Real Estate Roundup: August 8, 2008

Available Space Up, but Market Still Holds:
A trend that is starting to exhibit itself throughout Boston and Cambridge is the slowly, but steadily, increasing amount of office and lab space available on the market. Despite the upward trend, the amount of space available for sublease is still down from this time last year, and [...]

Boston Residential Group Joins Seaport Square Team

While it hasn’t been announced, Boston Residential Group, headed by Curtis Kemeny, is set to partner with Gale International and Morgan Stanley Real Estate for the construction of the first residential building of the massive Seaport Square project currently in the works for the South Boston Waterfront.
Seaport Square will be a massive billion dollar development [...]

Flaherty Proposes Green Renovation at City Hall

This is probably not what Boston mayor Thomas Menino wanted to here.
Lately, Mayor Menino has been touting a proposal of his to construct a brand new state-of-the-art city hall down on the waterfront area. Not only would this provide the city with a new green facility that they desperately need, but it would also be [...]

Rte. 195 Land Nets National Interest

Providence, Rhode Island is going through their own mini-Big Dig (except it seems to be going smoother). The city is moving Route 195 south (past the Fox Point Hurricane barrier) and then tearing down the old section that winds its way through downtown and seperates the Jewelry District and downtown sectors. The city put out [...]

Newsworthy Notes: August 7, 2008

Interesting Article Regarding Public Transit: There is a very interesting article that talks about how streetcars promoted development around their stops. The article then looks into modern day examples of how developers are looking for locations near subway stops to orient their developments (Bayside Expo Center redevelopment is one of them). Source: Dorchester Reporter
Farms in [...]