WBZ-TV/CBS Studio Development Project | 1170-2000 Soldiers Field Road | Allston

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01...gs-all-over-town-won-bpda-approval-this-week/
 

Construction to Begin for New WBZ Studio in Allston​

12/18/23

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“A permit valued at $39,906,689 has been issued to begin work on the upcoming WBZ-TV studio along Soldiers Field Road in Allston. The 63,000-square-foot studio will include state-of-the-art studio, production and office space to replace WBZ’s building, which opened in 1948. Once construction of the new studio is complete the older building will be demolished to open a large piece of land for a mixed-use project set to include a mix of residential and life science space.”

https://www.bldup.com/posts/construction-to-begin-for-new-wbz-studio-in-allston
 
83 Leo Property Owner LLC closed on its purchase of the studio/office building at 83 Leo M. Birmingham Parkway in Boston for $11,120,000 today. Published reports say the new owner will spend another $7 million when zoning approvals are granted or Audacy vacates the property.

"Audacy will enter into a $40,000 per month lease with 3% annual increase for two years with an option for an additional 90 days. The property was built as the studios of WSBK-TV 38, which then became the home of CBS Radio and later Audacy Boston."

 
what is the address/location of the EEI tower site that also sold?

there will be a thread for 83 leo before end of spring...
 
I really, really, really wish Boston could at least attempt to encourage having smaller building footprints in areas where major redevelopment is possible. The sizes here aren’t the worst, but still have the potential to exert an imposing presence that overwhelms the street experience and could produce a decidedly anti-urbanistic feel.
 
I really, really, really wish Boston could at least attempt to encourage having smaller building footprints in areas where major redevelopment is possible. The sizes here aren’t the worst, but still have the potential to exert an imposing presence that overwhelms the street experience and could produce a decidedly anti-urbanistic feel.
The city actually encourages developers to build as wide as humanly possible and then makes them hilariously “break up the massing” through facade colors, as if that fools anyone.
 
The city actually encourages developers to build as wide as humanly possible and then makes them hilariously “break up the massing” through facade colors, as if that fools anyone.
We live in an era where only the image of something matters. As long as the keywords are there, the substance matters not.
 
I really, really, really wish Boston could at least attempt to encourage having smaller building footprints in areas where major redevelopment is possible. The sizes here aren’t the worst, but still have the potential to exert an imposing presence that overwhelms the street experience and could produce a decidedly anti-urbanistic feel.
This type of superblock development is happening all too much in Everett as well as Boston, as discussed elsewhere on aB. The need for a street grid is important for creating or reinforcing an urban neighborhood. Instead we have these superblock landscrapers sprawling on the urban fabric.
 

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