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Fewer buildings, each of which will have fewer units, with impossible affordability requirements. Presto change-o, nothing happens, no new capacity is added, and the few market-rate buildings and units (like this one that just sold) will change hands but at a premium well outside of what the...

Not to be too pedantic about it, but this building failing to become housing means there will be exactly the same number of housing units as there were before. The merits of hotel vs housing are worth a discussion, and there should be additional efforts to add capacity in places like Chinatown...

Great finds, where's the location of the streetcar photo? I can't place it. If my eyes don't deceive, I believe I see "cocaine ointment" on their awning! And is that the famous molasses tank in the North End?

Progress, indeed. I was thinking about it, and the core of Kendall near the head houses has been under constant construction of one form or another since early/mid-2017 if I'm not mistaken. The Google and MIT buildings, both headhouses, etc. By summer this whole section will finally be complete...

Wow, missed that there was going to be a second building at all. I'd guess they're going to consolidate the brick building offices into the new building before demo starts on the former. Seems to fit with the 2026/7 timeline. This complex is going to be massive once complete.

There’s a cool tracker someone made to see, in real time, how commutes have changed before and after today. They also have a comparison for overall commutes in Chicago and Boston to show specific impacts to NYC vs larger trends. Pretty cool! https://www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com/

Still ~6 months out from full completion, so looking at 2 years from start to finish. Seems excessive for redoing a plaza, not sure if there's something I'm missing here.

Yep, I was responding to 393b40 with respect to the left side not being flush with the street wall. As pointed out immediately above this it sounds like the project went through a tortuous process to even get started.

Looking back on Google street view and satellite view, it seems this is a new build filling in a vacant lot between 10 E Springfield and 4-6 E Springfield. Between 2007 and 2022 there's no building shown in street view and overhead it looks like there's tables and chairs in that lot. If it's...

Renders galore, including street level, on the construction website. Don’t think it’s so bad, Stuart with its mix of stone prewar big base buildings and glass newer construction feels like Chicago or parts of lower Manhattan. The wide one way street really adds to the feel (at least between...

Cores are complete and site work is busy. Would guess steel is coming soon. As of yesterday 12/22.

Quick look indicates Raffles and 1 Dalton are at ~$2400/sf for a 2/2 unit (only based on current inventory, not past sales). In Downtown, the one listing at South Station tower that's a comp is running right at $2,000/sf and Winthrop is running between $1,800-$2,500/sf depending on floor and...

Thanks for the important context and apparent lack of coordination here. Not to be a pest, but hoping to get at the core of the issue, the Globe is reporting that the new layover tracks in Allston would be solely for the benefit of Amtrak, not the T. Perhaps Widett would provide sufficient...

249 Corey Rd in particular looks great. $1,100/sf for a 1 bed seems ambitious though... https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/249-Corey-Rd-02135/unit-208/home/193718347

I certainly do not pretend to be an authority on rail operations or logistics but the impression I got from much of the early design and planning for this project was that West Station would be infill akin to Boston Landing as a nod to the relative transit desert that is the northern section of...

Per the Globe article above and the articles linked therein, the issue is that the highest transpo official said there would not be additional space used for a layover and then apparently (secretly) changed course after lobbying from Amtrak. As I noted above, my main gripe is that if it does add...

I invite Amtrak to pay for it if it's so important for them. Until then I'm sure there's lots of layover space out west if the ultimate goal is storage for future east-west service. Land is cheap closer to Worcester or Albany or whatever. That land is far too valuable for a layover/maintenance yard.

Part of the fencing along the walkway is down and it looks like the rest is coming down soon. Looks like nice landscaping when approaching from the convention center.

I'd be curious what the vacancy/unsold percentage is. Super luxe is overbuilt and both Winthrop and St Regis are not at capacity, and Ritz SS is going to make the issue "worse". Long term inventory will be the biggest problem here from a developer's perspective. And if I were an...

Has to be B6 right? Unless they’re going to take the current lounge that’s there (and is always horrible and overcrowded). A Centurion would be great though...