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Winthrop Center promised a public space open seven days a week. The city is trying to hold them to it.

The BPDA gave developer Millennium Partners a slap on the wrist this week, claiming that its three-story-high lobby, dubbed The Connector, was locked on weekends when it's supposed to be open seven days a week.

Want to live in the Back Bay, the heart of America’s most expensive ZIP code? Here’s what it will cost you.
In December, the median home price was approximately $2,663 per square foot, according to data from Realtor.com that was reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this year.

Greater Boston typical home price reaches $900,000, a new March record
It's an eye-popping number that does not bode well for housing affordability this year.

Back Bay Hilton hotel sells for $171 million

The new ownership is planning a $25-30 million renovation to the 40 Dalton St. property, namely to the guest rooms, the lobby, and other public areas.

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Building much-needed housing at the old Fort Devens seems simple. It isn’t.
An agreement between the three towns that the old Army base straddles is just the first step in efforts to lift a longstanding housing cap there.

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Mayor Wu disappoints development industry by shelving tax break talks
Michelle Wu had offered hope that some kind of tax incentive would jump-start stalled housing projects.

From a scrapyard to a mini-city: BPDA approves huge project in Andrew Square
The project will turn a roughly 21-acre strip of Dorchester Ave. just north Andrew Square into a hub of life-science, retail, and residential buildings.

The ‘voice of cities and towns’ in Mass. has a new leader. And he wants to talk housing.
The powerful Mass. Municipal Association has long opposed top-down solutions to the state’s housing crisis. Could its stance be softening as cities and towns struggle with housing woes of their own?

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Lots of people bought second homes on the Cape during the pandemic. That means more short-term rentals this summer.

The Cape has nearly 18,000 short-term rentals on the market this summer, a 12 percent increase from April last year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and the Cape Cod Commission.

Justice Department can reopen Realtors case, court rules

“The fact that DOJ ‘closed its investigation’ does not guarantee that the investigation would stay closed forever,” the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit wrote in a 2-1 decision. “The words ‘close’ and ‘reopen’ are unambiguously compatible.”

Progress at Back Bay Station? Builder of long-dormant development signs lease deal with the state.

The long-term lease deal with Boston Properties would enable the developer to build a long-planned 27-story office tower at 171 Dartmouth St.

First step at Boston City Council for Mayor Wu’s commercial tax proposal

The proposed legislation would place higher taxes on commercial properties to prevent tax increases for residents.

Wu gives out more storefront grants, while looking for ways to extend the popular program

$9 million in federal money to fund a program helping small businesses fill vacant storefronts is set to run out at the end of the year.

A first look at the proposed Revolution stadium in Everett

At last, the Krafts are ready to show images and discuss details of the soccer-specific stadium they want to build on the banks of the Mystic River.

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What a 417,000-square-foot project at the corner of Bromfield Street could say about the future of downtown

The powers-that-be in City Hall face a crucial decision: Let a developer proceed with office plans there, or force it back to the drawing board for housing instead.

Revs stadium plan will finally get public airing on Beacon Hill Tuesday

Revolution fans will get their chance to speak up now that a bill that would pave the way for a new soccer stadium in Everett has a public hearing date on Beacon Hill.