Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The restaurant company is reportedly in talks to lease space in the new Millenium Place development.
Legal Sea Foods may be opening a new restaurant in Boston’s Downtown Crossing area. Company officials are reportedly talking to Millenium Partners, developer of the new Millennium Place luxury condominium tower about leasing a spot in the 15-story building, which is being built at the corner of Avery and Washington streets. The location would be for a “new restaurant concept,” the Boston Herald reported. Millenium Place, which is slated to open this fall, features 256 residential units including 14 penthouses and eight residences with private garden terraces, according to the Millenium Partners website. The residences range in price from $550,000 to $3.5 million, according to a Boston Business Journal report. The Herald reports that 51 …
Friday, December 14, 2012
The shop will feature a grocery section with sushi chef station, pastry case, adult beverages and more as well as a health and beauty section, all incorporating interactive technologies.
The former Borders building in Downtown Crossing is being renovated into a new kind of Walgreens—one of three flagship stores the company is creating around the country that offer a mix of high-end groceries, adult beverages, beauty products and health needs. On Wednesday, Walgreens representatives offered members of the media a sneak peek at the new building, located at 10-24 School St., at the corner of School and Washington streets. Though the company has already opened similar flagship stores in New York City and Chicago, the Boston site presented a unique opportunity to blend old and new design styles in a building that is itself a mix of time periods. “We respected the fact that this is a modern building attached to a very …
Monday, December 10, 2012
The project will look at sidewalks, roadways, pedestrian zones, signage and retail vendors.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has selected a firm to develop a streetscape design program for Boston’s Downtown Crossing Business Improvement District. Klopfer Martin Design Group, located at 214 Cambridge St., Boston, was selected from 11 proposals submitted to the BRA for the project. “At the [Boston Improvement District’s] Annual Meeting, KMDG presented its long-term vision for a district-wide standard of design to be implemented in the public realm i.e. sidewalks, roadways, the pedestrian zone, signage, and the vending program,” according to a press release posted on the BRA website. “Experts in landscape architecture, wayfinding, urban design, universal design, vending, civil and traffic engineering, and bicycling have been …
Monday, November 19, 2012
The developer told the Herald he is waiting to see construction begin on the old Filene's property before moving forward with his project.
Plans to build a 28-story apartment and retail tower in the Downtown Crossing area remain on hold until further progress is made on the former Filene’s Basement site across the way, the Boston Herald reported Monday. Midwood Management President John Usdan told the Herald that the $200 million One Bromfield project was not “viable” yet, despite the fact that another developer had received city approval to develop the Filene’s block. The Bromfield project, initially proposed in 2008, would replace four buildings at Bromfield and Washington streets with about 260 apartment units on top of retail and parking facilities, according to the Herald article. But the project has been on hold since then. Across the way, at One Franklin, New York …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The MBTA shut down the Red Line from Harvard to Broadway stations as they deal with the situation.
UPDATE, Wednesday 2:45 p.m.: MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said that the man who was hit by a Red Line train Tuesday is in critical condition. Transit police are investigating the incident. Furthermore, "it remains unclear at this time why he trespassed on the tracks," Pesaturo said. UPDATE, Tuesday, 2:15 p.m.: Red Line service has been restored. Original post, 1:45 p.m.: The Red Line has shut down between Harvard and Broadway stations as the public safety personnel deal with a "medical emergency" at Downtown Crossing, according to the MBTA's Twitter feed. The Boston Fire Department confirmed they were able to extricate a person who fell under a Red Line train at the station. There's been no immediate word on the condition of the person. …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Plan increases residential space and parking but reduces office and retail space.
Let’s start with the good news: Millennium Partners’ latest plan released this week by the Boston Redevelopment Authority shows progress on getting a building constructed in the gaping pit at the heart of Downtown Crossing. Now the bad news: the revision nixes earlier plans to preserve the façade of the 1905 Jones McDuffee and Stratton building on Franklin Street. According to the report, the change would be necessary to support Millenium’s new plan of preserving the remnants of the Burnham Building on the other side of the site as a separate but attached structure. “The base of the new Tower component will not directly abut the Burnham Building, but be set to the corner of Franklin and Washington streets,” Millennium’s report read. “In …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Millennium Partners plan to fill in the giant hole in Downtown Crossings with the fourth tallest building in Boston.
After years of inaction, Downtown Crossing's canyon may be filled. The site's new developer has proposed a 606-foot tower for the site, reports the Boston Herald. Millennium Partners detailed a $615 million project to fill in the massive hole that once was a Filene’s department store near Downtown Crossings. The proposed 54-story Millennium Tower will include 500 residential units, 230,000 square feet of retail space, 200,000 square feet of office space and 525 underground parking spots, according to the Boston Business Journal. The living space will be in the tower, while the retail space will occupy the lower levels and the office space will be at the top floors. At 606 feet, the Millennium Tower would be the fourth tallest building in …
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9:35 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
They need to address the crime and idle youth factor in any plan. more ›