South End Infill and Small Developments

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http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2013/06/looking_up_in_the_south_end
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It would be great if Washington Street was allowed to be a little wider here, just a little, please. Any loss in site could be made up with an increase in allowed FAR. If Washington Street was ever to get light rail, this chokepoint could be made a little less choky.

An easement along Washington for transit for this site, the phone company to the north, and the supermarket site would increase traffic flow and the potential for ease of LR here.

Just a thought.
 
Re: Chevron on Tremont

I thought quality work like this was practically illegal now?
 
Chevron looks GREAT in person.

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Oh, the delightful Chevron building where the lot is so narrow that the truck carrying those pieces of stones has to go back and forth at least 30 times a minute ... and of course each time it goes backwards the truck makes that beep-beep sound. FROM 7AM to 3PM, EVERY FUCKING DAY.

On a separate note, what do you think they will do to those pieces of stone that look like chevrons - sand them so they look like one piece instead of two?
 
Not sure if this deserves its own thread so I'm dumping it here and will let others decide (news about this project was formerly posted here).

80 East Berkeley Street

PNF (with renderings) available at: http://www.bostonredevelopmentautho... Project/East Berkeley Street Project_PNF.pdf

Located in Boston’s South End, the 80 East Berkeley Street Project (the “Project”) proposed by The Druker Company, Ltd. (the “Proponent”) is one of the first new office buildings proposed in the City since the 2008 recession, a sign of the Proponent’s confidence in the region’s growing economy. The Project is a direct outgrowth of the Harrison Albany Corridor Strategic Plan (dated June 2012 and codified in recent amendments to Article 64 of the Code) and the more than two-and-a-half years of planning effort for the Corridor. The Project will complement the existing South End residential neighborhood and the approximately 1,500 units of housing either currently under construction or being proposed in nearby developments, such as Ink Block, 275 Albany Street, and 345 Harrison Avenue. An approximately 308,000 square foot, 11-story mixed-use building, the Project will include approximately 290,000 square feet (sf) of contemporary office space and approximately 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and/or restaurant space.

The Project will replace an existing surface parking lot and auto repair shop with a modern, architecturally distinctive 11-story mixed-use building and provide urban design, streetscape and pedestrian improvements, environmental and economic benefits. The existing surface parking will be replaced below grade, and the local street grid will be enhanced by a new landscaped accessway and view corridor running parallel to East Berkeley Street along the northern edge of the building and connecting Shawmut Avenue to Washington Street. The Project aims to create streets and accesways that become great public spaces and sustainable transportation networks. As a Transit-Oriented-Development (TOD), the Project will transform an underutilized parcel located near public transportation directly adjacent to the Silver Line, nearby Orange Line and Red Line, and several bus routes into a vibrant office and retail and/or restaurant development, will demonstrate environmental stewardship and the value that the Proponent places on sustainable design, and will provide important economic benefits to the City, including almost $2,000,000 in linkage payments, approximately $2,000,000 per year in increased tax revenues, and approximately 880 permanent jobs. In compliance with Article 37 of the Boston Zoning Code, the Project includes state-of-the-art sustainable design features. The Project will be certifiable under the U.S. Green Building Council (“USGBC”) Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System at the Silver level. The Proponent anticipates that the proposed mix of uses will further a creative economy and enliven the neighborhood, adding street level activity during the day and into the evening reinforcing the 18/7 nature of the area
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Wow! 18,000 sq ft of ground floor retail space, very nice.
 
Well I sure am glad it will be architecturally distinctive!
 
Get a little grime on that lime and it'll be perfect.
 
It's funny, I remember reading that some people were shocked that the developers of 15 Central Park West decided to go for a limestone facade over something cheaper and commonly-used.

They responded by saying it cost X dollars more, but they were able to charge Y dollars over the market rate per square foot just because of the exterior. It also gave them an incredible marketing hook. In the end, it was a no-brainer.
 
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