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Blog :: 2018

Boston's height limit: Will the city ever pierce 800 feet?

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Tom Acitelli of Curbed Boston

In much the same way that the middle-class is unlikely to enjoy a renaissance in Boston, developers are unlikely to ever pierce 800 feet in terms of building height.

At least not for the foreseeable future.

The city’s tallest building by 2020 will be the same as it is today: 200 Clarendon (the former Hancock), [...]

Financial District's 50 Post Office Square getting a glassy new lobby.

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By Tom Acitelli of Curbed Boston.

The owner of the Art Deco office building at 50 Post Office Square in Boston’s Financial District is planning to erect a new lobby on High Street with a 35-foot glass curtain and an indoor-outdoor LED [...]

Congestion pricing in Boston: Has its time arrived?

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By Tom Acitelli of Curbed Boston

York City is closer than ever to enacting congestion pricing—that is, charging most motorists a fee for driving in and out of Manhattan’s main commercial districts. 

The idea has the backing of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the sort-of backing, or at least not outright opposition, of New York Mayor (and [...]

Beige Book Report January 2018

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

 

First District - BOSTON

Residential Real Estate 

Heading into the end of the year, residential real estate markets in the First District showed slight to moderate increases in sales and ongoing struggles with inventory. (Data for all six states refer to changes from November 2016 to November 2017, while [...]

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