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    SAV-MOR Site Lab Building | 15 McGrath Highway | Somerville

    Legal consequences? No. Financial consequences? Yes, but only to the developer. If they had a tenant -- which they don't -- then the financial consequences might be greater. The developer will be required to secure the site, and probably drain any standing water.
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    Boston College Master Plan

    ^^^From the proposed amendment to the IMP for the religious library addition along Lake St. << Size of the proposed addition has tripled, from 14,000 sq ft to 45,000 sq ft. The yellow-colored buildings are new construction. I cannot find the locations of projects numbered 500 and 501. Smith...
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    The New Retail Thread

    https://tattebakery.com/washington-dc/
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    Suffolk Downs Redevelopment | East Boston/Revere

    "The District has provided a Total Project Budget of. $497,517,901, which includes an estimated construction cost of $412,006,854 ($700/sq. ft.)." Massachusetts School Building Authority.
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    IIRC, this is a critical substation associated with transmission of electricity, and independent of whether Exelon closes the generating plants in Everett. ------------------- In related news , Eversource has gotten the okay for a $1.5 Billion substation to be buried underground near Binney St.
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    American Repertory Theater | 175 North Harvard Street | Allston

    I'm assuming the red brick sampler is for the residential. I can't think of where else it could be going.
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    ^^^ Excerpts from a lamentation by Brian McGrory, a columnist for the Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/08/lifestyle/jetblue-problems-boston-logan/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter
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    Suffolk Downs Redevelopment | East Boston/Revere

    Future construction stalled. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/05/business/housing-construction-costs-suffolk-downs-greater-boston/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter Content trimmed under Fair Use doctrine.. The full article also mentions the stalled Riverside development.
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    Boston College Master Plan

    They didn't. My big error.
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    Boston College Master Plan

    BC's long-term debt as of May 2023 was about $1.5 billion. All, or nearly all, of that debt is associated with capital construction. Long-term debt was 40 percent of the endowment's total value. (though debt and capital facilities are not part of the endowment). That might be enough to give...
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    Boston College Master Plan

    Boston College is opening Messina College this fall. Messina is the former campus of Mount Ida, BC having bought Mount Ida several years ago. The campus is off Heath St. in Brookline. (There is also the Mount Ida campus of UMass Amherst, but that is in Newton.)...
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    The New Retail Thread

    Boston Fire Department estimated damages at $3 million ^^^ The rear of the building, including the roof, looks relatively untouched. Though there may be smudge marks by the third floor windows on the right. The fire seems to have been concentrated on the third floor and the Stuart side...
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    Boston College Master Plan

    The current capital campaign's goal is to raise $3 billion, and does not highlight new buildings. New buildings offer naming opportunities for generous donors. The campaign goals are lofty and rather nebulous, but seem directed at increasing the size of the endowment to support increased...
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    North Station, Charles River Draw, & Tower A

    Article about the $1 billion ost of replacing a short-span, four track railroad bridge in CT. https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/article/ct-billion-dollar-bridges-infrastructure-amtrak-18456623.php And touches on the cost of a new $300 million pier in CT for loading off-shore wind energy...
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Yes, the brick panels are exclusively in the alley. The original SCL building had red brick on this south façade, with the added adornment of extensive fire escapes. The original building was a commercial school for women on the upper floors. The original building also made no attempt to turn...
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    I am placing this Globe article in this thread because a similar berm is proposed for the site of the Revolution stadium just across the river. Image courtesy of the Globe. Perhaps this will deserve its own thread when two years of construction starts this fall...
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    Bill Russell Bridge | North Washington St.

    Fish kill explained. https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/a-north-end-feast-of-a-different-kind/
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    Seaport Square (Formerly McCourt Seaport Parcels)

    Frank Stella died in NYC on May 3, 2024. ^^^ Architectural Digest on the installation of Damascus Gate at the Seaport. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/boston-seaport-frank-stella From the effusive Globe obituary...
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    The New Retail Thread

    In the Globe article on the Museum of Illusions, I noticed a graphic announcing that the Museum of Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport in 2024. (121 Seaport Boulevard). https://www.museumoficecream.com/ Another global museum chain. Google Museum of Ice Cream Reviews to get a sense of what...
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    Fusion reactor at Devens. 3-D Printing at Devens

    Update (April 23, 2024) with very positive news. Unfortunately, the article does not indicate whether there will be more testing of the magnet, or whether Commonwealth Fusion now proceeds to building the full device...

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