesn’t help prices or even drives prices up. To the casual...

Re: Parcel 9 - The Greenway As I read the link, the MHC has to actually approve the development. They will have to be playacted and can't just be ignored?

Yeah, I believe so. There is an old thread for it back a few pages: http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=3965 Not sure if it is worth dropping the link in there? No sense getting people excited and having them see it is just about a community meeting from last summer.

Anyone know any more about the 1730 Washington/9E Springfield St development from Roxxma pics? The most recent info I can find is that the South End Landmark Commission held a hearing on a 9-unit housing proposal back in June. But, no info on floors/renderings/if it was downsized...

The article sort of addresses the foreign investor issue: China’s Town By Ben Schreckinger | Boston Magazine | October 2014 http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/a...estate-boston/ This seems like an overblown issue. Many of these foreign investors buy these properties to rent them out. So it...

Any sense of this buildings street level presence? I can't tell if it will have an impact on Boylston or Newberry, Copley Square, Tremont along the Commons, etc? This building is a huge win for the skyline, but will probably not have much impact on most people's Boston street level...

FYI.. just as a refresher, the Zero Farnsworth's pdf was linked about a year ago.

Based on some articles I have read on downtown revitalization, I hear the 20,000 people figure thrown around as the target to shoot for to feel like a living, residential area. Obviously this isn't an exact science, but having 20,000 people is enough to sustain a critical mass of residential...

Re: 939 Boylston (Or really Public Alley 444) The rendering of the tower looks very glassy like something you would see in the seaport or kendall. Think that is just a conceptual drawing for the massing or the actual design?

Yeah, I completely forgot about it. Looks like it is another phase of the Van Ness (1325 Boylston Street) project. Looks like it got a few mentions on here back in 2011: http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=3762 http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=3550&page=4...

Is this a debate over the current design or the scale? Can the opponents come up with another way to fit 385 units on this plot of land? Is there maybe a happy middle ground that changes the design a little and still preserves the new housing?

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, than DC should be pretty flattered by what it sees going up on the Boston seaport. I know it has been mentioned before, but this area is shaping up to be a slightly taller, slightly more mixed use version of downtown DC...

Such a loss, that street scene reminds me of Bleecker Street in NYC's West Village. One of the prettiest areas of NY. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7316064,-74.0032572,3a,75y,172.9h,86.47t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1scPv9xCkcmZcSWcaiJ6IpLQ!2e0

Re: One Seaport Square | Parcels B-C@Seaport Sq. | Seaport This development and the parcel K development are the first that make me somewhat optimistic about the Seaport area. (Envoy and the condo on the water are nice too, but don't seem as transformative). They have decent...

Long time lurker.. FWIW, (sorry if this is old news) the big tower is being developed by the Carpenter & Company http://carpenterandcompanyinc.com/projects/hotels/four-seasons-one-dalton-boston/ According to their website, the smaller tower is being developed by the Pritzker Realty Group (PRG)...