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Chelsea Developer Purchases Historic Boston Restaurant (edited)
By Jim Cronin
Banker & Tradesman

A Chelsea developer has purchased the Boston parcel containing the historic Jacob Wirth restaurant, near the site of a pair of recent controversial redevelopment proposals.

Anthony Simboli, who purchased the 31-39 Stuart St. space, said he has no plans to alter the property. The restaurant will continue to operate, and Simboli is leasing the space back to owner Kevin Fitzgerald ...

The commercial real estate developer purchased his family-owned company, ACS Development, which has approximately 325,000 square feet over about nine buildings within walking distance of each other, worth about $60 million.
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A little further down in the article it goes into the NIMBYS opposition: "There were also fears the project would not create the foot traffic necessary to displace drug dealing and prostitution that occurs nearby." Now this didn't kill any project, but what are they saying here. We want to keep the Pimps and Hos right where they are? or We need a bigger project to scare them away?
 
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If that is the concern, build subsidized housing for cops there.
 
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If I am reading the article correctly, this was basically a paper transaction, there was no real change of ownership.
 
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Nice find, Matt.

First one actually isn't so bad; the second looks like particularly bad Michael Graves, and the third, Corbu, filtered through Logan's Run.
 
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Great find!

What is interesting is that these proposals echo what eventually was built as the Millennium Towers, not in that location but just one block up.
 
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Here are some images from the Hinge Block proposal. If you want to see more, check out the photobucket stream.

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http://s369.photobucket.com/albums/oo139/JohnAKeith/Hinge Block Boston 2/
 
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Kaboom?

AvalonBay Communities Inc.bizWatch has notified city planning officials of its proposal to potentially build a 29-story residential tower at 45 Stuart St. in Boston.

The Aug. 8 project filing with the Boston Redevelopment AuthoritybizWatch calls for the construction of 404 apartments and a five-story parking facility that could house roughly 200 vehicles. The development would replace an existing open-air parking lot at the project site on the periphery of the city’s Theater District and Chinatown neighborhoods.

The proposal was prepared by Epsilon Associates of Maynard and was supported by design and professional services provided by cbt Architects, Goulston & Storrs, Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, Sanborn, Head & Associates, The Green Engineer and Nitsch Engineering, among others.
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Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/r...ml?s=newsletter&ed=2011-08-11&ana=e_bost_real

Also: http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news146023.html

And: http://www.bostonherald.com/busines...n_edge_of_chinatown/srvc=home&position=recent
 
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CBT is designing the building? Watch out Rem Koolhass. You're not welcome here. We got a hot firm on the rise with designs for the 21st century hitting the Combat Zone.
 
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Developers rushing to get started before the recession ("officially") double dips?
 
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I think the additional residential units are great, but the multi-level above-ground garage is awful. These are terrible for the city and far too many of are being built these days.The city should make them put them underground, or better yet, remove the parking space requirements from zoning altogether.

Boston currently has one of the hottest rental markets in the country right now. That's why you see all these apartment buildings going forward now.
 
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Hearing the name AvalonBay scares me knowing all the utter crap they've put up elsewhere. Their products are the definition of mediocre.
 
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all this vancouver/seattle style asian influenced residential is getting boring fast
 
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Bubbybu said:
all this vancouver/seattle style asian influenced residential is getting boring fast
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I don't see how this mini glass version of Place Ville-Marie looks like any these.

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I also don't see how it is getting boring fast considering that Boston has no residential towers like that. (besides that fact that you know...it's another box tower among boxes in Boston.)
 
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