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As many of you may have seen, a wave of new fees and regulations are being discussed by politicians in Massachusetts. They range widely, from rent control to transfer tax fees of 6% to "flip" fees of 20% for properties sold within two years of acquisition. The common sentiment, perhaps even...

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/developers-propose-another-residential-building#comment-747153 46 Unit residential project near Forest Hills. Includes quite a bit of affordable: 22%. Embarc is listed as the architect. I think they generally do good quality design. That area is really...

New office project on East Berkeley...PNF with renderings below. http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/DevelopmentProjects/PipeDocs/East%20Berkeley%20Street%20Project/East%20Berkeley%20Street%20Project_PNF.pdf

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/boston/boston_searchable_salaries/ The city of Boston pays more than 3,800 individuals in excess of $100,000. The median HOUSEHOLD income in the city of Boston is $39,000 and the median household income in the metro area is $69,000. A lot could be done with that...

I just wanted to pass along a positive story about infrastructure, technology and the city... Yesterday morning, as I walked to get my morning coffee in the South End, I noticed that a pothole that surrounded a manhole cover on Berkeley Street had grown significantly larger. As I sat in the...

I've been privately speculating for months about the prospects for the supply of condos that have recently come on line. The outlook is very grim. How much longer before these developers are forced to unload units in an auction, as happened with the Natick Mall project? Who is most at risk? 45...

Great footage of the city in the 1920s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bhyIgrxCY0&feature=channel_page

Would anyone like to suggest some nominations and perhaps even a few categories. Similarly we could have a poll on the WORST projects of the year.

Will Mr. Mayor For Life ever go away?

I'm curious to know how many of the participants of archboston community work in real estate.

Just wondering what happened to the professor emeritus of the archboston community. Is Ablarc still posting? I hope nothing unfortunate happened. I'm still terribly curious to know what he does professionally. I've got to imagine he works or manages an architectural firm.

It seems like every time I turn around Menino is making a grand announcement about a monumental initiative to transform or redevelop a part of the city...lately we've had Tommy's Tower and the relocation of City Hall. In the past, there was the abandoned plans to redevelop City Hall Plaza. I...

If there was any doubt that the real estate market is in trouble, this little item should eliminate any doubts... http://www.pesco.com/servlet/SelectAuction.do?auctionId=2039 If this has already been reported elsewhere on the site, I apologize. Either way, this is a rather incredible event...

Economics I know this is off topic...but I think Bobby Digital's comment about the economics of development is really important and interesting. It's widely known that our low interest rates- which is enabled by massive Asian investment in US treasuries- has been the driving force behind the...

Developers, Boston Officials Have a Lot of Hope in Site By Thomas Grillo Heritage Common, the proposed 681,407-square-foot redevelopment of a vacant parcel in Boston?s Roxbury neighborhood by Weston Assoc. and Taylor Smith Properties, is shown above in an artist?s rendering. Forty years...