Tuesday, May 7, 2013
First brick-and-mortar Cheeseboy will begin operating this spring and is hiring about 30 people.
Grilled cheese company Cheeseboy is planning to open its first restaurant in the Downtown Crossing area, and the company is hiring new staff. Founded in 2009, Cheeseboy: Grilled Cheese To Go is “America’s first quick-serve grilled cheese restaurant” and currently has to-go locations at South Station, Prudential Center and in the greater Boston area and in Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. “Cheeseboy is focused on serving delicious and affordable grilled cheese sandwiches made with high-quality ingredients, including bakery crafted breads, premium cheeses and fresh meat and veggie toppings,” according to a company press release. “Customers can order one of Cheeseboy's eight Signature Sandwiches or make their own. Hearty soups, snacks, …
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280 Washington St, Boston, MA
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
The shop will feature a grocery section with sushi chef station, pastry case, adult beverages and more as well as a health and beauty section, all incorporating interactive technologies.
The former Borders building in Downtown Crossing is being renovated into a new kind of Walgreens—one of three flagship stores the company is creating around the country that offer a mix of high-end groceries, adult beverages, beauty products and health needs. On Wednesday, Walgreens representatives offered members of the media a sneak peek at the new building, located at 10-24 School St., at the corner of School and Washington streets. Though the company has already opened similar flagship stores in New York City and Chicago, the Boston site presented a unique opportunity to blend old and new design styles in a building that is itself a mix of time periods. “We respected the fact that this is a modern building attached to a very …
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School St & Washington St, Boston, MA
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Friday, December 7, 2012
The project will look at sidewalks, roadways, pedestrian zones, signage and retail vendors.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has selected a firm to develop a streetscape design program for Boston’s Downtown Crossing Business Improvement District. Klopfer Martin Design Group, located at 214 Cambridge St., Boston, was selected from 11 proposals submitted to the BRA for the project. “At the [Boston Improvement District’s] Annual Meeting, KMDG presented its long-term vision for a district-wide standard of design to be implemented in the public realm i.e. sidewalks, roadways, the pedestrian zone, signage, and the vending program,” according to a press release posted on the BRA website. “Experts in landscape architecture, wayfinding, urban design, universal design, vending, civil and traffic engineering, and bicycling have been …
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Bedford St & Kingston St, Boston, MA
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Monday, November 19, 2012
The developer told the Herald he is waiting to see construction begin on the old Filene's property before moving forward with his project.
Plans to build a 28-story apartment and retail tower in the Downtown Crossing area remain on hold until further progress is made on the former Filene’s Basement site across the way, the Boston Herald reported Monday. Midwood Management President John Usdan told the Herald that the $200 million One Bromfield project was not “viable” yet, despite the fact that another developer had received city approval to develop the Filene’s block. The Bromfield project, initially proposed in 2008, would replace four buildings at Bromfield and Washington streets with about 260 apartment units on top of retail and parking facilities, according to the Herald article. But the project has been on hold since then. Across the way, at One Franklin, New York …
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1 Bromfield St, Boston, MA
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1 Franklin St, Boston, MA
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Washington St & Avery St, Boston, MA
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Two of the city's biggest developers recently changed proposals to reduce office space in favor of more residential space. Why that might be good for Boston.
Boston developers are hot for housing and cool on office space lately—and that could be a good thing for the city. The Abbey Group recently announced a sharp change to its $150 million mixed-use project in Fenway. The original plans, approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority in November, called for about 100,000 square feet of office space. But the developer decided to scrap all of it to increase the building’s residential count from 210 apartments to 322 units of apartments and condominiums. That announcement follows a similar change in plans from Millennium Partners. The team behind the proposed tower at the former Filene’s site in Downtown Crossing submitted revised plans this summer that slashed proposed office space from 469,000 …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Plan increases residential space and parking but reduces office and retail space.
Let’s start with the good news: Millennium Partners’ latest plan released this week by the Boston Redevelopment Authority shows progress on getting a building constructed in the gaping pit at the heart of Downtown Crossing. Now the bad news: the revision nixes earlier plans to preserve the façade of the 1905 Jones McDuffee and Stratton building on Franklin Street. According to the report, the change would be necessary to support Millenium’s new plan of preserving the remnants of the Burnham Building on the other side of the site as a separate but attached structure. “The base of the new Tower component will not directly abut the Burnham Building, but be set to the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets,” Millennium’s report read. “In …
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Pending plans could mark the first major change to Boston's skyline in a quarter century.
After decades of more modest projects, Boston’s designers and architects may be reigniting a new age of Hub skyscrapers—the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1970s. Millennium Partners has pitched a plan to erect a 606-foot tower at the former Filene’s site in Downtown Crossing; Simon Property Group snagged approval last fall for an addition to Copley Place which would bring the site’s full height to 600 feet, and the man who once pitched a 1,000-foot tower for the Financial District is in talks with city officials again for another plan for the site. Should any of those projects reach their full height, they would be the first new buildings in Boston to stand at least 600 feet since 1987—when the pink columns of One International …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Millennium Partners plan to fill in the giant hole in Downtown Crossings with the fourth tallest building in Boston.
After years of inaction, Downtown Crossing's canyon may be filled. The site's new developer has proposed a 606-foot tower for the site, reports the Boston Herald. Millennium Partners detailed a $615 million project to fill in the massive hole that once was a Filene’s department store near Downtown Crossings. The proposed 54-story Millennium Tower will include 500 residential units, 230,000 square feet of retail space, 200,000 square feet of office space and 525 underground parking spots, according to the Boston Business Journal. The living space will be in the tower, while the retail space will occupy the lower levels and the office space will be at the top floors. At 606 feet, the Millennium Tower would be the fourth tallest building in …
Monday, January 2, 2012
Newly-reelected City Council President Stephen Murphy wants the council to pressure owner of the Downtown Crossing hole (where Filene's used to be) to clean up his mess — if he wants to get a casino for Suffolk Downs.
The first City Council meeting of the year was mostly a by-the-numbers affair, with a light agenda of actual decisions to be made. The 2012 City Council, having been sworn-in earlier Monday at Faneuil Hall, did make one decision — they kept City Councilor Stephen Murphy on as president. The vote, which was expected to go Murphy's way, was unanimous. Murphy outlined a few items he'd like the council to go after in 2012. Among them would be using the council to pressure the owner of the giant hole in Downtown Crossing to get it fixed if they expect the city to play ball with them over another property in which they have a 20 percent interest — Suffolk Downs, which could become a lucrative casino. "There are people who want to put a casino …
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Boston City Council
1 City Hall Sq Ste 550, Boston, MA
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426 Washington St, Boston, MA
Former site of Filene's. Now a giant hole.
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Caitlin Walsh
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