Boston Looks to ‘Skyline’ for Help
Changes designed to attract more developers and commercial tenants to downtown Boston and avoid a looming fiscal chasm tied to declining office occupancy are moving closer to the finish line.
Downtown Boston Needs More than New Zoning to Bounce Back
Can downtown Boston escape the so-called urban doom loop? Probably. But it’s going to take a lot more than new “skyline” zoning for taller towers to bring it back.
‘Skyline’ Districts Set for BPDA Review
The final downtown Boston rezoning plan encourages multifamily housing and active retail and entertainment uses, while placing limits on research labs.
Downtown and Mattapan Rezoning Plans Advance
Rezoning plans for downtown Boston and the Mattapan neighborhood moved forward in a strategy designed to encourage post-pandemic reinvestment and housing production.
Critics Dismiss PLAN: Downtown as ‘Spot Zoning’
Proposed new downtown Boston zoning drew critiques as a developer-driven plan that allows excessive building heights and puts historical properties at risk.
PLAN: Downtown Seeks to Simplify Development Rules
The study recommendations offer “consistent and fair baseline and bonus heights” for new projects, the draft plan states, replacing a mishmash of more than 20 height limits.
Midwood Proposal Reignites Debate over Downtown Future
Neighborhood residents and real estate executives are sparring as a developer renews its push for a 24-story tower in Downtown Crossing. At stake: competing visions for downtown Boston’s future.
BPDA Proposes Bonus Payments for Downtown Benefits
Officials provided new details on how developers could receive approval for bigger projects in downtown Boston in exchange for bankrolling an assortment of community benefits, ranging from affordable housing to transportation upgrades.
Preservation Alliance Asks BPDA to Reject DTX Tower
The Boston Preservation Alliance added its voice to opponents of a proposed Downtown Crossing office tower and urged city officials not to approve “spot zoning” for taller buildings in the neighborhood.
BPDA Proposes 400-Foot Downtown Building Heights
Base building heights for development in parts of Boston’s Downtown Crossing would increase from 155 to 400 feet under proposed new zoning unveiled by the Boston Planning and Development Agency.
Decision Time for Boston’s Office Landlords
As remote and hybrid work entrench themselves, Boston’s class B office market looks like potentially fertile ground for conversion into thousands of new housing units.
Midwood Revives DTX Tower Plans
A developer has reactivated plans for a high-rise in Boston’s Downtown Crossing, on the same property where it previously proposed a 59-story tower that drew opposition from neighborhood residents.
