Curbed Boston - Greater Boston's real estate in 2016: Year in reviewLove where you live2016-12-30T15:55:52-05:00http://boston.curbed.com/rss/stream/138928052016-12-30T15:55:52-05:002016-12-30T15:55:52-05:00What are you looking forward to in 2017?
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<p>Sound off</p> <p id="ldafjm">As the last hours of 2016 tick away, we wanted to open the floor to you, dear reader, and discover what you are most looking forward to in the new year in terms of real estate, development, and just general neighborhood change (or stasis).</p>
<p id="K5G8cL">Is it a new project coming online? A particular alteration in transit or in retail? A new restaurant opening up near you? A big move? A big exit?</p>
<p id="z1edbd">Let us know in the comments below! And, if you’re not really looking forward to anything in 2017, remember this: <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/6/13854660/boston-2017-real-estate">It could be worse</a>.</p>
<p id="9AEfDw">Cheers. And thanks for reading the whole year long. </p>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/6/13854660/boston-2017-real-estate">The pessimist’s guide to Greater Boston real estate in 2017</a> [Curbed Boston] </li></ul>
https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/30/14129016/looking-forward-to-2017-boston-real-estateTom Acitelli2016-12-30T15:33:58-05:002016-12-30T15:33:58-05:00Boston’s most talked-about real estate stories of 2016
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<p>According to readers’ comments </p> <p id="mMIeNu">Some Curbed Boston articles caught your attention more than others in 2016. Here are the 10 posts during the past 12 months that drew the most comments from readers. </p>
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<strong>10) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/1/4/10850250/380-harrison-boston"><strong>South End's Transformation Continues With Latest Big Project</strong></a>
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<p id="Zi87jW">The development wave that continues to sweep the South End proved irresistible.</p>
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<strong>9) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/1/26/10843532/south-boston-renovations"><strong>See a South Boston Victorian Reborn After $220K Renovation</strong></a>
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<p id="0OfX8h">Who doesn’t love a good renovation story? </p>
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<strong>8) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/2/2/10887126/cambridge-lights"><strong>Cambridge Ablaze With Fight Over Lights on Newer Buildings</strong></a><strong> </strong>
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<p id="VY58RN">Nothing gets people talking like Cantabrigians talking.</p>
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<strong>7) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/2/12/11029556/garden-garage-tower"><strong>Garden Garage Tower Gets City's O.K. Despite Opposition</strong></a>
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<p id="y33SFy">Large-scale development is catnip for concerned Bostonians. </p>
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<strong>6) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/2/4/10941862/dot-block-dorchester"><strong>Dorchester's Dot Block Design Takes Big Step Forward</strong></a> </h2>
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<strong>5) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/2/10/10953528/kneeland-street-development-boston"><strong>Downtown Boston Project Would Be Bigger Than the Hancock</strong></a>
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<p id="JpzQPd">This development got people particularly excited ...</p>
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<strong>4) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/1/15/10846118/government-center-garage-construction"><strong>Huge Government Center Garage Project Is Just Getting Started</strong></a>
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<p id="UYLujS">... As did this one. </p>
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<strong>3) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/1/28/10872182/current-harbor-garage-project-appears-dead-in-the-water"><strong>Current Harbor Garage Project Appears Dead in the Water</strong></a>
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<p id="qSBkTK">Commentary came fast and furious re: one of <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/21/14025024/boston-most-controversial-developments">Boston’s most controversial projects</a>. </p>
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<strong>2) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/2/18/11080390/northern-avenue-bridge"><strong>Old Northern Avenue Bridge Demolition Moving Forward</strong></a>
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<p id="xpBWMV">One of the things that makes the Boston region special is its residents’ concern for the old in the face of the new. </p>
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<strong>1) </strong><a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/2/10/10959148/millennium-tower-grand-penthouse"><strong>Millennium Tower's $37.5M Grand Penthouse Just Sold</strong></a>
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<p id="Nwgnsv">The region’s priciest residential deal to date could not help but be the most talked-about real estate story of 2016. </p>
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https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/29/14111802/boston-most-talked-about-real-estate-stories-2016Tom Acitelli2016-12-30T15:30:14-05:002016-12-30T15:30:14-05:00Curbed Awards 2016: Idea of the year
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<p>Building atop transit! </p> <p id="VKRazA"><em>It’s that time of year: When we hand out the annual Curbed Awards for bold thinking, great design, and world-class snafus. </em></p>
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<p id="MRrskw">Building atop transportation hubs is not a new idea in Boston, but it took a big, stonking leap forward during 2016. </p>
<p id="p0ieCF">Major projects once thought terminally dormant (or close to it) sprang to life, including Columbus Center, <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/10/25/13401570/boston-columbus-center">where the South End meets Back Bay over the Turnpike</a>, and Fenway Center, the five-building development <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/10/24/13357238/fenway-center-construction-boston">that plans to manage the same engineering hat trick</a> above where Brookline and Commonwealth avenues meet in Kenmore Square.</p>
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<p id="ou2WHS">These two join <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/maps/massachusetts-turnpike-boston-construction-buildings">others over the Turnpike</a> that moved forward in 2016. And all of them joined the plans for a 51-story tower over South Station, New England’s busiest train and bus terminal. That puppy <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/16/13980206/south-station-tower-1-dewey-square">could break ground in the next six months</a>.</p>
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<p id="I36EGp">Meanwhile, the proposal for plunking 1,260,000 square feet of residences, offices, and retail on and around Back Bay Station <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/3/30/11327104/back-bay-station-towers">received new attention in 2016</a>. </p>
<p id="3VX8cy">Stay tuned. This Idea of the Year has legs, as they say. </p>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/16/13980206/south-station-tower-1-dewey-square">South Station tower takes big steps toward early 2017 groundbreaking</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/10/25/13401570/boston-columbus-center">Boston’s Columbus Center project, take two</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/maps/massachusetts-turnpike-boston-construction-buildings">Big projects planned for above the Massachusetts Turnpike</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/10/24/13357238/fenway-center-construction-boston">Fenway Center could finally get going next year</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/3/30/11327104/back-bay-station-towers">Back Bay Station Complex Still Full of Question Marks, But Sure Looks Wowza</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/27/14084604/building-above-transit-boston-2016Tom Acitelli2016-12-30T15:29:10-05:002016-12-30T15:29:10-05:00Gorgeous Davis Square homes that dropped or sold in 2016
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<p>Somerville’s hottest area </p> <p id="KL2fpE">The year that’s ending was one of records for Davis Square, perhaps Somerville’s <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/7/20/9939044/davis-square-apartments">game-changing-est area</a>. Not only did big deals close, though, but big listings dropped. </p>
<p id="JGHvm1">Here’s a look back at some of Davis’ best and priciest. </p>
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<h2 id="aPQ4TF">63 College Avenue</h2>
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<p id="VzlW9O">The more than 3,300-square-foot, nine-room Queen Anne at 63 College Avenue spent three months on the market in 2015 asking $1,690,000. The house then disappeared for a bit, and reappeared in early March at the same price, only to go under contract almost immediately.</p>
<p id="mM7Qer">It closed (in March as well) for just that asking price of $1.69M, making 63 College one of Somerville’s biggest home trades ever. </p>
<h2 id="mjs0Ve">30 Howard Street, #5</h2>
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<p id="1IuF1o">Unit 5 at 30 Howard Street sold for $1,750,000 in July, making it the priciest home sale ever in Somerville.</p>
<p id="etuEEz">The record to beat was 2 Foskett Street, <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/12/30/10851086/somerville-biggest-home-sales-2015">which traded for $1,725,000 in April 2015</a>, and Unit 5’s record-smash <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11872570/somerville-housing-record-price">was not unanticipated</a>.</p>
<p id="Wbx9qI">The penthouse is the product of two combined units carved from part of an old factory. The 4-BR, 2-BA runs to more than 2,500 airy square feet, plus 1,500 square feet of terrace. There are peaked ceilings throughout, never mind plenty of exposed metal.</p>
<p id="jOqhS1">Giant windows complete the capaciousness.</p>
<h2 id="5v1yfT">23 Chester Street</h2>
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<p id="j3dz2t">The 3,409-square-foot Victorian at 23 Chester Street hit the sales market in October for $2,050,000.</p>
<p id="OU5JjV">The house with nine rooms, two fireplaces, and bones from 1900 had last traded in June 2004 for $1,095,000 (or about $1.4M in today’s dollars).</p>
<p id="clWKwn">Would it command, then, $2M-plus? The house is gorgeous, with original detailing such as stained-glass windows and marble fireplaces still evident. The main bedroom suite is massive and the front porch is perfect for sitting a spell to watch Davis Square gentrify.</p>
<p id="Vl6DJW">Twenty-three Chester dropped off the market in November. Deal in the offing? Stay tuned. </p>
<h2 id="cGZfJB">70 Howard Street, #1E</h2>
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<p id="jDfKeL">The 2,700-square-foot Unit 1E at 70 Howard Street is absurdly capacious. Its ceilings run to more than 20 feet and its windows are positively industrial in their scope (no surprise: the condo is one of six carved from a former factory building).</p>
<p id="ucbW48">There is also a steel staircase in the middle that is more than mere conveyance, but a part of the loft’s architectural allure. Same for the exposed timber frames and the polished concrete floor—both serve more than their function.</p>
<p id="tLZq4p">The first-level unit, which includes three bedrooms and two full bathrooms, dropped in June for $2,250,000 and recently disappeared from the market. A deal might be in its near future. </p>
<h2 id="cHVWVF">23 Wallace Street</h2>
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<p id="FWI0cD">The seven-room, 2,025-square-foot Victorian at 23 Wallace Street dropped on the sales market on Oct. 21 for $1,390,000—and went to contract within a week. </p>
<p id="CcVV4H">It closed Dec. 18 for $1,465,000. </p>
<p id="BPtqwW">The spread dates from 1871, but the sellers had updated the 3-BR, 4-BA significantly. There are skylights, French doors, and Marvin windows throughout, and a covered side porch as well. </p>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11872570/somerville-housing-record-price">Cavernous Somerville Penthouse Poised to Set City Price Record</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/12/30/10851086/somerville-biggest-home-sales-2015">Somerville Home Sales: the 10 Biggest of 2015</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/7/20/9939044/davis-square-apartments">Davis Square's Johnny D's Closing to Make Way for Conversion</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/21/14024340/davis-square-homes-in-2016Tom Acitelli2016-12-30T15:28:15-05:002016-12-30T15:28:15-05:00Gorgeous Dorchester houses that hit the market in 2016
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<p>Feast </p> <p id="kNEl80">Dorchester, Boston’s largest neighborhood by area, produced some of the city’s most gobsmacking listings this year. Let’s dive right in with a Grampian Way colonial that all but defines “quaint.”</p>
<h2 id="R8IDnI">54 Grampian Way</h2>
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<p id="KvTDiO">There is a sale pending for the 5-BR, 2-BA colonial at 54 Grampian Way, which was last asking $899,000—after an initial listing in August at the rather precise tag of $997,999. (There’s a sale pending.) </p>
<p id="B6YAWL">The spread is gorgeously generous with its historical details. Chief among these is the living room’s stone fireplace, which went up with the rest of the house in 1885.</p>
<h2 id="SXnUPE">60 Ocean Street</h2>
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<p id="L0hMVG">The shingle-style pile at 60 Ocean Street in Dorchester’s Ashmont section dropped on the sales market through Re/Max Destiny in the fall for $1,750,000. </p>
<p id="jBjHgO">Sixty Ocean is actually two properties on a single half-acre atop Ashmont Hill: a more than 4,300-square-foot mansion and a converted carriage house of approximately 1,300 square feet.</p>
<p id="XbFakq">Edwin J. Lewis designed both parts of 60 Ocean in the 1890s, and many details of that genesis remain, starting with the main house's grand entry foyer and its staircase. The estate was originally constructed and owned as a package, an arrangement that continued into the 21st century.</p>
<p id="gleHIJ">It looks, though, that the spread will not go to a single buyer this go-round. The sellers apparently want to divide mansion from carriage house.</p>
<h2 id="f7iys2">61 Alban Street</h2>
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<p id="093UsQ">Architect Harrison Henry Atwood designed the colonial at 61 Alban Street in Ashmont Hill in 1888, right as he embarked on his long design career (a career he would interrupt for elected stints in both the U.S. and Massachusetts houses).</p>
<p id="vccBuI">The 5,239-square-foot spread still shows its late-19th-century roots in touches such as carved reliefs, stained glass, and intricate woodworking. There’s also a deck and a back yard, never mind the potential for seven bedrooms.</p>
<p id="E6CyxD">The spread is now up for sale through Gibson Sotheby’s for $1,100,000, though there is a sale pending. </p>
<h2 id="qjateF">37 Belfort Street</h2>
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<p id="ontbly">The 2,275-square-foot Victorian at 37 Belfort Street in Dot’s Savin Hill area had last sold in November 2012 for $359,900 when it hit the market this past April for $629,000.</p>
<p id="bDpCyI">That price proved easily attainable: The 4-BR, 1.5-BA closed in June for $685,000.</p>
<p id="HWtXkm">The house, which dates from 1905 (Edwardian, then?), comes with a three-season sunroom and an attic with plumbing. There is also outdoor space and stained glass.</p>
<h2 id="wxHNuT">35 Melville Avenue</h2>
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<p id="hGTyt1">The 2,870-square-foot Queen Anne Romanesque Revival at 35 Melville Avenue dates from 1885, when Arthur Vinal, then Boston's official architect, designed it for his own family. </p>
<p id="d4OwdI">He included flourishes such as a Syrian arch to frame a stained-glass window nook (there are 31 stained-glass panels in the house total); 10-foot cove ceilings; and four carved-tile fireplaces.</p>
<p id="UsSpKY">The 4-BR, 2-BA dropped on the sales market in April for $899,000; and then dropped off in July. Its whereabouts remain unknown. </p>
<h2 id="d0g0hk">296 Ashmont Street</h2>
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<p id="MjSwPp">Edwin J. Lewis designed the 3,172-square-foot Shingle-style house at 296 Ashmont Street in Ashmont in the late 1880s. Lewis himself was a Dot native and did a lot of work in the neighborhood, divining grand Victorians as well as more utilitarian fair such as stables.</p>
<p id="aggtUL">This particular creation retains much of the charm imbued by Lewis' design, starting with that Shingle exterior and ending with touches such as pocket doors and the half-moon seating alcove off the dining room. </p>
<p id="vHxGUc">The 5-BR, 2.5-BA sold through Gibson Sotheby’s in April for its asking price of $905,000. </p>
https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/19/14006054/beautiful-dorchester-houses-2016Tom Acitelli2016-12-30T15:27:39-05:002016-12-30T15:27:39-05:00Curbed Awards 2016: Biggest arrested development
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<p>Copley Square Tower ring a bell? </p> <p id="5gR7HV">Once upon a time, mall giant Simon Properties planned to plunk a 625-foot tower atop Copley Place in Back Bay.</p>
<p id="ViL58H">The spire, which was due to include 542 condos and apartments as well as retail, would have been <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/maps/boston-tallest-buildings">one of the 10 tallest buildings in Boston</a> by 2020. </p>
<p id="DCm7bY">Simon <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/10/31/13462266/copley-place-tower-boston-scrapped">pulled the plug in October</a>. The move capped a decade of planning, planning that survived the Great Recession as well as vociferous neighborhood opposition. </p>
<p id="8nZrt1">Why the ax? Construction costs and a fear on the part of Simon that the city’s luxury residential market was/is slowing—<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/29/13774514/boston-luxury-housing-boom">a fear that may, in fact, be justified</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/10/31/13462266/copley-place-tower-boston-scrapped">Copley Place tower developer abandons plans for 625-foot spire</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/maps/boston-tallest-buildings">Boston's 10 tallest buildings by 2020, mapped</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/29/13774514/boston-luxury-housing-boom">Boston’s residential construction boom: It would be very bad news if it’s peaked</a> [Curbed Boston] </li>
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https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/27/14084818/copley-place-tower-bostonTom Acitelli2016-12-30T15:25:52-05:002016-12-30T15:25:52-05:00Boston’s most controversial developments as 2016 ends
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<p>Five, big and small</p> <p id="oLHLpT">At least some controversy was bound to accompany Boston’s current building boom (<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/29/13774514/boston-luxury-housing-boom">which may or may not be ending</a>). Here are the five most controversial larger-scale developments in the city as 2016 gathers its things. </p>
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<h2 id="mGhpiO">Winthrop Square tower </h2>
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<p id="aP6fdV">Developer Millennium Partners wants to build what would be the city’s tallest residential tower at the site of the city-owned Winthrop Square Garage. </p>
<p id="aeFxnA">But! Concerns about the possible shadows the 55-story, 750-foot spire might cast on the Boston Common and the Public Garden <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/1/13804942/winthrop-square-tower-shadows-common-public-garden">could ultimately scuttle Millennium’s plans</a>—or at least cause them to shrink significantly.</p>
<p id="blr6f4">There is also <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/9/13567532/winthrop-square-tower-shadows">some controversy</a> over why the developer and officials did not raise these concerns <em>before</em> the process moved as far along as to a deal with the city. </p>
<h2 id="x0pN9t">Green Line extension</h2>
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<p id="iPPNml">When last we checked, state officials had pushed back the opening date for the seven new stations along the Green Line extension through Somerville into Medford until 2021.</p>
<p id="xVTkj4">The stations had been slated to start opening next year and to finish opening in 2020.</p>
<p id="oo16j5">The delay in turn delays the 4.7-mile extension itself, the region’s biggest planned infrastructure project and <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/3/22/11282786/boston-transportation-projects">one of its most joyously anticipated</a>. </p>
<p id="bSHE6e">The holdup is due largely to cost overruns <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/8/25/9927578/green-line-cost">discovered in 2015</a> and still felt today. </p>
<h2 id="cjNZAb">Harbor Tower Garage development</h2>
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<p id="zkuNVY">Developer Don Chiofaro has been trying to build on the Boston Harbor Garage for what feels like ages. </p>
<p id="24pW7t">Plans <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2014/6/26/10083296/check-out-the-new-plans-for-the-harbor-garage">once called for a dramatic pair of towers</a> that would include some 1,300,000 square feet and touches such as a seasonal open space that can be roofed during the colder seasons (that scotched plan is rendered above).</p>
<p id="9maNns">The plan shrunk <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2014/11/21/10019116/boston-harbor-alternatives">amid withering neighborhood opposition</a> to its scope as well as its possible effects on traffic, access to the waterfront, and, um, <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/6/23/9947500/new-england-aquarium-harbor-garage">how it would affect fish at the neighboring New England Aquarium</a>. (The aquarium recently branded construction for a development “<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/12/02/peace-boston-waterfront-not-this-year/zd13SjJ7ZdsA8eucha4Q6L/story.html">an existential threat</a>” to itself. Really.)</p>
<p id="nHK7s5">Even with further shrinkage, the whole thing <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/9/19/12968456/harbor-garage-tower-new-plans">remains fairly nebulous</a> as it exits 2016—though not dead in the water.</p>
<h2 id="dDBkse">Allandale Residences </h2>
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<p id="TT7HkZ">The city this year signed off on the 20-unit Allandale Residences at 64 Allandale Street in West Roxbury, but that has not assuaged critics <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/5/16/11670594/west-roxbury-allandale-residences">who worry about</a> both its scope for the neighborhood and its potential impact on the urban wild that is Allandale Woods. </p>
<p id="8RokEz">The Walsh administration, however, swung behind the project as part of its goal to create 53,000 new housing units by 2030, including in areas not used to relatively large-scale development.</p>
<p id="bKTYC4">Developer WonderGroup is calling the project "Boston's first entirely net-zero and LEED Platinum neighborhood." In other words, it is slated to be seriously environmentally friendly, not least by creating all of the energy it uses.</p>
<p id="Xnt8L6">As it stands, the Allandale Residences will involve building 16 new townhouses and converting an existing single-family into four units. </p>
<p id="Oi7xIe">The 16 units will be built in five separate clusters. And, to smooth things over a bit, the WonderGroup plans to donate $50,000 to the city for the benefit of Allandale Woods.</p>
<h2 id="zO5DJM">2 Charlesgate West </h2>
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<p id="hT6Ugh">The <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12891156/fenway-2-charlesgate-west">long-proposed 344,000-square-foot tower</a> would replace three buildings on a half-acre site in Fenway, including one that developer Trans National owns. In its place would go a 29-story spire with 173 apartments and 122 condos as well as 7,500 square feet of office space.</p>
<p id="60IUXX">Trans National would occupy all of that space. There are also plans for a 10,000-square-foot restaurant on the site as well as nearly 200 parking spaces.</p>
<p id="zzMsOn">However! The project faces opposition because of its potential impacts on wind and shadows—even the Red Sox <a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/21/13697640/red-sox-2-charlesgate-tower-fenway">have gotten in on the act</a>, fretting that 2 Charlesgate West will muddy fans’ views from Fenway Park (despite the tower being nearly 1,000 feet from the ballpark).</p>
<p id="QhitpD">Stay tuned.</p>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/1/13804942/winthrop-square-tower-shadows-common-public-garden">Winthrop Square tower’s shadows: Just how much shade will the spire throw?</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/9/13567532/winthrop-square-tower-shadows">Proposed Winthrop Square tower’s shadows cast doubt on 750-foot plan</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/8/13881870/green-line-extension-delayed-2021">Green Line extension delayed until at least 2021</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/8/25/9927578/green-line-cost">Swelling Costs Could Stunt Epic Green Line Extension</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2014/6/26/10083296/check-out-the-new-plans-for-the-harbor-garage">Check Out the Giant Ice Rink and Other Harbor Garage Plans</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2014/11/21/10019116/boston-harbor-alternatives">Harbor Garage Opponents Present Smaller, Shorter Options</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2015/6/23/9947500/new-england-aquarium-harbor-garage">New England Aquarium Swimming Against Harbor Garage Plans</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/9/19/12968456/harbor-garage-tower-new-plans">Plans for Harbor Garage redevelopment shrink, though still controversial</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/5/16/11670594/west-roxbury-allandale-residences">West Roxbury's Allandale Residences Moving Forward Despite Fears of Change</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12891156/fenway-2-charlesgate-west">Fenway’s 2 Charlesgate West moves forward with formal filing</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/21/13697640/red-sox-2-charlesgate-tower-fenway">Red Sox take swing at proposed Fenway tower</a> [Curbed Boston] </li>
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<a href="http://boston.curbed.com/2016/11/29/13774514/boston-luxury-housing-boom">Boston’s residential construction boom: It would be very bad news if it’s peaked</a> [Curbed Boston]</li>
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https://boston.curbed.com/2016/12/21/14025024/boston-most-controversial-developmentsTom Acitelli