Market Central is a new three-unit complex off the Red Line and teeming with lifestyle-specific amenities, including free Bluebikes memberships for tenants.
Other big development news of the week includes another major project in Allston as well as ones in Somerville and Cambridge—and the top neighborhoods of the 2010s.
Critical Mass. is a weekly roundup of the most notable development news in the Boston area. This busy go-round includes goings on in the South End, West Newton, and Alewife.
Our Critical Mass. roundup tackles new housing in Eastie, Cambridge, and downtown Boston among other big projects. And what’s with all the vacant buildings?
Curbed Comparisons is a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out!
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today, the magic number is $3,500 a month in Cambridge.
Cambridge seized the long-vacant property through eminent domain in late 2016, and wants to convert it to affordable units amid an epic housing crisis.
The battle over the EMF Building at 120 Brookline Street has taken a turn as musicians displaced from the property and their supporters vow a protest of a June 16 event in nearby Harvard Square.
The e-commerce giant has been seeking a certificate of occupancy for the vacant space at One Central Square since January. But Cambridge inspectors have decided that the company needs a special permit to open.
The region’s building boom includes hotels. And some of these planned projects are more portentous than others, whether because of their locations or the complexes they will be a part of—or both.
There’s a lot going up in and around Boston as 2018 chugs along. Here’s a map of major developments to watch during the next 12 months. Consider it an explainer for the scaffolding and cones you’ll encounter.
Construction has started on the three-building project, which will include 306 apartments. One of those buildings will run to 19 stories and 195 feet, placing it among the tallest in Cambridge.
The 283-unit complex, one of the city’s biggest new developments, is expected to open now in late 2019. It will include a building stretching to an un-Cambridge-like 195 feet.
A lawsuit has halted development of Mass + Main, one of Cambridge’s biggest new developments. The Massasoit Elks Lodge at 55 Bishop Allen Drive has sued the city over the project’s potential impact on neighbors.
Cambridge’s Planning Board has unanimously signed off on a 285-unit apartment development called Mass+Main. It is one of the biggest new developments in Cambridge.
Central Square’s Mass + Main has upped its tally of apartments by 12 percent. Still, it could be another three years before the complex is move-in ready. That’s an eternity in a city with a cartoonishly low housing supply.