For real estate shoppers looking to buy, FP3 Condominiums, developed by Berkeley Investments, still has some available units going for $400,000 to $2 million. Located directly above Barbara Lynch?s restaurants Sportello and Menton and her latest bar, Drink, residents will never go hungry.
http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1330874
As a related aside, MLB took control of McCourt's LA Dodgers today, and will now run the team.
Only in Hollywood would a Boston parking lot magnate be in this situation.
Designs for Seaport complex buildings due this fall
?We find ourselves in the position of rolling out a substantial amount of activity at Seaport Square to begin satisfying the various components that will make up and enhance the innovation district,?? Hynes said in a statement.
His comments came as Boston?s mayor, Thomas M. Menino, announced new initiatives to attract more venture capital-backed firms to the waterfront and to encourage them to develop buildings that can accommodate solar power.
The mayor did not identify any specific incentives to attract venture-backed firms, but his administration recently used a $12 million property tax break to help bring Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. to the Fan Pier development, across from Seaport Square.
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Oh, and I'm getting increasingly pissed off about the lack of attention the press is playing to this whole Vertex thing.
"The mayor did not identify any specific incentives ... but his administration recently used a $12 million property tax break to help bring Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. to the Fan Pier development ..."
They should always make clear that Vertex is not the one getting the break, it's Joe Fallon & The Fallon Company, right? They are the developer & Vertex is only leasing.
I was thinking about your comment about "leaving this corrupt state" while running this afternoon. Where would it be any different? If you plan on living in an urban center, what would be better? Manhattan? Chicago? San Francisco? All have their weaknesses. At least here, with our strong mayor system, things can get "done". I think the wrong guy's in charge, but at least things get pushed through. I don't know about other cities, though. It seems things move at glacial speed in San Francisco (meaning, slow) and Chicago of course is notorious for back-room deals. I think Bloomberg did great for two terms, but he has only himself to blame for staying long past his expiration date. There is plenty of anti-growth sentiment in NYC, too, right? Maybe it's large enough that no one person can control the city like we have here in Boston, maybe.
I live in Boston because I grew up here and most people end up staying close to where they grew up. I would be wary of moving to another state because I like the liberal craziness of our state, even though I don't always agree with it.
In Boston, anyone can stick out and make a name for himself/herself, in business, the arts, politics, or anything. It's small enough. If I lived in NYC, I'd be one small stone in a quarry. (Can't think of an analogy.) Here, I write one single online newspaper column and I get a city councilor's skirt all up in a bunch! That wouldn't be possible, elsewhere.
Boston is a great city but it's not because of the Mayor or the local political hacks. I really believe with the Colleges & Hospitals this city offers it should be one of the BEST in the world. I constantly say this because it is true. Colleges are almost depression proof especially when you have MIT & Harvard the brightest students around the world in Cambridge which the schools have also been in expansion mode for the last 20 years.
Good question about moving to another city, forget moving to another city like you said maybe to another country. Politics in general are very corrupt in every city. I believe Menino is as corrupt as they come. No man or women in this country should serve more than 3 or 4 terms in any office. This country needs term-limits like the presidency. America has become very unbalanced. But I'm not going to get into this because this is the BostonDevelopment Board.
Boston Development has missed alot of great opportunties and at this point is heavly dependent on the colleges expanding because of the costs of doing business around here for startups and small business's.
Small business's actually build the character of a city IMHO not corporations.
Just look at how Somerville/Cambridge have evolved with Tufts, Harvard, all the cool small Mom/Pop restaurants from other countries / mixed with the best biotech corporations in the world. It's AWESOME in Davis, Union, Kendall, Harvard (Little too corporate now with a bank on every corner) But overall this is the best place to go walking in MASS in my opinion for the best vibe.
I would say that the biggest disappointments since America has had the biggest trillion dollar real estate boom in History is the city of BOSTON progress.
Negative development areas
North Station (Just doesn't feel like the old Boston)
Kenmore (Ditto)
Seaport/Fan Pier (should be Boston sports mecca area with Cubs neighborhood feel)
Columbus Ave (absolute Disgrace)
The Greenway (Poor Planning)
Downtown (looks like a warzone)
South Station/Tommy's Tower (can we get a 800FT building in the city)
The skyline looks very old and decreped
Chinatown (I actually miss the old 70's and 80's crazy place)
Postive Areas
North END (it still has the local shops but not the locals)
Backbay (always beautiful to walk through)
Boston Common/Fan Hall (Boston at it's Best)
South End (has cleaned up thanks to Northeastern)
Theater District (improving)
Keith you would have been famous pretty much anywhere but LA. I'm sure their are places in this country you would love and others you would hate. Boston is a unique place. I just would love to see some change in the politics in this city and watch the brightest minds help the city grow in a postive way. Plus I know Menino and Fallon are both laughing at the system all the way to the bank.
Just my opinion