development
News Notes – February 25
Fenway development would add new street By Sara Brown, Town Correspondent – February 24, 2011 Plans to add two mixed-use buildings to an ever-expanding part of the Fenway are moving forward, with neighborhood residents saying they are largely in favor of the proposal, despite some concerns about parking and housing. Boston developer Samuels & Associates [...]
News Notes – February 15
How’s Obama doing so far? Greg St.Martin/news@Northeastern – February 15, 2011 In his first term, President Obama has faced an array of challenges — from high unemployment and his controversial health care bill, to foreign policy issues involving countries such as China and Egypt. Critical topics such as these were the crux of an engaging [...]
Berklee Task Force Meeting – Feb 7
If you are concerned about the buildings that Berklee College of Music is proposing to erect on Mass. Ave., you will want to know about these meetings – ed. The Berklee Task Force will meet Monday, February 7, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Orientation Room at the Boston Public Library’s Copley branch. Enter the original [...]
News Notes – January 3
Colleges passing out work – Donations, rivalries, endowment growth fuel building boom By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – January 3, 2011 While the economic downturn has stalled commercial projects in Boston, many of the city’s colleges and universities are moving forward with expansion plans. “Schools have a definite advantage over private developers in this economy,” said [...]
News Notes – December 21
Developer Samuels files $250M Fenway building plan By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – December 20, 2010 Steven Samuels has filed his latest plan to complete the transformation of Boylston Street, behind Fenway Park. The Boston developer, who has won praise from Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the neighborhood for Trilogy and 1330 Boylston, is planning a [...]
News Notes – December 15
Building a reputation – Wentworth reveals 10-year plan to expand campus, raise profile By Casey Ross – Globe Staff / December 15, 2010 The Wentworth Institute of Technology is plotting a decade-long expansion of its campus along Huntington Avenue in Boston that will result in construction of hundreds of dorm rooms, a student recreation facility, [...]
New Dorm Building Would Put a firm Berklee Stamp on Mass Ave Streetscape
by Stephen Brophy Berklee College of Music announced plans for a new building on Mass Ave at a November 29 meeting of the Berklee Task Force. The task force comprises Fenway/Back Bay residents, elected officials, and Berklee administrators assembled by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to work out details of the school’s institutional master plan. The [...]
Showing Rare Unity, FCA and FCDC Join to Dispute Findings on Church’s Expansion
A citizen advisory committee (CAC) convened by the City of Boston met for nearly two years to review plans by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to redevelop part of its landmark plaza. The Church has proposed building as much as 900,000 square feet of mixed-use and office space on its campus—which stretches from Symphony [...]
News Notes – December 1
Berklee retunes plans for dorms By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – December 1, 2010 Berklee College of Music is moving ahead with plans for a 16-story, mixed-use building at 168 Massachusetts Ave. that would house a 350-student dorm, increasing the school’s on-campus housing capacity to 1,200. The school hopes to start construction on the $65 million, [...]
Berklee Announces Plans for New Building on Mass Ave
Berklee College of Music announces development plans for one of its latest real estate acquisitions, 168 Massachusetts Avenue. The college purchased the 13,355-square-foot parcel from the First Church of Christ, Scientist in 2009 for $6.25 million. The property is adjacent to the college’s largest collection of buildings that includes most of its dorm and classroom spaces and the Berklee Performance Center. [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
