Development over Massachusetts Turnpike would add two buildings

In yet another proposal to build over the Massachusetts Turnpike, developer Samuels & Associates is pitching the idea for two new buildings where the artery runs between Newbury and Boylston streets in Back Bay.

According to initial plans filed on May 17, the developer—best-known for its work in Fenway—would construct a 237-foot office tower along Boylston and a 150-foot building along Newbury for either housing or hotel rooms.

The buildings would crown a two-story podium of retail and open space along Mass. Ave., including a reopened pedestrian tunnel to the Green Line’s Hynes Convention Center stop that is now closed.

Of course, building over and around the Pike is not the easiest nor cheapest thing to do. Though Samuels & Associates has expressed confidence that it can, in fact, do so. It would join a litany of developers in at least trying.

The project still needs requisite green lights from the city. Stay tuned.

• Another developer wants to build over the Mass. Pike [Globe]
• Big projects planned for above the Massachusetts Turnpike [Curbed Boston]
• Pierce Boston’s 109 condos mostly sold as leasing starts on apartment component [Curbed Boston]
• Back Bay’s 1000 Boylston Street could start construction in 2018 [Curbed Boston]