You can call it the West End, if you’d like.
Last year, Delaware North Companies received approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority for its plans to build a 37-story residential high-rise tower next door to its TD North Garden. Subsequently, they received final approval from Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals, meaning they can begin building, […]

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The Boston Globe’s Thomas C. Palmer, Jr. just broke the story that Hines and TUDC, LLC. has received zoning approval for its 40-story office tower, to be constructed above and beside Boston’s South Station railroad terminal.
The developer has already received Boston Redevelopment Authority approval. Construction is scheduled to begin next year, with completion in […]

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Extell/Equity has announced plan to construct a new residential development in East Cambridge.
303 Third Street will be a new 605,000 square feet 8-story residential community. The project consists of over 290 rental and over 230 condominium units with an underground parking garage for over 530 cars designed around a one acre landscaped park.
Here are some […]

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Chapter 91 license has been granted to Chicago-based Equity Office Properties by the state Department of Environmental Protection for its redevelopment of Russia Wharf.
This is the final hurdle for the long-planned project on land that contains three historic buildings at Fort Point Channel.
Although the original plan for the property included a 300-room hotel, […]

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Hmmm.

Here are a couple of questions to ponder while thinking about the proposed Simon Tower, to be built in front of (and on top of) the Neiman-Marcus building, at Copley Place.
* Does Simon Properties, Inc. own all the land, or does the MBTA own part of it?
* Is any of the land over the Mass […]

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I can’t speak for the veracity of this list, but here are all the buildings proposed for Boston, over 300 feet tall.
Kensington
W Hotel / Residences
Jacob Wirth’s lot
Province Street
Russia Wharf
Nashua Street / North Station
Gateway Center (this isn’t the already built Gateway Center)
The Clarendon
Joslin Place
Columbus Center
Aquarium Garage
Filene’s (not even proposed, yet)
Winthrop Square
Suffolk Dorm (as if!)
South Station Tower
Blackfan
Mass […]

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In case you missed it, Apple Computer, Inc. met with the Back Bay Architectural Commission a couple weeks ago, to discuss the company’s proposal to open a store at 815 Boylston Street, in Boston’s Back Bay.
Apple revised their original design of the building, and, as a result, the commission ended up giving “close approval” to […]

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If you’re moving to a new city, should you buy a home right away, or rent for awhile?
My friends, it’s an easy choice.
First, though, I’m talking about if you are moving into a city, not near a city. If you are moving into the suburbs, I think you should probably buy, especially if you […]

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Should you invest in buying a home, or put your money into the stock market?
Here’s one reader’s opinion on the subject:
Stocks are still too volatile, IMHO, and if I was to invest in stocks it would be for long term investments. My father is a day trader, but it’s literally a full-time job for […]

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Earlier this week, news was leaked that Simon Property Group, owners of Copley Place, is considering building a new tower at the corner of Dartmouth Street and Stuart Street (photo).
The tower would include a large hotel, as well as residential condominiums.
The Boston Globe, when they broke the story, had few details.
The Boston Courant had much […]

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