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And for the places such as the Boston Globe that claim we are being overrun by foreign investors, the unit was sold to James Stranberg Jr., a multi-generational Bostonian who grew up in West Roxbury, and his wife Cathy, who grew up in New Jersey. Hardly a bunch of Chinese buying up luxury units...

I assume this is the current fire station: https://goo.gl/maps/DMRyfBpKmGr ? What is their reason for wanting a new one? How industrial it would be is probably related to their reasons for wanting something new. And I'd be surprised if Essex actually needs to have any Hazmat equipment...

All I'm getting here is that most parking garages have crappy facades. The Charles Street Garage is a great example of actually fitting in. And others have pointed to better urban dealerships in Europe or even here in Boston. Just go down Comm Ave and you have examples of buildings that were...

Moving back to discussion of this project, 530 Western Ave, I don't understand the idea that this project should have some context. The main neighbors are a gas station, a bank branch that should be in the suburbs of a desert city, and a set of horse stables. This is a building that should be...

I didn't realize Ross Perot and trade policy were "local politics"

What projects in Allston do you feel should have retail, but don't?

Yep, this so much. Exactly the same for me. See http://bmrb.org/boston-adopts-35-residential-exemption-for-fy17/ , average year over year decrease in real estate taxes for Boston single family homes of 8.5% when this was adopted, despite an increase in assessed value of 7.1%. If your taxes...

Re: Summer St, Congress St, SL1, and SL3 Presumably they would work the way they work in the post you link to in the paragraph after this sentence. You have floating bus stops... Video is from the UK, so everything is on the left, but here's an example...

(Very off topic to the actual development, but...) I feel like more is going on than environmental regulations. In Canada, you can get the Golf in 35 different colors, while the US only has 5 options. I doubt that is environmental regulations. US consumers just don't seem to care about having 10...

Nothing has closed (because the building hasn't reached that point), but list prices are from ~600K for smallest units to 1.8MM for a 3BR, 3 Bath penthouse unit. A 3BR, 2 bath unit listed at $1.5MM is under agreement. For comparison, the most expensive resale at 1501 Commonwealth was 1,055,000...

The city has a huge excess classroom space and school buildings. McKinsey found that BPS has ~93,000 seats, but only ~55,000 students. Why do you feel we need to build more? Sure, some schools could be improved by converting classroom space into other facilities. E.g. some schools do not have...

On the BPDA board agenda tonight, there was a PDA for part of Harvard's eventual Enterprise Research Campus. For some reason, odurandina thinks this has something to do with former train yards, but none of this proposal is on former train yards. The architect on the board, Landsmark, criticizes...

This is a good pic since it has heights. New Balance has completed ~198' residential, planned ~195' hotel. Allston Yards is 2x200', 210', 235' . I'll leave the question of whether that is "a good bit taller" to the semanticists.

Eh, other projects by Rafi Properties have had good renderings and turned out not so great. See 124-126 Salem Street for instance. I'd rather a developer with a better track record and more experience.

Does anyone with a legal background know where we can search for whether lawsuits are holding up projects? I've heard rumors of issues related to the neighboring burial ground, but have no idea how to dig for that info. They got a permit for demolition and construction on October 4, 2017 and...

How about what Boston Volvo Village is doing in a different part of the neighborhood? Admin and new car showroom on first floor, used car showroom on second floor, service in basement. 3rd and 4th floors are currently advertised as office space, but have vehicle elevator as well, so could be...

Not sure how proximity to Canada is relevant. (a) Amazon is already in a city that is very close to Canada and (b) being in proximity to Canada does not make visa issues disappear. Toronto is on the list and if Amazon feels visa issues are a major problem, maybe they will locate there, but that...

PNF for 44 N Beacon has been posted. Most unique feature is the farm. http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/44-north-beacon-street

Marketing page for the residential has gone online. http://lanteraboston.com

Also, to perhaps state the obvious, this is the section of the 57 route that is also used by the 66. So, there are two major bus routes benefiting from a dedicated lane for this admittedly short stretch of road.