The move from North Andover will bring more than 400 Converse employees to the city by 2015.
They're a favorite of Kevin McHale and Larry Bird. Parisian girls wear them like they're the only sneakers on earth. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will rock them at the Golden Globes. And, soon, Boston will be the place they come from. That's right: Converse Inc., the company behind the legendary Chuck Taylors, is moving its world headquarters to Boston as part of the $230 million redevelopment of the North End's Lovejoy Warf in Bulfinch Triangle. The city announced on Tuesday, Jan. 8 that the North Andover shoe company will relocate its expanded world headquarters to the city by April 2015. Four hundred employees will work in approximately 187,000 square feet of new office space near the TD Garden, according to the city's announcement. “…
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After being on hold for about five years, the project is getting new life, receiving unanimous support from the BRA last week.
A stalled project at the North End’s Lovejoy Wharf is getting a second chance with the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s recent approval of updated plans for the project. At their meeting on Dec. 13, the BRA unanimously voted to support a proposal presented by developers The Beal Companies and The Related Companies, for a property located on the 2.1-acre Lovejoy Wharf waterfront area, which includes 160 North Washington St. and 131 Beverley St., just over the river from Charlestown. Originally approved by the BRA in November 2006, the project at the time included the demolition and replacement of the existing Beverley Street building and rehabilitation of the North Washington Street building to produce about 250 new housing units as well as…
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Joseph
3:49 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I don't know j, please tell me? I didn't read that. I read that they expect an increase in tax revenue of roughly $1.3MM/yearly, over the next 25yrs, not accounting for inflation. http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2013/01/city_tax_break_makes_lovejoy Furthermore, those in North Andover and surrounding areas will have to spend their money on the ever increasing Commuter Rail fares. Not … more ›