Redevelopment of Simmons University’s residential campus received its final local approval this week, clearing the way for 1.7 million square feet of new office, life science and multifamily buildings.
The Boston Planning & Development Agency kicked off 2023 with 2.5 million square feet of approvals, including life science projects in the Longwood Medical Area, Allston and South Boston.
The proposed redevelopment of Simmons University’s residential campus would add four new buildings totaling 1.75 million square feet including a major life science component.
New York-based investor KKR and Synergy Investments of Boston have acquired a Seaport District office building from original developer Skanska.
Lesley University is the latest local higher ed institution tapping into its real estate assets for financial gain, listing a cluster of parcels between Harvard and Porter Squares in Cambridge for sale.
Skanska USA Commercial Development is showing confidence in the future of office space in Boston, moving ahead with plans for a 625,000-square-foot office tower at a Back Bay property it acquired in December.
Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects will design MullenLowe Group’s new 66,000-square-foot offices at 2 Drydock Ave. to accommodate its post-pandemic hybrid workplace model.
Skanska has bought the site and permitted design of John Hancock’s once-planned 26-story Back Bay office tower, and could add lab space to the design.
WiredScore, the digital infrastructure rating service for commercial buildings, will partner with Skanska on a group of new and existing developments from Boston to Beverly Hills.
The new South Coast line and it’s 90-minute end-to-end journey will suddenly open up the region’s mix of outer suburbs, old industrial cities and rural towns – and their significantly lower home and condo prices.
Oxford Properties Group made a splash in 2014 with its big-ticket arrival in Massachusetts, buying five trophy office buildings in Boston and Cambridge. To spearhead its next effort, Oxford in 2018 hired Mark McGowan as its local head of development.
Deerfield Academy’s new $52 million fieldhouse has been recognized for its sustainability and architectural design.
Seven developers have submitted proposals for a 600,000-square-foot mixed-use project on Massport’s parcel H in Boston’s Seaport District.
Boston-based ad agency MullenLowe will relocate 550 employees from Boston’s Financial District to the Seaport next summer, after leasing 114,620 square feet at Skanska’s Two Drydock speculative office tower.
Shell TechWorks has signed the first lease at Skanska’s Two Drydock office tower in Boston’s Seaport District, and will relocate from Cambridgeport in early 2020.
A Cambridge energy startup is the first tenant to commit to Skanska’s 230,000-square-foot speculative office building at Two Drydock in the Boston Seaport District.
Brian Northrup, Skanska’s new general manager of building operations for the New England region, is currently overseeing such projects as Boston College’s new recreation center, the Brookline High School expansion and construction of the new Belmont High School.
A new player is arriving on the local commercial real estate scene, and they have hired a top local development executive to kick-start their Boston presence.
Union Square master developer US2 is teaming up with Skanska on the first commercial building in the 2.4 million-square-foot development in Somerville.
Developer Skanska has sold its recently completed Harlo apartment tower in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood for $150 million.
