South Boston Infill and Small Developments

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I do not have granite counters or stain-resistant carpet in my townhouse.

Does that make me poor?
 
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I guess the butcher block, marble, and encaustic tile will have to go. HGTV is never wrong!
 
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^^ As I suspected.

Instead of stain resistant carpet, I'm guessing King's Pine.
 
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610 (?) E. Fourth Street. Can't find anything at the BRA's site on this project. No signage or building permits posted.


610 E. Fourth S Boston 5/20
 
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606 East 4th. 14 units, condo's, 2 affordable.
 
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Although I hate some of the big-block projects (H street for example), I like this one. It will help add density to a very desolate and quiet area.

This area is booming in residential development -- to me it seems like it may serve as the core residential area (moving outward through D street) for the SPID as the boundaries between the neighborhoods continue to mend together.
 
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At least a dozen housing projects totaling more than 1,400 units are in the pipeline along First Street.
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Wow! I somehow managed to miss that bit of great news.
 
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ParkerChris said:
Although I hate some of the big-block projects (H street for example), I like this one. It will help add density to a very desolate and quiet area.

This area is booming in residential development -- to me it seems like it may serve as the core residential area (moving outward through D street) for the SPID as the boundaries between the neighborhoods continue to mend together.
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Wonder what will end up happening with the Pappas wasteland between First and Summer east of D Street? You'd think that being along the channel would make this area prime for residential development too?
 
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Shepard said:
Wonder what will end up happening with the Pappas wasteland between First and Summer east of D Street? You'd think that being along the channel would make this area prime for residential development too?
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Along the reserve channel? I think this area is still zoned industrial.. I believe it was the proposed location for the USPS move (delayed as of now). Pappas does have a huge open lot along west 1st that could be residential though.
 
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With all of this crazy development under way, I hope the MBTA adjusts their service on the 9, and 11 routes. Or even adds in more service. It can be brutal in the morning getting a bus.
 
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mass88 said:
With all of this crazy development under way, I hope the MBTA adjusts their service on the 9, and 11 routes. Or even adds in more service. It can be brutal in the morning getting a bus.
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The development in this area is walkable to Broadway as well as the SPID, which is why I see this as being marketed to people who work there.

I doubt they will expand any MBTA Bus lines with all the debt they are currently facing. Better chance that they will reduce it.
 
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Eleven W. Broadway today. The steel is going up quickly. They are up to the 4th floor level on the south side of the site.


Eleven W. Broadway 5/31/12
 
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Smartiro said:
Here's something to make Rifleman even less happy :(

State Street's waterfront office building.

http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/2012/06/11/state-street-waterfront-office/kkRZELLYrUd4ZLfwzbVYHO/story.html?cp=1&p1=News_links&pg=1&t=150
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Depressing isn't it......Its a very ugly process.
#1 The taxpayers bailout the bankers
#2 Then the bankers continue to support these elected hacks with our taxmoney
#3 Then our elected officials give more taxbreaks to these same companies to keep the sheep working so they don't revolt
What a vicious process our society has become.
(The reality is the harder you work at the cost of living continues to rise your only working for half your money because your bailing out Failure because of these political hacks)

The Renderings also suck.
Like I said the Innovation District should be rebranded to the Taxpayers district.

The Mayor & the BRA are using all its power to stir all the businesses away from the Financial district with Taxpayers handouts.......Then they entact BID TAX for the Downtown Businesses. Somebody really needs to call out these Assholes on this. How do you create new taxes in other parts of the city but hand out tax benefits to billion dollar corporations.
 
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TheRifleman said:
Depressing isn't it......Its a very ugly process.
#1 The taxpayers bailout the bankers
#2 Then the bankers continue to support these elected hacks with our taxmoney
#3 Then our elected officials give more taxbreaks to these same companies to keep the sheep working so they don't revolt
What a vicious process our society has become.
(The reality is the harder you work at the cost of living continues to rise your only working for half your money because your bailing out Failure because of these political hacks)

The Renderings also suck.
Like I said the Innovation District should be rebranded to the Taxpayers district.

The Mayor & the BRA are using all its power to stir all the businesses away from the Financial district with Taxpayers handouts.......Then they entact BID TAX for the Downtown Businesses. Somebody really needs to call out these Assholes on this. How do you create new taxes in other parts of the city but hand out tax benefits to billion dollar corporations.
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Riff -- put down the firearm and step back from the firing line -- you are firing at random again

Da Mayah said that State Street has numerous back-office leases coming due in Boston and apparently like Liberty Mutual -- these could flee from the city limits --so to keep the jobs in Boston city proper -- they have been enticed to locate in a large floorplate building just accross the FPC from their HQ.

Note also today that State Street is reputed to be buying Goldman's Hedge Fund maintenance business -- these workers presumably are now working in NJ (where Goldman's back office ops are located)
 
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Then why divert State Street with a tax-break to relocate and build in the Innovation District instead of enticing them to continue to service the private commercial buildings in Downtown that are struggling over 20%? Especially now since the downtown business are required to pay their BID payments.

I believe State & Local Govts have over-stepped their boundaries at this point.
 
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TheRifleman said:
Then why divert State Street with a tax-break to relocate and build in the Innovation District instead of enticing them to continue to service the private commercial buildings in Downtown that are struggling over 20%? Especially now since the downtown business are required to pay their BID payments.

I believe State & Local Govts have over-stepped their boundaries at this point.
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Riff - the last statement is true -- however:

I'd rather see a TIF deal with a developer than an employment contract / pension plan allowing a fat-cat public sector union trade (plumber, electrician, cop) empoyee to:
a) rig his/ her (well almost always his) employment to yield a $250,000+ annual wage
b) retire on nearly a full peak earnings rate after far less than the number of years of service needed to collect from a 401-K in the private sector
c) be able to work essentially on "company-time" as an advocate of positions against the interest of the company -- i.e. supporting candidates who work to fleece the public

Clean-up that mess and then we can talk about the ethics of TIF for a development project
 
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We can disagree on the power and place of unions, and i don't want to get into anything with you and riff, but lets agree that we don't really see many of these

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a fat-cat public sector union trade (plumber, electrician, cop) empoyee
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