Real estate isn’t risky business, if you’re buying a place for you to live, now is it? Though U.S home-price gains have slowed, prices still far outstrip fundamentals, according to Yale economist Robert Shiller. … In justifying his pessimism, he...
Everyone once in awhile, you hear the argument, “if the cost of housing continues to rise, our creative class won’t be able to live here, anymore.” Here’s one person’s response to this, courtesy of Curbed.com: A reader brought our...
Shell has sold their gas station at 1241 Boylston St. behind Fenway Park for $4 million. The buyer is a company headed by Ilias Giannakopoulos, who previously leased the site from Shell. … Although Mr. Giannakopoulos said he would continue to run the parcel as a...
Except, I’m not a journalist. Anyway, a couple weeks ago, I was in the office (ie., Starbucks) when in walked real estate agency mogul Jason B Weissman, head of Boston Realty Advisors, located in the Back Bay. He was talking with a man who looked very important....
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) has delayed the public review of Suffolk University’s plans to build a dormitory on Beacon Hill. Neighbors say that the building which Suffolk wants to tear down should be declared a landmark. Neighbors say their...
From The Boston Courant: Apple Computer, Inc. is meeting with the Back Bay Architectural Commission to discuss the company’s plans to demolish an existing 2-story building and construct a new 3-story building, at 815 Boylston Street, in the Back Bay. The site...