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Looks like they did the massing and elevation visuals in an XLS spreadsheet. Gets the job done.

Not to derail too much, but I took the fam there (5 hour drive from the twin cities) and was impressed by the Old Market area revitalization as well as the Gene Leahy mall. The mall is a bit over-hyped, so while it is really nicely executed, it is somewhat small and overrun with people. As...

Lol, I bet it is impossible to renovate in a cost-effective way to make it "modern" from either an aesthetics or energy efficiency standpoint. I remember when that was the only tall-ish upper-class housing and being impressed by the "view" back in the 90's. How NU has changed.

Fantastic. There is a Lamborghini Urus SUV in the valet. List price is $240,000, with most optioned up to over $300K. It fits the targeted clientele demographic perfectly.

That was a little before my time, but I do remember the shopping center next door had a Zayre's and a Woolworth (I think) and if I was really well-behaved, my mom would get me a hot dog at the lunch counter in the middle of the store. Ok, I think I have derailed this thread enough. ;)

Did you go to the Fitzgerald School? ;)

I've been to the Raffles in Singapore. I would say it is on par with Four Seasons, Mandarin is a slight level up. The Raffles Boston will attract the Ritz/Four Seasons/Mandarin crowd that is familiar with the brand from either traveling to Asia or are from Asia initially. I think it will...

Of all the colors in the visible spectrum, the chose pumpkin?

Is there an AB award for "what looked like a drab 3-5 story lab building that should have been taller, but has amazing exterior cladding and is shaping up to be a stunner"?

What strikes my circa-2007 memory comparison is the number of new buildings between 200 Clarendon/JHT and the Christian Science Center.

Could someone explain to me in English why this building is snoozy or boring? This isn't Miami or Sunny Isles with their shouty Bugatti or Bentley Residence towers. I think it is subtle from a distance and has some nice detail up close. It also looks very well made. I also think the crown...

The back of this building looks like a 1990's Double Tree in a second-tier city, maybe close to an airport.

That second to last picture: A cleaned-up Union Square with new lab building and high rise in the background with a woman getting out of her double-parked Range Rover. Very different than the Slummerville I remember from the 80's and 90's.

There are a lot of nice new developments in Asbury Park, along with a couple of really good restaurants, helping it shake off its janky past.

So cool how this thing abso-posi-lutely dominates your attention when gazing in the direction of the BU campus.

I like this development for a number of reasons, but one of which is that these buildings are being dropped right alongside existing density residential and commercial, vs in a suburb off of a highway with a big parking lot. Those are needed, too, but you can live here and walk out your door...

The hotel under construction is on N 1st Street. FWIW, the Haute Dish sign is still there even though it closed year ago.

From: The Development Tracker 4th and Park luxury apartments: Our own little Greystar/Vero, etc. in St. Louis Park. Boutique hotel going up in the North Loop. That little old white building being propped up in the middle was removed from the site, literally parked on the street around the...

Old vs. new Adjacent to Hudson Yards - cool terracotta. Another Hudson Yards-adjacent building. During the 2020 Covid apocalypse when NYC emptied out and shut down, it was so quiet, you could hear the breeze blowing through the branches of the trees and the sound of your own breathing. The...

So this is a tech company where the staff is probably mostly WFH. I imagine that this office will be mostly empty. So people driving into Boston will be greeted by a shiny new building with no one in it?