Boynton Yards | 99-101 South/808 Windsor | Somerville

Equilibria said:
Nice write-up on a small family business. This was, of course, inevitable. Mazel tov to them on their windfall!

I think with that, Boynton Yards controls all of the land in "Boynton Yards", more or less. Time to realign some streets (make South Street a real street and extend it to Webster)! Only Taza shall survive.
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nice article tho I think they may be putting a bit too much blame on the bike riding latte drinking folk of Somerville for the decline in their kind of business.
I've lived around the corner from them for 15 years and always have second hand cars. I ended up buying spare parts online about 10 years ago. (pure convenience)
Cars, even second hand ones, are also a lot less DIY maintainable these days.

Anyway, good run, great return for them, and I'll be happy to see the back of another junk yard.
Ironically tho, what replaces it may bring more car congestion to the area.
in fact, I cant imagine how snarled the area around Union will be in 5 years.

apologies for the rambling!
 
Some new views of Somerville and beyond from within the South St lab building. Boston Globe article on labs here, labs there, labs everywhere!

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No, which actually makes it weirder. That means someone deliberately printed that in CS when a template in a normal font already existed.
 
erom said:
No, which actually makes it weirder. That means someone deliberately printed that in CS when a template in a normal font already existed.
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I did some research on this last night - apparently CS and other "ugly" fonts are easier to read for people with dyslexia. If that was the motivation, though, other options exist.
 
A mock-up for the upcoming lab? A funky diagonal there. This was in the old Gentle Giant lot, right next to the GLX as it approaches Union Sq..

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Speaking of the old GG lot (on Earl St with the GLX in the background), just about no trace left of them.

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Up next: 99 South St. (2,8, and 29 Harding St)(https://s3.amazonaws.com/somerville...022-10/South Street 99 - Plans 2022-07-20.pdf

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From Boston Biz Journal:
“A pair of developers is seeking approval to move ahead on another lab-and-office building at the Boynton Yards mixed-use development near Somerville’s Union Square, where they have already opened one lab building and are well underway in construction on a second.
A joint venture between DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and Leggat McCall Properties is looking to build the 360,000-square-foot, 12-story property at 99 South St.
Boynton Yards is already approved for more lab space under a master plan, but DLJ and Leggat McCall are now seeking a final review for the 185-foot-tall project from Somerville’s planning board. The developers are aiming to start construction either by year’s end or early 2023, according to a spokesperson.
The planning board has scheduled an Oct. 27 hearing on the proposal. The developers are also seeking approval for a new street running through Boynton Yards.
The site for the third lab building is next to 101 South St., where Boynton Yards’ first lab building opened last year. It is fully leased to four companies founded by Flagship Pioneering.
On the other side of 101 South is a lab building under construction at 808 Windsor St. that is set to be finished in 2024. All told, DLJ and Leggat McCall are approved for 1.86 million square feet in development at Boynton Yards, including 440 residential units. That could grow significantly, now that the two reportedly have an agreement to buy the adjacent Nissenbaum’s junkyard lot for about $150 million.
The 99 South project includes up to 280 parking spaces beneath the building.”
 
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