Tag: mixeduse
Industrial Placemaking Done Right – What You Need to Know
by Mike Kunz Not too long ago, buying goods and services online was once considered “the future.” Whereas today, having something delivered to your doorstep within hours of ordering it has become the norm. As ecommerce continues to change the way we buy goods and services, it is also having a major impact on industrial […]
Live-Work Spaces: Urban Incubators for Communities
by Philip Norton Loheed As the process of cultural change continues into the 21st century, the role of innovation and creativity, combined with scientific inquiry, has particular importance. Exponential population growth has made humanity a force of nature that is having profound effects on the planet and its lifestyles. Urban incubator programs catalyze creativity, new […]
BPDA Approves Allston Square Project
Boston – City Realty, a real estate development company serving the Greater Boston area, announced the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) approval for the Allston Square redevelopment project that will transform a vacant and underutilized stretch of industrial warehouses and parking lots into a vibrant town square of housing, retail, public art and open […]
BPDA Approves Development Projects for November
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board of directors approved development projects in neighborhoods across the city of Boston, which will result in new market-rate and income-restricted residential units, economic development, and jobs. Overall, the new development projects approved in November will create an additional 593 residential units, including 253 income-restricted units, […]
Dacon Projects Win Awards
Natick, MA – Dacon Corporation received two Metl-Span awards for recently completed suburban projects. Building of the Year was awarded to 54 Middlesex Turnpike in Bedford for its dramatic transformation of a 30-year-old, 46,800sf office building at the junction of Routes 3 and 95. Lying within a clustered business district of high technology and life […]
WinnCo Unveils Housing Project
Lowell, MA – WinnCompanies has unveiled plans for a $38.3 million residential construction project in the Hamilton Canal Innovation District in Lowell. It includes a collection of 17 parcels master-planned to transform the primary gateway of the city’s downtown. Building on vacant, side-by-side parcels separated by Canal Street, WinnDevelopment will create two five-story buildings with […]
Historic Abbot Buildings to be Restored
Boston – Shawmut Design and Construction, a national construction management firm, announced its work on The Abbot Buildings in Cambridge. Located in the heart of Harvard Square, the rehabilitation includes the restoration of two existing buildings and the construction of a new infill building to create 60,000sf of updated mixed-use space. Shawmut, in partnership with […]
Arsenal Yards Debuts New Public Art
Watertown, MA – Arsenal Yards, Greater Boston’s newest mixed-used development, is installing three large-scale murals at various locations around its property to coincide with the fall 2019 debut of its first round of restaurants and retailers. The mural artworks are currently being created by locally and nationally recognized artists commissioned by co-developers Boylston Properties and […]
Urban Spaces Sells Retail Building
Cambridge, MA – Urban Spaces, a Cambridge-based commercial real estate development company that focuses on mid-sized, transit-oriented projects, has sold its 10,000sf, fully-leased retail building to 12 Jayne Road, LLC for $11.2 million, or $1,120psf. The building, located at 85-95 First Street, was completed in June 2019 with 4,600sf of space pre-leased to specialty pet […]
Salem Condo Complex Breaks Ground
Salem, MA – The joint venture of Urban Spaces and Diamond Sinacori held a groundbreaking ceremony recently for BRIX, a 61-unit, mixed-use condominium development in the heart of downtown Salem. Salem’s first concierge building, it will provide downtown Salem with sophisticated urban residences and 3,000sf of retail/restaurant space. Located at 65 Washington St., BRIX is […]
