Scape Redesigns 406-Unit Fenway Apartment Tower
Housing developers submitted a new design for a 30-story Fenway tower to comply with regulations on properties bordering the Emerald Necklace.
Scape Brings New Wrinkles to Residential Projects
When Scape began planning its first residential development in Boston, the city was already grappling with a significant housing shortage. Four years and a pandemic later, that project, “The Bon,” recently opened to prospective tenants.
Arts Groups Want Spotlight in Future Development
Boston Mayor-elect Michelle Wu has some ideas about how to save the city’s cultural venues from extinction. Her arts-and-culture platform calls for the city’s zoning code to be updated with new requirements for studio, rehearsal, performance and live-work artist housing.
Scape Proposes 400 Apartments in Fenway
Developer Scape said it’s next project in the Fenway will include 400 apartments in a 285,000-square-foot building at 2 Charlesgate West.
What’s the Hold-up with These Projects?
Boston has become a sea of cranes, but not every building is a slam-dunk. Here’s why these six projects have languished.
Will the BPDA Give in to a Proposed Tower’s Affluent Neighbors?
Should a high-priced pocket neighborhood be granted veto power over Boston City Hall’s longstanding push to get students out of triple-deckers and into dormitories?
New Housing Models OK’d in Allston and Fenway
A 278-bed co-living development in Allston and 451-unit private student housing complex in the Fenway moved a step closer to groundbreaking.
The Year in Commercial Real Estate
From a booming life science industry spreading further out from East Cambridge to new multifamily housing models and an e-commerce-fueled explosion in interest in distribution facilities, here’s what drove demand in 2019.
Scape Files LOI for Second Fenway Project
British student housing developer Scape North America has filed a letter of intent for a second project in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, this time in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital.
New Routes to Affordability in the Fenway
As the Fenway, Chinatown and South End continue to face gentrification and housing displacement pressures, contributions from four private developers could deliver more than 700 new income-restricted housing units in coming years.
Scape Increases Affordable Housing in Fenway Projects
Developer Scape’s revised plans for the Fenway neighborhood call for three residential towers containing 1,357 units, including a 220-unit affordable housing tower at 2 Charlesgate West.
Somerville’s Secret is Out
You can get a tattoo, a vaping rig, a comic book action figure and a $3 slice of pizza all in a short stroll through Somerville’s Davis Square, a neighborhood that’s balanced gentrification with a defiant indie sensibility. Now big institutional real estate investors are discovering the square, eyeing opportunities to build dorm-style housing and shake up stagnant retail tenant rosters.
Retail Developer Expands Davis Square Portfolio With $40M Acquisition
A North Carolina retail developer has expanded its Somerville holdings with the nearly $40 million purchase of a group of commercial properties in Davis Square.
Coliving Developer Acquires Key Davis Square Parcels for $10M
A British co-housing developer planning a billion-dollar pipeline of dorm-style private academic housing projects in Greater Boston has acquired three properties in Somerville’s Davis Square for nearly $10 million.
Experimental Housing Expands Footprint in Boston
In a city with a chronic shortage of college dorms and a housing affordability crisis, private for-profit developers are preparing to fill the void.
A Business Model Built for the Long Haul
The apartment business runs in the family at The Hamilton Co., the Allston-based landlord and developer founded by the late Harold Brown. His son Jameson, after working as a real estate agent in Boston, joined the company in 2009. Following his father’s retirement in November 2017, Jameson Brown was named co-CEO along with Chief Financial Officer Andy Bloch.
Student Housing Operator Buys Gateway Parcel in Fenway
Private student housing developer Scape has acquired its second property in Boston, this time paying $39 million for a Fenway property where another developer had proposed a 29-story tower that drew objections from the Boston Red Sox and neighborhood groups.
From Asphalt Deserts to People Spaces
Copley Wolff Design Group has an increasingly important seat at the table when project teams meet to map out new developments that put open space in the forefront. Ian Ramey joined the firm as principal in 2015 after 19 years at Morgan Wheelock, Carol R. Johnson Assoc. and Shadley Assoc.
Student Housing Tower Would Include Performing Arts Center
A London developer’s proposed private academic housing tower in the Fenway recognizes the property’s history as the home to a series of gay nightclubs, with plans that include a 120-seat LGBTQ-centric “Boylston Black Box” performing arts center.
Fenway Site Revealed as Private Academic Housing Development
A London-based academic housing operator that plans a billion-dollar development pipeline in Boston is seeking approvals for a 205,500-square-foot residential building in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood.
