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This is also squarely in Bay Village proper, which is fully a Historic District. While there have been a few new infill projects (Piedmont townhomes, a few on Arlington, 212 Stuart) I can't think of anything in recent history that was fully torn down and rebuilt in Bay Village. A historic church...

Nothing left to do but deck the Pike from the Expressway to Back Bay

I was at an event once where the Mayor was speaking and some clown took the last question to ask her if she specifically opposed the 2 Charlesgate West tower because we all know shadows are a harm to human health and the environment, and that on those grounds she must oppose the project. Never...

Should obviously be taller, but this is progress. Starting to step upwards from this edge of Southie towards outer Seaport/D Street corridor would create a continuous gradient from 100% residential to the new mixed use towards Dry Dock. Now only if the Reserved Channel/Pappas development could...

And you're getting picked up by at least one press outlet! https://www.universalhub.com/2026/imagine-green-line-extension-chelsea-via-tobin

This looks like the most orderly, quaint little Spanish research campus. Great shot, obviously Kendall but it feels almost foreign.

Not sure if details are anywhere public but discussion has been here recently: Post in thread 'Back Bay Infill and Small Developments' http://archboston.com/community/threads/back-bay-infill-and-small-developments.6937/post-518106

No, they HAD been trying to sublease, but now they're announcing they're going to stay in both buildings for the foreseeable future (from the Globe article). Last year, Fidelity had started trying to lease out its headquarters building at 245 Summer St., because it is preparing to move into its...

Also want to note that this was the first I heard that they're keeping 245 Summer St while also filling the Commonwealth Pier space. They had been looking to sublease the former.

As the meme goes “land value tax fixes that”. Yes those are also solutions to the issue. The question is time, opportunity cost, and the downside risk of bombed out vacant crumbling offices in the middle of the city. Any new tax would also be subject to lawsuits, lobbying, lead in time etc...

It "needs" (or at least the city deemed it useful) to add the tax breaks because a pure market-based system would have the outcome of empty de-valued commercial buildings that are both (a) depreciating assets with plummeting tax receipts AND (b) vacancy eyesores that run the risk of further...

Because office vacancies are at 20%, the buildings are trading massively down when they’re sold, and CRE tax revenue is crumbling, which makes up the majority (plurality?) of Boston tax revenue. Having small old buildings sit vacant in a soft demand environment is just bad bad bad. Either...

New Kendall head house officially now open and the google basement cut through has been fenced off. Finally…

It’s open! Saw people on the escalator today but haven’t checked it out in person yet

As always, super helpful post and I agree it's a shame these have to go with all the history there. While being a private property rights purist, I do think it benefits the public for some element of the state to either force a sale or use eminent domain to seize these types of buildings when...

Makes sense. I noticed today that the art/prints in the outbound underground passage had been unceremoniously removed, making it feel even bleaker than it was before. Great news!

Love this project, can already tell it will look better than the Lucas nearby in the South End, but just saw the first listing and it appears someone is inhaling the frankincense over there. https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/25-Isabella-St-02116/unit-502/home/201215061 ~$2,000 per square foot...

And because GridStatus is maybe the best website out there, it seems that ISONE is in record-setting mode. In the last few weeks we're setting and re-setting wind and solar records as new capacity comes online. I'm not sure where the new grid-scale solar is being built out, but note the BTM...

In March, the Boston Planning Department unveiled draft changes that aim to streamline the process and make about 80 percent of signs permitted by right — meaning they would not need a zoning change. See how easy that is? No one would have known if it weren't for the article and almost no one...

And yet, there's still a giant chasm right across from the fire station (Parcels 14/15). Going on 115 years....