Looking for breaks in Cambridge, Somerville, Boston proper, and elsewhere? We have intel on applying for subsidized and set-aside units in one of the most expensive housing markets in the U.S.
Other big development news of the week includes Boston’s hotel-building boom, a new office building in Kendall Square, and a prime parcel up for grabs in the South End.
Instead, older empty-nesters and roommates cluster in condos and apartments with three bedrooms and up—the sort perfect for families with kids—a new report says.
By mid-2018, there were a handful of bike-share options in the Boston area and maybe more on the way. As of early 2020, there’s really only one. Here are the details.
Boston and Cambridge were the two priciest municipalities to rent at the start of October, a Zumper report said. No surprise there. But what’s with the steep jumps in Revere and Everett?
Critical Mass. is a roundup of the most notable development news in the Boston area. This week, it tackles projects and movement in Dorchester, East Boston, Watertown, and elsewhere.
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?
California-based LimeBike has added the pedal-assist vehicles to its fleets in Medford, Melrose, Milton, Needham, Revere, and Waltham. They’re already in Bedford, Belmont, Chelsea, Everett, and Winthrop.
The e-commerce giant has said it wants to build to 8 million square feet for 50,000 employees. Here are the six likeliest spots it could do that in the Boston area.
Suffolk Downs’ owner has proposed a general redevelopment plan with two paths. Both paths include 16.5 million square feet of new space, but one imagines the e-commerce giant as anchor.
If the e-commerce giant does plunk its second headquarters in Boston, then it is likely to do so at the old Suffolk Downs racetrack in the Eastie-Revere borderlands.
If Amazon comes to Boston—and the chances are good—the e-commerce giant will likely plunk its headquarters at the old Suffolk Downs race track in the East Boston-Revere borderlands.
Workers are demolishing the facilities of the 38-acre ex-dog-racing palace and its owner wants to sell. Will Amazon plunk an HQ there? Or will housing and retail sprout like at nearby Suffolk Downs?
Development is hopping along the Blue Line. Who knows, the route may one day host tens of thousand of Amazon employees trundling to and fro their new headquarters?
Home prices vary widely in the Boston neighbor, depending on location. Are they hefty enough to warrant a major new development near the Blue Line’s Wonderland stop? Stay tuned.
A pair of firms has purchased the 50-acre expanse for more than $54 million. It’s near the Blue Line’s Wonderland stop and the old Wonderland racetrack. And! Necco itself isn’t sure it’ll stick around past August 2018.
The 161-acre racetrack in the East Boston-Revere borderlands could become the site of one of the largest developments in the region’s recent history. It’s anyone’s guess right now, though, what that development would include.
The average price of a Revere condo is $307 a square foot, according to an analysis of market-rate listings. That makes the city of 54,000 comparable to other condo markets north of Boston and cheaper than the market for Revere houses.
The average asking price of a Revere house at the end of July was $224 a square foot, according to a new analysis of market-rate listings. That relatively low average, however, belies some of the city’s more expensive listings.