Tag: mixed-use
Just-A-Start Launches New Plans
Cambridge, MA – Just-A-Start, a community development corporation, launched plans recently for Rindge Commons, its new project in Cambridge. This mixed-use development, situated on Just-A-Start’s existing property, will combine a new education and job training center, additional affordable housing, and community resources accessible to the entire neighborhood. The proposed development, adjacent to the Rindge Tower […]
Arsenal Yards Development Well Underway
Watertown, MA – Arsenal Yards is a new $1 million sf, mixed-use development in Watertown. It will include apartments, shops, restaurants, a movie theatre, and a Hampton Inn hotel. Construction began in 2017, and the entire project is expected to be completed by 2021. Developers Boylston Properties and the Wilder Companies are behind this redevelopment and […]
Finegold Alexander to Design New Building
Cambridge, MA – Finegold Alexander Architects has been selected to design and collaborate on the construction of a mixed-use building consisting of a 37-room boutique hotel and commercial space in Cambridge. The firm will design the hotel at 727 Massachusetts Avenue in a building formerly known as the Cambridge Gas Light Building. The building, along […]
Death and Resurrection: The Next Act for Suffering Shopping Centers and Malls
by Anthony Amenta As we continue to write obits for major retailers – among them ToysRUs, Kmart and dozens of others, I think we can officially announce the death of retail, as we know it. Even the most conservative form of retail shopping, grocery, is being challenged by internet buying and home delivery. The silver […]
Callahan Breaks Ground on Marriott
Revere, MA – Callahan Construction Managers has broken ground on the new SpringHill Suites by Marriott at Revere Beach. Callahan was tasked to build the new-construction property scheduled for delivery in May 2021. CR architecture + design served as architect on the project, which is being managed by Upton + Partners. The SpringHill Suites will […]
Official Opening of Treadmark Celebrated
Boston – Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently joined U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, Trinity Financial, other elected officials, and community and business leaders to celebrate the official opening of Treadmark, an 83-unit mixed-income, mixed-use, transit-oriented development located in the heart of Dorchester’s Ashmont Square neighborhood. The building boasts 51 affordable rental units and 32 ownership units […]
The Shed at Cambridge Crossing Tops Off
Boston – The Shed at DivcoWest’s Cambridge Crossing was topped off on June 4. The 43-acre, 4.5 million square foot mixed-use development will consist of 11 acres of open and green space, 2.1 million square feet of state-of-the-art science and technology space, neighborhood retail and 2,400 residential units, alongside 2,500 existing units, all at the […]
Pickard Chilton to Design New Google HQ
Cambridge, MA – Pickard Chilton (PC) has been selected by developer Boston Properties to design a 16-story, 417,000sf office tower at 325 Main Street in Cambridge. PC’s latest project will serve as Google’s new headquarters in the heart of Kendall Square. The technology giant has been retained as a major tenant at the property, […]
Marr on Top of the New Hub
Marr Scaffolding Company was contracted by specialty contractor, The Cheviot Corporation, to provide suspended scaffold platforms for the installation of glass and curtainwall at the new Hub on Causeway, a high-profile, multi-use project under construction in Boston. John Moriarty & Associates is the general contractor for the project. Located on the 2.5 acre site of […]
A&M People on the Move
Woburn, MA – Allen & Major Associates, Inc. (A&M) announced that Aaron Mackey has earned his Professional Engineer designation. He has been with A&M since 2016. Recent projects include the Melnea Hotel and Residences in Roxbury, Cook’s Corner Plaza redevelopment in Brunswick, Maine, and Silver Square mixed-use development in Dover, N.H. Also moving into a […]
