Posted in My Personal Thoughts, Development, Local Landmarks, City Hall, Mayor Menino on December 12th, 2006 No Comments »
In a speech this morning, Mayor Menino annouced his plans to again try to sell City Hall and City Hall Plaza to private developers. The sale of this under-developed land would provide more than enough proceeds to fund the development of a iconic new City Hall on Drydock Four in the new and up-and-coming “Seaport […]
Posted in My Personal Thoughts, Local Landmarks, Random Happenings on November 21st, 2006 2 Comments »
One of Boston’s landmarks will be changing it’s name come January. The Tata Group’s Taj Hotels acquired the 79 year old Ritz Carlton for $170 million. This is the oldest Ritz-Carlton hotel in the world.
Other than the name, not much else will change. The hotel recently went under a $50 million renovation in 2003.
My Thoughts: It’s […]
Posted in Financial District, Development, Local Landmarks on November 14th, 2006 No Comments »
They Mayor’s challenge to local and world-wide developers to design a building which will symbolize “this city’s greatness” was met with only one proposal and it came from a local!
Steven Belkin submitted a proposal for a 75-story, 1.3 million square foot office tower with some unique features. The entire building will be elevated three stories […]
Posted in Local Landmarks, Random Happenings on November 9th, 2006 No Comments »
How much would you pay to see your name in lights? Well, Citibank thinks $34 million sounds about right. The payment will come over the next 15 years and will help the now stuggling Wang center get back on it’s feet.
Citibank may have paid a lot but they expect it to be a good investment. […]
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