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Nahant’s Coast Guard housing lots set for sale
Benjamin PierceNAHANT — Town Administrator Tony Barletta announced that the town will move forward in the process of selling the lots that were once Coast Guard housing properties on Castle Road and Goddard Drive without contracting a real-estate broker. He said the main reason for the decision had to do with an issue that occurred during […] The post Nahant’s Coast Guard housing lots set for sale appeared first on Itemlive.
State says it will look for a developer to turn Boston's two most oppressive buildings into a new complex where people will want to live
The state said today it will soon seek bids to turn the "superblock" of the Hurley and Lindemann buildings - the most brutal of Boston's brutalist structures - into a "residential mixed-used redevelopment" that will bring new housing and commercial space downtown while upgrading space for the site's current residential mental-health services.
5 New England cities rank among top 20 hottest summer housing markets
Metro Boston, which ranked No. 16 in 2023, fell 15 spots this year, while Worcester climbed 11 spots to No. 17. The Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com released their rankings Thursday of the hottest housing markets this summer. Metro Boston tumbled out of the top 20. The ranking “highlights housing...
Four-bedroom home in Needham sells for $5 million
A 2,408-square-foot house built in 1978 has changed hands. The spacious property located at 211 Stratford Road in Needham was sold on July 1, 2024. The $5,000,000 purchase price works out to $2,076 per square foot. This two-story home boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three baths. The home's external structure has a hip roof design, covered with asphalt roofing. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. The property is equipped with hot water heating and a cooling system. In addition, the house features an attached two-car garage, providing ample room for vehicles and storage needs. The lot of the property is substantial, measuring 1.0-acre.
House on Washington Street in Brighton Center could be torn down for four-story residential building
A Newton developer has filed plans with the Boston Planning Department to raze a single-family house at 434 Washington St. in Brighton Center and replace it with a four-story building with 18 residential units and ground-floor commercial space. Plans by Wesley Leung's Peninsula Capital Group also call for 11 parking...
Condominium sells for $1.9 million in Brookline
A historic condominium located at 14 Egmont Street in Brookline has new owners. The 1,957-square-foot property, built in 1920, was sold on May 3, 2024, for $1,850,000, or $945 per square foot. This apartment offers spacious living environment with its four bedrooms and two baths. On the exterior, the home features a flat roof design constructed with tar and gravel roofing. The property is equipped with hot water heating and a cooling system. In addition, the home comes with a one-car garage, ensuring secure parking and storage.
Metro Boston ranks 15th in the nation for supercommuters
"When I do drive in, about once or twice a week, my mood is increasingly more tense having to navigate the Mad Max-like 95N-93N corridor," one Boston.com reader wrote. Supercommuting is on the rise. and Boston is jumping into the fast lane. Use your blinkah!. Did you know that 62,898...
Boston's Charles F. Hurley and Erich Lindemann Buildings Slated for Mixed-Use Residential Redesign
In a move aimed to swiftly bolster housing accessibility in Boston's downtown area, the Healey-Driscoll Administration has set forth a revised vision for the transformation of the Charles F. Hurley and Erich Lindemann buildings. According to an official announcement from the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), the plan encompasses a mixed-use residential redevelopment that preserves the buildings' historical significance.
Construction underway for Brookline’s most expensive new penthouse condo
Construction is underway for Brookline’s most expensive new penthouse condo. Alaïa Condos will feature five condos including “The Penthouse,” which will be located on the top floor of the complex. Listed for $7.5 million, The Penthouse is a 4,100-square-foot duplex, complete with six bedrooms, six full...
Stop the runaway Walden Square housing plan
WinnCompanies’ proposal for additional housing at Walden Square (“Affordable housing additions at Walden Square move forward with Planning Board misgivings,” July 9) looks a lot like our very own Cabrini Green. I very much hope that the city manager, the Community Development Department and the Affordable Housing Trust will stop this apparent runaway train. The additional housing proposed for Walden Square would be a social disaster, unfair to current residents and a hollow promise to its intended residents. It would also be an environmental disaster, since no amount of money could restore the losses to tree cover and air quality that this misguided project would bring about.
In Boston, office to residential conversions gain traction, aided by subsidies
When Los Angeles-based CIM Group bought a six-story office building in Boston, the plan was to renovate, according to Rich Kershaw, vice president of development at the firm. “We were going to upgrade the elevators, upgrade the bathrooms, redo the lobbies and the facade and hopefully increase the rent,” Kershaw said.
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