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From the Boston Business Journal: Trinity Financial announced Tuesday that it would make condominium units at The Carruth available for rent. The developer will offer 38 units for rent at the Dorchester, Mass.-based mixed-use complex. The units will be made available for rent starting June 15. Which means, all units will be rented. Who would [...]

Very disappointing news out of Dorchester. The developer of the Schoolhouse at Lower Mills is turning the residential building into rentals, a victim of the slow real estate market. Five of the 62 units were under agreement. The project has had a good amount of positive press (some from my blog!) and the prices were [...]

You can’t win for trying, some days. A tenant wants to have a service dog in a building that otherwise forbids pets. A pit bull terrier. The landlord is nervous. About allowing the dog. And, about being sued for discrimination, should he say no. I thought it was an interesting story. Pit bull service dog [...]

Regarding South Boston real estate sales, the following appeared in this week’s Banker & Tradesman: During the first four months of this year, 25 condos were sold, compared to 29 for the same period in 2007, according to The Warren Group, parent company of Banker & Tradesman. During the same months in 2005 and 2006, [...]

The Boston Business Journal is reporting that 1330 Boylston is on schedule for an August completion date and the developer says 10% of the apartment units have signed leases, ahead of schedule.

A major apartment project gets under way today on West Broadway, in South Boston. From the Herald: A pair of high-powered local developers, after initially planning high-end condos, has shifted gears and will build 139 apartments on the former Cardinal Cushing High School site … … The $61 million project, at 50 West Broadway near [...]

I laughed when I read two stories in yesterday’s Times. The first involved a property in Manhattan that had been rented out to a gallery. The rent was $1.8 million per year. The gallery didn’t have the money for a security deposit, so it put up a painting as collateral. Last year, the gallery went [...]

At the end of last year, the Boston City Council, by a vote of 9-0, passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for a private landlord to rent an apartment to more than four students. Landlords can still rent these apartments to more than four people, so families, etc., are not affected. For some reason, [...]

Construction on the sparkling new Battery Wharf project is almost completed; closings on the condo units are expected, imminently. One owner has placed his/her unit on the market as a rental. Two beds Two baths Two garage spots 1391 square feet $9,200 per month Battery Wharf is a multi-use development located on Commercial Street, where [...]