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Taken 8/8. Here are the final 2 remaining windows awaiting installation. Also, progress on the sidewalks. (Are these to be “heated sidewalks?”

Visual proof of the crane base taken 8/8

I confess, I've never actually seen this phasing plan before. Given the current market and economy, I wonder how long we will be living with an empty lot where Phase 3A is supposed to sit?

This is a roughly $1.1 billion project, of which the garage and ensuing payments come out to about $130 million. They could reduce the cost of the garage 95 percent and you would still need to charge thousands of dollars a month in rent just to break even in a reasonable amount of time.

BPDA unanimously approves the project change. I will say - listening to the stream - Joe Larkin didn't give me the "warm and fuzzies" about the prospect of this iteration going forward. A lot of use of the term "cautiously optimistic." Hoping to close on funding in the next 60 days with a...

And we suddenly have steel... (Still no sign of a crane base)

Can you elaborate a bit on how this would work? Admittedly, I’m a neophyte, but I’m not sure how Cronin could be in default on a construction loan when work is in progress and the project is still 18-24 months from completion? Wouldn’t a default be the only way for the lender to swoop in and...

At this point, I'll make a prediction: MP may be a profit-driven developer like any other, but they are not vandals and they have generally been good corporate citizens. They will not pull a Vornado on this site. What I do think could happen - MP finishes the underground parking portion of...

Could you elaborate on this a bit? What is it about the coastal cities specifically that is causing inventors to pull away? Is it purely COVID, or are there other factors at play. Without stirring up a political hornets' nest, I would be lying if I said I hadn't wondered what effect the...

Does anybody else find it a bit odd that MP feels confident that they can finance this project by lopping off 60 or so residential units, meanwhile they have just under 800,000 in completely spec office space in this project - and that doesn't appear to be a problem at all? Seems odd to me...

Missed this part....this one is a biggie: 2.The residential component of the Project will initially be a rental program, which will necessitate modifications to the Project’s affordable housing agreement. The Proponent anticipates submitting theProject to a condominium regime...

Heads up, per Steve Adams Twitter - MP has notified the BPDA that they are reducing the number or residences in Winthrop Center from 387 to 321. (662K SF reduced to 573K SF). Office space remains unchanged, but the secondary residential tower is reduced in height. FWIW...I did take a quick...

FWIW...for the past two Saturday’s, the Whiskey Priest site has been active, with slurry wall work ongoing.

Found this bit of info from the S&F Concrete Facebook page

Site active on a Saturday and...we have a core!! (Perhaps two, to be exact)

Good news! Covid protocol signage is up and some clear progress over the past week. Site looks to be back in action

Not sure when dshoost88 snapped these photos, but the site appears inactive and unchanged from when I walked by on Saturday. I'm generally concerned that MP might get cold feet on this one. A large spec office and condo project seems a bit iffy right now in this environment (I'm not event...

They're back at work on this one! Pleasant surprise!

Are the parks and beaches closed? I drove through Winthrop and Revere today and both beaches were open and had people on them. The beachside parking in Revere however, was blocked off.

Yes, that is clearly the game they are playing. Try to get a larger project approved and entitled, then sell the parcel and related approvals off to a larger, more-experienced high-rise developer for a large profit - ideally at a sum larger than what the property is actually worth. Simon...