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^^You can say that again .... Besides this beautiful thing being done almost ass backwards, i hope the cycle will be strong enough that so many great projects that remain will reawaken from their comas.
i was reading posts from like 2009-11. Cool seeng numerous projects that appeared dead, giving people pause–only to roar back to life a few years later.
sad so many great projects now deserve consideration for this dismal category. And, we may have the feast currently underway in the Seaport to thank.
4 projects over 400' out of the ground since 2003, wtf.
i was reading posts from like 2009-11. Cool seeng numerous projects that appeared dead, giving people pause–only to roar back to life a few years later.
sad so many great projects now deserve consideration for this dismal category. And, we may have the feast currently underway in the Seaport to thank.
4 projects over 400' out of the ground since 2003, wtf.
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^^There's some really nice projects downtown or nearby that will fill some holes. They should already well underway. But, they're mostly our no-show listicles....
51 High Street 354'
Fort Point Tower 255'
How about a proposal for 1 Merrimack St!
Quaker Lane 230'
104 Canal hotel 190'
Valenti Square hotel 165'
Haymarket Hotel
boutique retail mini-plaza, North Washington, North End.
110 Broad St
55 India St
51 High Street 354'
Fort Point Tower 255'
How about a proposal for 1 Merrimack St!
Quaker Lane 230'
104 Canal hotel 190'
Valenti Square hotel 165'
Haymarket Hotel
boutique retail mini-plaza, North Washington, North End.
110 Broad St
55 India St
stick n move
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Post office looking to move.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2017/05/mail_facility_may_get_new_home_in_boston
edit: someone posted it in the innovation dist. thread.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2017/05/mail_facility_may_get_new_home_in_boston
edit: someone posted it in the innovation dist. thread.
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Yes, that's especially good news because this lovely cycle (which is looking more and more like it was squandered on the Seaport) appears to be heading for a major slowdown. A lot of great stuff might be heading for the holding pattern. so, we're gonna need some great infrastructure projects to cheer us up after 1 Dalton tops and gets its skin.
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Can you explain why you think we're headed for a major slow-down?
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^^Exactly. Speaking to that, go to the ACGMA or Homebuilders meetings..... you're talking about a fraction of what participation was in 1990. You used to see 300 sometimes 400 people showing up to meetings.
Nowadays, you'll be lucky to see 35, 40. Depending on your perspective, homebuilding outside of RT128 can only be fairly categorized as dead or dying.
What kind of an economy is that when tens of thousands of homes go up in DFW, Atlanta, Houston and Phoenix? This dog is going to hunt in Boston for a few years yet. But, consider, the creative ways the state looks inside every crevice to issue large fines over bullshit infractions. The regulatory state is right there every other minute with it's its black hand. It's casting a pall over development. That's why you have no air-rights getting done. Or parcels like 25/26 etc with no bidders. Everyone's trying to squeeze the developers who need the least of it at the beginning, in order to stimulate growth.
Even Joe Larkin and Millennium aren't dumb enough to bid on anything connected to the Mass.gov. They're scaring the most connected from the process! That should tell you a lot!
Don't ask the BPDA, ask the people in the State House.
This economy still hasn't fully recovered from the last 3 recessions! That's 1 reason why the State is broke and why it's like a cataclysm every time we want to build a bridge, add service or make infrastructure improvements to the T... which btw, is underfunded in the multiple $B's. It has to rank as one of the most underfunded systems in the country, when we're in a so-called boom.
Our boom is actually barely holding serve with our peer cities.
Outside of 128, it's technically, still a recession.
Inside the Statehouse, it's one continuous minor disaster waiting for the next major disaster.
The State used to carry Boston. Now Boston is carrying the State!
Boston; it might actually end up somewhat good that we're building approved projects at a slow pace. Or that a good number of them appear to have stalled.
One reason might be securing the financing.
I hope that's not the primary reason.
Outside of 128, it can take 5, 10 years to get building permits.
Do you like getting all your pre-approvals, then dealing with conservation matters? Do you like building retention ponds??
Do you like working within the DEP re; the Wetlands Protection acts?
In the 80s and 90s, we encroached near the wetlands and picked all the low-hanging fruit.
Now, we're literally at the doorstep of swamps and creeks.
Do you like building tunnels for endangered Spotted and Wood Turtles when they've been spotted in the area by State officials?
And then even when you get all your permitting, you can get stalled for years if someone puts up a complaint or town planners just say, 'no.'
It takes an astute developer to know where the loopholes are, where the locals will look the other way of a woodland encroaching on wetland, and when to walk.
Nowadays, you'll be lucky to see 35, 40. Depending on your perspective, homebuilding outside of RT128 can only be fairly categorized as dead or dying.
What kind of an economy is that when tens of thousands of homes go up in DFW, Atlanta, Houston and Phoenix? This dog is going to hunt in Boston for a few years yet. But, consider, the creative ways the state looks inside every crevice to issue large fines over bullshit infractions. The regulatory state is right there every other minute with it's its black hand. It's casting a pall over development. That's why you have no air-rights getting done. Or parcels like 25/26 etc with no bidders. Everyone's trying to squeeze the developers who need the least of it at the beginning, in order to stimulate growth.
Even Joe Larkin and Millennium aren't dumb enough to bid on anything connected to the Mass.gov. They're scaring the most connected from the process! That should tell you a lot!
Don't ask the BPDA, ask the people in the State House.
This economy still hasn't fully recovered from the last 3 recessions! That's 1 reason why the State is broke and why it's like a cataclysm every time we want to build a bridge, add service or make infrastructure improvements to the T... which btw, is underfunded in the multiple $B's. It has to rank as one of the most underfunded systems in the country, when we're in a so-called boom.
Our boom is actually barely holding serve with our peer cities.
Outside of 128, it's technically, still a recession.
Inside the Statehouse, it's one continuous minor disaster waiting for the next major disaster.
The State used to carry Boston. Now Boston is carrying the State!
Boston; it might actually end up somewhat good that we're building approved projects at a slow pace. Or that a good number of them appear to have stalled.
One reason might be securing the financing.
I hope that's not the primary reason.
Outside of 128, it can take 5, 10 years to get building permits.
Do you like getting all your pre-approvals, then dealing with conservation matters? Do you like building retention ponds??
Do you like working within the DEP re; the Wetlands Protection acts?
In the 80s and 90s, we encroached near the wetlands and picked all the low-hanging fruit.
Now, we're literally at the doorstep of swamps and creeks.
Do you like building tunnels for endangered Spotted and Wood Turtles when they've been spotted in the area by State officials?
And then even when you get all your permitting, you can get stalled for years if someone puts up a complaint or town planners just say, 'no.'
It takes an astute developer to know where the loopholes are, where the locals will look the other way of a woodland encroaching on wetland, and when to walk.
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Right from an interview from Buffy
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any word on any of the following?
318 Northern Ave
660 Summer St
10 Drydock Ave
318 Northern Ave
660 Summer St
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1 Bromfield casts a sliver shadow on the Burial Grounds.... and for a few days each June and a bit into July, it's shadow reaches onto the Common until a few minutes past 9. The total time is likely be about 30 days/year making any shadow violations – and nothing close to the shadow of 115 Winthrop.
In all, maybe it's 1/24th of the total shade (onto the Common) that 115 Winthrop puts onto the Common/PG. The shadows for 2 towers should have been put into the new law together. Now a stupid law could prevent iconic height over what ostensibly amounts to nothing.
This is Sept 20th/March 20th at 9:00 am
It's shadow reaches the Common for a few days on each side of the summer solstice, then quickly recedes.
This is June 20th at 9:00 am. it's probably gone by :20 after.
In all, maybe it's 1/24th of the total shade (onto the Common) that 115 Winthrop puts onto the Common/PG. The shadows for 2 towers should have been put into the new law together. Now a stupid law could prevent iconic height over what ostensibly amounts to nothing.
This is Sept 20th/March 20th at 9:00 am
It's shadow reaches the Common for a few days on each side of the summer solstice, then quickly recedes.
This is June 20th at 9:00 am. it's probably gone by :20 after.
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Does anyone have access to the BBJ article claiming Amazon is seeking space in Fort Point? It's behind a pay wall.
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I don't have access, but the author of that article posted on her Twitter that Amazon is "negotiating" at 253 Summer St.
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The article indicates that Amazon is in negotiations for 150,000 square feet at 253 Summer St. adjacent to GE's new headquarters. The building contains 175,436 square feet. Neighborhood Health Plan, the insurance arm of Partners HealthCare, was previously located there before moving to Assembly Row in Somerville.
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Aha! I was trying to figure out which prior tenant moved out. Trying to figure out how big the lease was that they had but I don't see it here: https://property.compstak.com/253-Summer-Street-Boston/p/66521
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moving forward with one more hurdle cleared...
"Request authorization to award Final Designation to Harbinger Development, LLC for the construction of a 405 room hotel located on Parcel A located in the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park....."
"Now on to state for blah, blah, blah Chapter 91, blah, blah, blah....
...by the summer to clear blah blah, blah.... "
"all in favor say aye.... AYEEEEE.... the ayes have it.... Thank you."
414 residential units approved today
total projects approved totaled 680,000 sq ft
any word on any of the following?
660 Summer St
"Request authorization to award Final Designation to Harbinger Development, LLC for the construction of a 405 room hotel located on Parcel A located in the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park....."
"Now on to state for blah, blah, blah Chapter 91, blah, blah, blah....
...by the summer to clear blah blah, blah.... "
"all in favor say aye.... AYEEEEE.... the ayes have it.... Thank you."
414 residential units approved today
total projects approved totaled 680,000 sq ft
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Amazon is reportedly looking at 150,000 square-feet of the the 175,436-square-foot office.