Apartments take front seat over luxury condos in Boston

This is a growing trend in the Boston area and around the country. New construction is up but only for multi family developments. The popular strategy seems to be building out a new building with condos in mind for the long term but setting the building as rentals for the first 5 years. Russia Wharf [...]
Newbury Street Brownstone Dig out

This caught my eye as I was walking down Newbury Street. Retail space is so valuable along Newbury that many of the brownstones have been dug out to make a better space. The original basement is typically partially below grade. You can see in this photo where the field stone on the foundation layer leads [...]





