Have a say in the future of your neighborhood, attend a public meeting. Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee Meeting, Roxbury Monday, October 3, 2011, 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm Dudley Branch Library, 65 Warren Street, Roxbury The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee...

On Saturday, September 24, the BRA was presented with the International Downtown Association’s 57th Pinnacle Award for A Crossroads for a Crossing: Boston’s Downtown Crossing.  The Pinnacle Award is the highest honor of the International Downtown Association’s Downtown Achievement...

Luxury retailer Restoration Hardware announced it will open a new location at 234 Berkeley Street, a prominent historic building in the Back Bay that has been vacant since 2010. “We are delighted that Restoration Hardware will create an extraordinary destination in an extraordinary building...

Earlier this week, Trinity Northampton Limited Partnerships, an affiliate of Trinity Financial, filed a Letter of Intent with the BRA to redevelop the existing Northampton Square housing complex in the South End, including the construction of a new building. Fort Point Associates, Inc. is...

BRA staff members were highlighted in the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) September edition of their newsletter Sitelines (p. 4!). Planner Jonathan Greeley presented recent and upcoming Fenway developments to ULI members and deputy director of community planning, Randi Lathrop, gave the ULI...

CFS Seaport LLC, an affiliate of Berkeley Investments, Inc, is proposing a mixed used renovation at an existing warehouse building at 381 Congress Street. In plans filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority this week the proposal calls for 44 new housing units, including 28 workforce units...

Groundbreaking on a 28-story Back Bay Residential Tower Private investment / Total project cost: $100m Total square footage: 240,532 sq ft Number of jobs: 315 total construction jobs: 300 permanent jobs once built: 15 Housing: 187 total units Sustainability: LEED certifiable On Friday,...

What’s Happening: Upcoming Events Have a say on the future of your neighborhood, attend a public meeting. 381 Congress Street Meeting Monday, September 26, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm 311 Summer Street, Boston, MA Public presentation for a new project proposed at 381 Congress Street. The...

Congratulations to Hubway! The New Balance Hubway bikeshare program reached 3,000 members this week. You can sign up for a membership at TheHubway.com or by calling 855-(4-HUBWAY). The City of Boston and the Boston Public Health Commission has a limited number of subsidized annual memberships...

BRA planners presented the final plan for new zoning guidelines in the neighborhood around Harrison Avenue and Albany Street in the South End at a public meeting this week. If adopted they will guide the future of development there. The recommendations are the result of the Harrison-Albany...