ALLSTON—More details on Harvard Business School's development plans in the neighborhood: "Harvard's plan is to replace Burden Hall with 105,100 square feet of new construction across two phases. The first phase would include building an 81,100-square-foot, 1,000-seat auditorium facility [rendered], while the second phase would involve demolishing Burden Hall and replacing it with an up to 24,000-square-foot meeting and classroom building." [Biz Journal]
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THEATER DISTRICT—The revelation caps weeks of speculation: "Emerson College is considering radically transforming the Colonial Theatre, converting the fabled playhouse into a flexible college dining hall/performance space as part of what's being referred to as the Colonial Student Center..." [Globe]