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My understanding is that UMB has maximized it's debt, and could not afford to build these without going the PPP route (private/public/partnership). That was from the horses mouth. So it was either wait to pay down existing debt, and not have on campus living. Or, go private. It then is not the...

If what I'm hearing is true, this area will be king of the cranes later this year. Could be as many as 6 or more sites under construction this year. We shall see of course.

Umm duh! Look at the shrinking of mass transit since 1949, and the growth of our interstates, suburbs, And the auto industry. None of that happened organically. It was government subsidized "growth" that is somewhat now being corrected at ridiculously inflated prices.

Once again. The metric system is to blame. When will those 275 other countries learn?

8:41 and allllll issssss weeeelllllll!!!! This is why we don't have town criers anymore. I almost commented when I read it last night.... But. Figured why bump it again. Now everyone is doing it.

I'll offer up a little bit here, because I agree with fattony in that all buildings are value engineered from the get go. They all start with a budget and a desired outcome. The architect is then charged with designing a building that meets those goals. Certain SF of leasable space, or certain...

^^^^^^ Should we start digging under the Fargo building?

It kind of always has been the lynchpin. Adding 900 units, all that retail, etc. But, it also really and finally pulls the area together. It connects fort point, fan pier, and seaport square to the fidelity blocks and waterside. It completes the street wall down Seaport Blvd. making it a real...

Think you're getting building 1 and building 4 confused. Building 1 is a mixed use residential building otherwise known as NoMa. This is to have 290 residential units, 18% of which are to be affordable units. Building 4 is graduate housing replacing the, to be demolished, Eastgate tower.

This would not surprise me. I said it when Phillips signed on. The dominoes will start falling fast at CX. They just needed that first big one to legitimize the development. The extended green line, particularly into Union square and the ongoing plans there, are going to open up a real new...

Nope. But there is a reason we are a (representative) democratic republic and not a pure democracy. All issues up for vote by the entirety of the registered voters would lead to craziness and nothing would ever get done. This is why we vote for representatives.

Awww. C'mon. We could follow the model that has destroyed our cities for the past 75 years and call it LA East.

Jiminy Jillickers!! 15-20 years ago, you coulda bought a whole building in this neighborhood for that.

From cambridgeport.

Looks good from up high. From last Wednesday. Edit - pics resized again. Maybe I finally got it.

Re: Parcel JK | NorthPoint | Cambridge Too be semi-fair (my other tirades about buildings labs taller aside), this was originally a lab building that became an office building when Philips signed on. Too late in the process it was to make any substantial changes to this site in particular. It...

As a per working for the company who designed the mep systems for vertex and takeda as well as BMR's blackfan building which is taller than all of them. I'm trying to stop the narrative of can't because it has already been proven wrong. SoMa building 3 is going 12 storeys of lab, parcel G at...

Be that as it may. I just won two gift cards to Maggiano's Monday this week. Guess I better get over there sooner than later.

Based on the number of folks who will sit on a bus for 90 minutes to Foxwoods.... probably a lot.

Sure, but not with buried mechanicals in concrete chases built into the exterior of the building that serve all units. I believe that is the poor design that makes keeping the building a very costly endeavour. They are replacing all of these units and then some in building 4 at SoMa. That...