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The development with 800 apartments in the city’s Upper Falls area was seen as a bellwether of the public’s appetite for housing construction in the Boston region.
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.
The week’s other big development news includes a Somerville life sciences building, the rollout of Fenway Center, and, yes, another big going-on in Newton.
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.
Developers have scaled back plans for a multi-building project next to the Green Line’s Riverside stop amid opposition to its scale. Proponents say it’s just what the region needs.
The house has been added to, indeed, and the 1,808-square-foot result includes three bedrooms and two full bathrooms—and plenty of tiles and bright walls.
The house—which the work of the late M.I.T.-trained architect Royal Barry Wills inspired—includes the potential for four bedrooms. There are three full bathrooms as well as a two-car garage.
The 4,345-square-foot house—the bones of which date from 1874—also boasts five and a half bathrooms and plenty of built-in shelving as well as space for touches such as a nursery or an office.
The 11-room house, the bones of which date from 1895, has that scope going for it, which includes an eat-in kitchen, vaulted ceilings, and the potential for five bedrooms. There are also touches such as stained and leaded glass and a large back deck.