Malden + Melrose Infill and Small Developments

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Jesus. Just nuke it.
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NOO -- not necessarily

There is new life in old Bunkers

Consider the transformation from the Post Office Bunker [unofficial name] on Smith Street in Waltham on Rt-128 / i-95

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Now its the Post -- 400,000 sq ft mostly with one renter [quite recently signed-up]* -- modern lab / tech office complex and it actually looks quite a bit like the renders
https://www.cbtarchitects.com/project/post-200-smith

* BizNow headline & story
[strong]Deciphera Pharmaceuticals To Move HQ To Post At 200 Smith In Waltham[/strong]
May 7, 2019 Cameron Sperance, Bisnow
Courtesy of Anchor Line Partners/CBT Post at 200 Smith Not every pharmaceutical company is flocking to East Cambridge. Deciphera Pharmaceuticals is amending its 44K SF lease at Anchor Line Partners’ Post at 200 Smith to take an additional 38K SF and make the Waltham development its new headquarters, according to an April 29 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/...98854?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser

Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/...98854?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser
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The great divide comes down in Malden

Boston Globe said:
For more than four decades, Malden’s cavernous Government Center literally divided the city in half. Now it is being knitted back together again.

The old building, which blocked Pleasant Street and choked off the downtown shopping district, has been demolished. In its place is a mixed-use development that will reopen the thoroughfare and improve access to a nearby MBTA station while adding housing, retail, parking, and a much smaller Malden City Hall.
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patch.com

250-Unit Development At Malden Hospital Falls Through

In a letter to Medford Mayor Stephanie M. Burke, MelroseWakefield said it has severed ties with the developer.
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Development planned for the old hospital gets dropped by MelroseWakefield Healthcare

I think they should just tear it down, build a few public streets, and then auction off individual properties for single/duplex/triple building
 
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Of possible interest, I noticed the other day that the sign had been removed from this building. When I went in to the retail store I asked the guys working there and they just said that they no longer use that building and they thought it was going up for sale.

Interesting location.

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Has any lot owner in Melrose cut a deal with the MBTA to stage the construction of the replacement RRBridge for the Haverhill line where it crosses the Lynn Fells Parkway?

Last I heard it was sites like the nearby tennis courts or the town DPW lot.
 
statler said:
www.cityofmalden.org

Malden, MA

Groundbreaking for New Office Building in Malden at former Ryan Family Amusements
www.cityofmalden.org www.cityofmalden.org
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The Ribbon-cutting that Malden does for every new business opening is great to see on that website!

This is the site that Mystic Brewery was going to take over before they announced they were closing down operations completely this month. (https://patch.com/massachusetts/malden/mystic-brewery-shutting-down)

Comparison: [EDIT: Did they really take influence from that fence?]
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Render has changed a bit
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Also does anyone have any pictures of the finished J Malden Center dev? All I can find on their fb page is this...






Plus this one from Bldup
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Cant find much showing the exterior. That rooftop view though.... damn.
 
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Malden update:

Exchange 200
Dellbrook JKS has started construction at Exchange 200, a $100 million redevelopment of a former bank operations center located a stone’s throw from the Malden Center stop on the MBTA's Orange Line. The project will house 300,000 square feet of office, research and development, data center and retail space when it opens next year.

The project has also landed Caffe Nero as its first retail tenant, Exchange 200 developer Berkeley Investments said Monday.
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City Hall Redevelopment

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11 Charles Street (Former Ryan Amusements Office Building)

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Album with full sized pictures available
https://archboston.city/index.php?/category/3
 
I lived in Malden when the Old Government Center building opened. It was a handsome building for its time. But I never understood why they built it in the middle of one of the most important streets downtown. Pleasant Street from the GC to Malden Square was to be a pedestrian mall, that was in vogue at the time. The mall never happened and Pleasant Street remained a mostly dead zone until recently.
 
200 Exchange
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So much better with the new sidewalks installed on the station side

Malden Center Redevelopment
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Dedicated bus lane and bike lane is nice

Former Ryan Amusement
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Not much happening here, looks like nothing has changed since my last visit
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368 Pleasant Street
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Assuming this is a small residential project replacing a deteriorating building

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