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They were working into Sunday morning raising the crane:

12 floors, 140' tall https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=169328

Monday:

I'm all for more housing but this architectural teratoma looks like they stole a struggling freshman's studio 1 project

March 25:

Are these officially under construction? I've been maintaining the skyscraper page database for the Greater Boston Area and wasn't aware. It's wild to me that only 13 highrise buildings (115'+) are under construction in Boston at this time. https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/maps/?cityID=145

Looks like the updated rendering for this project: https://archboston.com/community/threads/aloft-element-phase-2-391-d-street-sbw.7220/

View from my flight out of Logan. Looks like sitework is underway at the Portico site:

Crane came down on Thursday 2/5: And progress is being made on the cladding as of today 2/11:

Incredibly depressing when you realize: (Google street view, 2022) (1948)

Sadly not officially under construction. Site as of today is still being used as a parking lot:

There is a thread for this one: https://archboston.com/community/threads/pike-residence-hall-550-huntington-ave-mission-hill.7305/

Utilizing the 40x rule that's common in NYC to be approved for a rental unit, that means the bare minimum income for a unit here would be $131,000. I know Boston is a high income city, but are there really that many people easily clearing six figures in the city to justify these prices?

Unfortunate - phase 1 was supposed to be 12 stories with 217 units...

We recently completed a large scale renovation of Harvard Medical School's main administrative building that I took some photos of in March: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/3/hms-flexspace-exhibit/

Phone pic from Friday 4/4 flying out of Logan:

74M is 300' and according to MEPA these will be 290' - that said it looks like the mechanical penthouses aren't included so these might be around 320'-330'. https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/MEPA-eMonitor/submittal/56D2411B-92B0-4091-A5F0-ACABB0E90D1B

Monday 3/10:

Monday 3/10. Looks like it'll be opening soon. The park/landscaping is still underway. According to loopnet this building is nearly 100% vacant and available for leasing - yikes. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/74-Middlesex-Ave-Somerville-MA/25294476/