Ink Block (Boston Herald) | 300 Harrison Avenue | South End

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I didn't realize they were planning to reuse part of the Herald building rather than demolishing all of it.

If it were my development, I'd have called it Herald Square.
 
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I think 'soaring' would have been a better word to describe those two buildings at each end.
 
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If one of these developers were smart they'd offer to build the PSI a new exceptional facility somewhere still accessible to BMC, like South Bay next to the GBFB or one of the unbuilt lots between Mass Ave and Melnea Cass, and shift the problematic populations away from their developments.
 
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The Pine St Inn is going nowhere, no one will let in in their neighborhood. Don't forget it's the largest concentration of registered sex offenders in New England, arcboston excluded.
 
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^ I'd sue you for defamation but alas my local courthouse is within 500 feet of a public school
 
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I'm not sure why you are picking on the poor folks over at Atlantic Restoration Corp (arcboston.com)
 
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So everyone here is a pessimist and a registered sex offender....by golly I think I see a correlation!

Next thing you know BostonObserver will be telling us we all have crane envy.
 
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underground said:
Hope the construction goes as smoothly as the approval process did. I don't want to jinx it, but after it's finished, someone should do a case study on why it was so painless. I guess, right time right place is probably the answer, but it'd be nice to know if there was something else going on.
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I'm thinking that may be a short case study.

Good looking, not overwhelming development, with properly scaled and separated buildings, providing residences and services the city needs. And, at the right time right place.

I'm not sure it's the model that can be applied across the city, but it seems to be a pretty good model, and the smartest planned development I've seen in this city in quite some time.
 
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SeamusMcFly said:
I'm not sure it's the model that can be applied across the city, but it seems to be a pretty good model, and the smartest planned development I've seen in this city in quite some time.
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...which surprises no one who lives in Lower Falls, where National Development is based. These guys are great. They're also behind the newly-opened Waterstone development and have single-handedly rebuilt quite a bit of the neighborhood to open up river access.

I believe they're the new developers at Westwood Station as well.
 
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underground said:
Hope the construction goes as smoothly as the approval process did. I don't want to jinx it, but after it's finished, someone should do a case study on why it was so painless. I guess, right time right place is probably the answer, but it'd be nice to know if there was something else going on.
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A big part of the fast approval is that both the Harrison-Albany Corridor (South End) and Chinatown just went through masterplanning efforts. Development in the Herald area was slated for fast track in both masterplans, and the developer really listened to the communities and the spirit of the plans.
 
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JeffDowntown said:
A big part of the fast approval is that both the Harrison-Albany Corridor (South End) and Chinatown just went through masterplanning efforts. Development in the Herald area was slated for fast track in both masterplans, and the developer really listened to the communities and the spirit of the plans.
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Yes that and it's not wise for the mayor to piss off the owner of a newspaper.
 
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There really needs to be a plan developed on how to make traveler and west 4th more pedestrian friendly under the expressway areas. Lots of new residential in the mix and I would think Broadway would be the obvious T stop for most.
 
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Hutchison said:
Not Ink Block...but the graybar warehouse across the st has been sold with a 12-month leaseback to develop plans, likely 8-11 story residential with possible retail.

http://bostonherald.com/business/re...strial_zones_makeover/srvc=home&position=also
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Sounds like another new cluster of development in the offing -- let's see "Ink Block" for a former newspaper

Howabout "Master Switch" of perhaps more exotically "Arc Flash" for a supplier of electrical equipment
 
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The Greybar sale is a fascinating turn of events.

The question is, where will the proposed South End "YOTEL" go? My bet is the empty parking lots that were proposed as the site for two hotels, a couple years back, at the corners of East Berkeley and Albany.

What YOTEL?

YOTEL sets sights on South End for new Boston hotel

Boston is fast becoming the hotspot for new boutique hotels. Earlier this year, The Revere Hotel opened in what was formerly The Radisson in Boston's Theater District. Now comes word that the trendy YOTEL hotel group has its sights on Boston for the group's next hotel opening. I caught up with YOTEL's CEO Gerard Greene for the details on what's rumor, and what's reality.

"We are very confident that Boston will be the second hotel for Yotel in the U.S.," Greene told me over email, citing the South End as the most likely location for the hotel.
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http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/blogs/packup/2012/06/yotel_plans_boston_hotel.html
 
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JohnAKeith said:
The Greybar sale is a fascinating turn of events.

The question is, where will the proposed South End "YOTEL" go? My bet is the empty parking lots that were proposed as the site for two hotels, a couple years back, at the corners of East Berkeley and Albany.

What YOTEL?

YOTEL sets sights on South End for new Boston hotel



http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/blogs/packup/2012/06/yotel_plans_boston_hotel.html
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John -- I'll bet Menino is trying to get them to build in the SPID -- a much more appropriate location for a place with Pods
 
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I know this is retail, but since it's been discussed on this thread -

Whole Foods moves toward South End location

The former headquarters of Boston's blue-collar tabloid could become home to a new, South End location for an upscale supermarket chain.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (Nasdaq: WFM) is reportedly eyeing One Herald Square, formerly home to the Boston Herald, for its first location in the tony South End neighborhood. It's worth noting it would be in striking distance for dwellers in the glut of luxury apartments coming to Chinatown and Downtown Crossing.
The Boston Globe reports Whole Foods has been looking at the location for nearly a year and is "close to reaching a deal," citing unnamed sources.
National Development unveiled plans for One Herald Square, which it is calling "Ink Block," earlier this year. The company is also working on the Kensington, a Chinatown high-rise now under construction.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2012/06/whole-foods-eyes-herald-site.html
 
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Hip Hip Hooray!!!
 
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