Quincy Center
The 169-unit West of Chestnut apartment complex held its official opening in mid-October. The milestone came as lead developer Gate Residential announced that 70 percent of the apartments had already been leased.
West of Chestnut is supposed to be just the beginning of a transformative development in Quincy Center that could add hundreds more apartments and thousands of square feet of retail—all conveniently located near a Red Line stop.
As the Globe asked in February, “Is it (finally) Quincy Center’s time to shine?” We’ll see.
Upper Dorchester
The northern reaches of Boston’s largest neighborhood by area had a particularly busy 2016. First, major developments moved forward, including the 362-unit and possibly 10-building Dot Block and the 475-unit, 10-acre expansion of the South Bay center (including a 130-room hotel).
Then there were any number of big-time residential sales in Savin Hill, Fields Corner, Jones Hill, Meeting House Hill, and Uphams Corner (a.k.a. Upper Dorchester, for lack of a better moniker)—all of them involving achingly gorgeous properties.
- Quincy’s West of Chestnut apartment complex to officially open [Curbed Boston]
- Downtown Quincy Project Praying to the Gentrification Gods [Curbed Boston]
- 10 projects set to transform Boston [Curbed Boston]
- Gorgeous Grampian Way colonial back on the market with a huge price-chop [Curbed Boston]