The St Regis Residences (former Whiskey Priest site) | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport

The more glass goes up the more there's a VERY strong verticality to this one. Those angles grab your eyes and almost hyper-aggressively force them to look up, and that makes this a complete rarity among Boston's towers 💪
 
kz1000ps said:
The more glass goes up the more there's a VERY strong verticality to this one. Those angles grab your eyes and almost hyper-aggressively force them to look up, and that makes this a complete rarity among Boston's towers 💪
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This is another example of the tower looking much better than the rendering. It's a very impressive addition to the seaport. Kudos to Beeline for the recent pics as well.
 
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So, I see they're already marketing these units with a dedicated website. Let's say they get a trickle of buyers to commit this spring/summer, such that closings take place this summer/fall.

A traditional 30-yr-mortgage takes you out to mid-2052. At which point, conditions in the Seaport will at best be much, much soggier, and at worst...

So you're talking about a whole building filled with literal stranded assets by then, sadly, if *business as usual* continues.

Point being: how are the banks factoring that in these days, in terms of risk-modeling/catastrophe insurance, etc., as it relates to writing a 30-yr-mortgage at *ground zero*?

Or, maybe that's not an issue at this property so much because overwhelmingly the clientele will be all-cash-buyers, no mortgages--the proverbial petrostate oligarchs who have embraced our urban residential market with such zest and gusto?

merely curious, and not trying to be a doom-and-gloomer--but the waters will rise.
 
This building feels like it really needed an extra 100 feet or so to make the statement it wanted to make, instead it feels like the top part has been lopped off. In a perfect world this is probably where the Cook Lobster Co tower is maybe someday eventually going to be and gone a little higher so it felt complete.
 
shmessy said:
It’s good, but State Street HQ pulls the trick off better.
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Agree; St. Regis is spectacularly flashy on one side, the other sides, not so much. Best seen when heading westbound on Seaport Boulevard. Eastbound on Seaport Boulevard? Pass it by without noticing.
 
stellarfun said:
Agree; St. Regis is spectacularly flashy on one side, the other sides, not so much. Best seen when heading westbound on Seaport Boulevard. Eastbound on Seaport Boulevard? Pass it by without noticing.
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I think the sheer size of State Street probably gives it an edge, but it's got a couple of not so flattering side views too. I agree it's a spectacular design though!
 
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