Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

A couple different angles from yesterday.
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I thought this project was going to take a very long hiatus amidst the corona lock-down and economic fallout. I'm pleasantly surprised that it's in full swing and glad I'm wrong. The new tower, though not all that tall (33-story), will help fill the skyline void between the Pru and the JHT.
 
This project from Beeline's first picture looks a lot like 1 Congress st. Beeline, the staging under the garage is this the old pike entrance or is that more in the middle of the garage? I can't exactly remember
 
Suffolk 83 said:
Beeline, the staging under the garage is this the old pike entrance or is that more in the middle of the garage? I can't exactly remember
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I think it's the old pike entrance because it's along the north edge of the garage.
 
citydweller said:
I thought this project was going to take a very long hiatus amidst the corona lock-down and economic fallout. I'm pleasantly surprised that it's in full swing and glad I'm wrong. The new tower, though not all that tall (33-story), will help fill the skyline void between the Pru and the JHT.
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This is beginning to be an oft repeated theme (The Pike/Mass Ave parcel in the Back Bay, and many others, etc.). I think the pandemic has resulted in ACCELERATING rather than decelerating development in urban Boston. Color me surprised as well.
 
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shmessy said:
This is beginning to be an oft repeated theme (The Pike/Mass Ave parcel in the Back Bay, and many others, etc.). I think the pandemic has really has the outcome of ACCELERATING rather than decelerating development in urban Boston. Color me surprised as well.
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Borrowing is incredibly cheap right now and if your timeframe for permitting to doors open is between 3 and 5+ years... yea it makes some sense. There's a good chance nobody remembers Covid by the time 2025 rolls around.
 
shmessy said:
This is beginning to be an oft repeated theme (The Pike/Mass Ave parcel in the Back Bay, and many others, etc.). I think the pandemic has resulted in ACCELERATING rather than decelerating development in urban Boston. Color me surprised as well.
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But aren't Winthrop Center and South Station Tower on corona-induced pauses (possible cancellations???)?
 
KriterionBOS said:
But aren't Winthrop Center and South Station Tower on corona-induced pauses (possible cancellations???)?
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I'm pretty sure South Station is still progressing - although your convo with HelloBostonHi on August 11th was the last mention here seen.


Since that time, there has been another official update on August 21: (still looks full steam ahead!)

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Construction Update - August 21, 2020 — South Station Air Rights

Suffolk Construction, the contractor for the South Station Air Rights Project, will continue daytime and overnight construction at South Station. Please allow extra time (5 – 10 minutes) as you get used to new construction zones and paths of travel at the station. Trains might arrive and depart
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Winthrop ctr is not dead theyre waiting on approval of the reduction to the residential component. Unless you can quote a source that says otherwise, lets refrain from stating things as fact, which are not. A whole host of things COULD happen, but they have not yet. We just have to wait and see.
 
shmessy said:
I'm pretty sure South Station is still progressing - although your convo with HelloBostonHi on August 11th was the last mention here seen.


Since that time, there has been another official update on August 21: (still looks full steam ahead!)

southstationairrights.com

Construction Update - August 21, 2020 — South Station Air Rights

Suffolk Construction, the contractor for the South Station Air Rights Project, will continue daytime and overnight construction at South Station. Please allow extra time (5 – 10 minutes) as you get used to new construction zones and paths of travel at the station. Trains might arrive and depart
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Great news for SST. Just hope Winthrop Centre picks up soon without any reduction in height.
 
stick n move said:
Winthrop ctr is not dead theyre waiting on approval of the reduction to the residential component. Unless you can quote a source that says otherwise, lets refrain from stating things as fact, which are not. A whole host of things COULD happen, but they have not yet. We just have to wait and see.
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BPDA already approved the reduction in residential here, Millennium must be trying to line up financing now, hope they get it done!
 
stick n move said:
So thats where it stands, it is not dead.
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Winthrop Square definitely won't die, but it might go into a coma for a (long) while if it can't secure funding soon.

Anybody know when we can expect Raffles to get out of the ground? I have walked by the site a couple times but it's tough to tell what's going on.
 
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