I wonder what bank/cell phone store will go there?
That place sucked...
Unbelievably sad news today. Forum has been rent-gouged out of their location on Boylston. The landlord TRIPLED their rent. Who the hell would rent-gouge a business that was destroyed (and re-built) in the Marathon Bombing?!
While tripling may seem like a lot (and it is), it's important to remember that commercial leases can often be 10+ years. If Boston Nightlife Ventures had a 10 year lease, a tripling corresponds to an 11% increase per year over the course of the lease. That seems to be in line with the market these days.
That being said I have no idea how long BNV's lease was, so this could be a moot point.
Davem, Why is this in New Retail - is this converting from garage to something else?
There are (were) pictures in the office of when the building went up, always a garage. As a bit of history, this end of Newbury was mostly carriage houses and stables, not residential like the rest of the back bay. So a garage built in the early auto era made sense here.Does anyone know the history of that building? It's really peculiar... Was it always a garage?
341 Newbury Street in Back Bay Boston, MA (Spring 2015)