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Back Bay hotel on Stanhope Street would rise to 240 feet
A pair of developers—including one well-known for building Club Quarters hotels—has proposed a 300-room inn on the site of the Red Lantern restaurant.
4 Boston parking lots slated for redevelopment
Lots in Back Bay, Bay Village, Dorchester, and Fort Point underscore a wider trend in changes in how Bostonians and out-of-towners get around.
Here’s what you need to know about Boston-area development this week
Critical Mass. is a weekly roundup of the region’s most notable development news. This week’s includes a hotel near Fenway Park, a new dorm for Suffolk University, and the end of the line for a Mass. Pike air rights project.
Boston Marathon bombing memorial installation wrapping
Stones commemorating three victims of the 2013 terrorist attack will mark the end of a months-long process.
Developer nixes plans for 484-foot tower over Mass. Pike
The condo spire’s demise comes as another nearby air rights project over the busy interstate advances. It would be the first such development since the early 1980s.
Charles River Esplanade’s newest public art features transformed pumphouses
Three murals now cover the oft-vandalized structures, thanks to state and private funding.
What $950,000 buys around Boston now
These newer listings include a single-family in South Boston and condos in Allston and Back Bay.
The evolution of Boston’s retail space
The way we use storefronts and malls is changing. Here’s how.
What $900,000 buys around Boston now
These newer listings include a single-family in South Boston and condos in Allston and Back Bay.
Downtown Boston’s luxury condo market pulls further away
The average sales price for the market was up nearly 23 percent year over year in the spring, while the median jumped 21 percent.
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Boston’s immigrant past in 8 sites, mapped
These reminders include buildings, statues, and a famous Boston alleyway.
Commonwealth Avenue duplex in McKim Mead & White-designed mansion on sale for $10.5M
The colorful affair includes 11 rooms, seven fireplaces, and one elliptical staircase.
What $600,000 buys around Boston now
These newer listings include houses in Eastie and Rozzie as well as condos in Back Bay and Fort Point.
Back Bay penthouse in converted apartment building trades for $14.3M
The unit in the new Lydon includes four bedrooms and four full baths as well as a deck.
Beacon Street penthouse with two private decks drops for just under $11M
The Back Bay spread includes four bedrooms and three fireplaces—and two parking spots. Worth $3,000-plus a square foot?
Newbury Street parking lot fetches $40M ahead of likely redevelopment
The Back Bay deal underscores the ongoing changes in parking in downtown Boston.
What $10,000 a month rents around Boston now
These newer listings in Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Charlestown, and elsewhere offer lots of space and amenities.
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The Boston waterfront’s 10 best attractions, mapped
The city’s aquatic edge teems with stuff to do, particularly when the weather’s warm. Here are 10 attractions to check out, including museums, one long park, and a very old ship.
Back Bay’s 6 must-visit sites
These include two famous churches, a monumental library, and a perch 52 floors above Boston.
Rare Back Bay maisonette with nine fireplaces asking nearly $8M
The four-level spread is actually two units on sale together and includes all sorts of special touches.
Wayfair walkout draws at least several hundred to Boston’s Copley Square
Employees staged the June 26 gesture to protest the company servicing a contractor that manages migrant camps along the Southern border.
What $950,000 buys around Boston now
These newer condo listings are located in Back Bay, Southie, Jamaica Plain, Brighton, and elsewhere around Boston.
The Wing Boston opens in Back Bay with design inspired by women’s colleges
The women-focused co-working space at 699 Boylston Street includes a seasonal terrace, a lending library, and a cafe.
Beacon Street co-op with five fireplaces and a roof deck drops for $6.4M
The stately Back Bay spread, which also comes with three bedrooms, is but the latest in a run of luxury listings in a crowded Boston market.
Restored Back Bay penthouse duplex on sale for $3.25M
The Marlborough Street spread includes a 525-square-foot roof deck.
Back Bay penthouse with an art gallery, a massage room, and a ‘canine area’ on sale for $28M
The 15th-floor Mandarin Oriental spread also includes several private terraces.
What $3,000 a month rents around Boston now
Our latest Curbed Comparisons tracks newer listings in Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Dorchester, Charlestown, and elsewhere.
Here’s where the Boston luxury market’s hundreds of closings are coming from in 2019
One Dalton, Pierce Boston, Pier 4, and EchelonSeaport are wrapping up deals or have recently done so—often for prices rarely seen in the city.
Back Bay condo with 11 rooms, seven fireplaces drops for $10.5 million
The spread overlooking the Commonwealth Avenue Mall includes a 900-square-foot deck and two garaged parking spaces.
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7 Boston-area spray parks near T stops, mapped
It’s one of the more reliable ways to cool off the kiddies: A spray park and/or wading pool. Some are easier to get to than others, though.
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8 Back Bay open houses this weekend near the Charles River Bike Path
Each is under $1 million, too.
What $1 million buys around Boston now
Our latest Curbed Comparisons tackles listings in Charlestown, Dorchester, Back Bay, South Boston, and elsewhere.
Back Bay brownstones offer pair of condos blocks apart
The two two-bedrooms along Commonwealth Avenue are listed separately, each within a classic feature of the Boston neighborhood.
There’s a new way to skip the security lines at Logan
Hint: Take the Logan Express bus from Back Bay Station. It’s part of an effort to reduce traffic congestion at New England’s busiest airport.
Tweaked Back Bay townhouse with 16 rooms, one loggia on sale for $600,000 off now
The eight-fireplace spread includes six elevator-connected floors of living space.
What $3,500 a month rents around Boston now
Curbed Comparisons is a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount in the Boston area.
Boston’s 10 most Instagrammable locations this spring
Here are the 10 sites where you can best capture America’s oldest major city in full bloom.
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7 Back Bay open houses this weekend for under $2M
Selections range from condos in a Frank Gehry-designed building to units in classic Back Bay brownstones.
Big changes for three downtown Boston hotels
Taj Boston, the Langham, and the W Boston have had or are having major work done to modernize and rebrand them.