Boston developer Samuels & Associates intends to transform air-rights Parcel 12, located at the “critical” intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston and Newbury streets in the Back Bay, into a 545,000 square-foot, mixed-use development. In the Letter of Intent filed…
Author: Dan Murphy
Boston Arts Academy Breaks Ground on New $125 Million Facility
The groundbreaking for the Boston Arts Academy’s new $125 million facility at 145 Ipswich St. was commemorated during a ceremony Tuesday. “I am thankful, I am honored, and I am thrilled,” said Anne Clarke, BAA headmaster. “This building is certainly…
Environmental Forum Aims to Educate Condo Residents
An environmental-awareness forum to educate condominium residents on how to reduce their carbon footprints was held at First Church of Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The panel discussion, followed by a question-and-answer period, was sponsored by the Green Committee of…
Team Behind Proposed Fenway Marijuana Dispensary Presents Plans to Community
The team unveiled its plans to open an adult-use, recreational marijuana facility in the neighborhood at a meeting sponsored by the mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services at the Fenway Community Center on Thursday, Sept. 27. MedMen, which is traded on…
Applicant for Proposed Fenway Retail Marijuana Shop to Present Plans to Community
The applicant for a retail marijuana establishment proposed near Fenway Park at 120 Brookline St. will be on hand for a community outreach meeting sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services at the Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston St.,…
Freedom Rally Leaves Common Looking Worse for the Wear
An estimated crowd of between 15,000 and 20,000 turned out to the Boston Common for the 29th annual Boston Freedom Rally over the weekend of Sept. 14 to 16, and while the event resulted in not a single arrest, according…
NABB Licensing and Building Use Committee Hears Several Proposals
The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Licensing and Building Use Committee heard several proposals during its monthly meeting at the Lenox Hotel on Monday night. Live Alive, an organic café with another location in Brookline, intends to open a…