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Church Court – just completed – meticulously designed duplex!
This private Beacon Street entrance opens up to a magnificent home overlooking the Charles River. The unit has been transformed from top to bottom with the highest quality finishes.
1776 square feet of luxury – featuring 2.5 baths, 2 bedrooms, and a large 21 x 21 living room which has great views of the outdoors with sensational natural light. The designer kitchen is exactly what you expect when you walk in. The private patio with river views …
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Penthouse unit 804 at 360 Newbury Street is now on the market! This amazing Penthouse comes with huge windows and offers panoramic views of the Back Bay, Fenway Park and beyond. With over 2,100 square feet of living space this three-bedroom duplex home offers an ideal layout for entertaining or casual family living.
Location, Location, Location… 360 Newbury is one of the most desirable buildings in all of Boston. The building sits tall on the corner of Newbury and Mass Ave. This contemporary full service building designed by the famous …
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The Clarendon Back Bay – Voted Best New Luxury Living Full Service Building in Boston byBoston Magazine.
The Clarendon is ideally located. It is steps from the South End and justtwo blocks from Newbury Street. This area is rich in cultural venues; with contemporary andtraditional art galleries; fine dining, and boutique shopping. And it is close proximity to the Boston Common as well as Copley Square.
This perfectly designed property has a distinct blend of brick and glass with steel accents. While the interiors are a blend of New England traditional …
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The July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, what better celebration of our Nation’s independence is there than one with beautiful orchestral music and a mind-blowing pyrotechnical display, all taking place in Massachusetts, the birthplace of the revolution? If you said, “nope, there is no better Independence Day celebration in all 50 states,” then you’re correct.
For those of you who live in the area and have never partook in the festivities, make this the year, because- well- why not?
Here’s a little background on the world-renowned celebration:
“The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular started …
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Whether you’re looking for a studio, one or two bedroom in the heart of Back Bay, Trinity Place has some great re-sale options on the market. Trinity Place’s address is 1 Huntington Avenue located on the corner of Huntington Avenue and Dartmouth Street. Though it is one of the premier luxury buildings in Boston, it is one of the few buildings with an address in Copley Square’s prime location. It is convenient to just about everything- renowned restaurants, retail, Shaw’s grocery store and so much more.
The development was …
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The W’s filed for bankruptcy, the foreclosure rate is at a high, and unemployment has gone down all in the midst of what many are calling a “revitalized” real estate market.
This is craziness. Here are the bullets.
What’s The Deal With The W?
As you may well know, one of Boston’s newer luxury hotels and residencies, the internationally recognized W Hotel, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The W lies in the heart of the Theater District on Stuart Street and is considered an artistic masterpiece, designed by Bill Rawn, however, many consider …
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by Diana Burell courtesy of The Luxist
When you step into the reception area of The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Boston, a 16,000-square-foot day spa four floors above busy Boylston Street, you can’t help but leave your stress at the door. The soothing sound of the Asian-inspired wall fountain and the tantalizing aroma of the spa’s signature scent, Quintessence, wafting gently through the air banish any thought of the mundane world below you. You’re greeted and presented with a beverage specially selected for the season — a warming cup of herbal …
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Lets just say NOT GOOD news for the W Boston Condos & Hotel here in Boston. Although quoted in numerous articles by owner and developer, Sawyer Enterprises, the filing of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy is just a technicality and process to restructure the developments debt.
via the Boston Globe – Just months after opening, the owner of the luxury W Boston Hotel and Residences in Park Square filed for bankruptcy today. The company said it needs breathing room to restructure debts that total more than $100 million.
The filing is …
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Earlier this week Emerson College announced their purchase of 1-3 Boylston Place (The brick walkway off Boylston street that leads to the Transportation building), a purchase that is putting a popular nightclub and a sweet cafe in a tight spot…
Emerson College currently owns and occupies five major buildings as well as other smaller facilities in the downtown area surrounding the corner of Boylston St. and Tremont St. The buildings and their addresses are as follows: 80 Boylston (The Little Building,) 100 Boylston St. (The Colonial Building), 120 Boylston St. (The …
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Last Lot in the Back Bay Sold: Ted Raymond has sold the site of his planned luxury condominium project in the Back Bay for $8.2 million. The site consists of one of the last remaining lots in the Back Bay as well as an adjacent apartment building (163 Commonwealth Ave), and its sale marks the abandonment of Raymond’s plans to build a 5 story luxury condominium complex there.
“The real estate market got a little soft on condos, so we felt it would be best to sell,” said Raymond. However, “Sales …
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In my recent post titled, “Mixed Signals in the Housing Market,” I quoted the Boston Globe’s concluding statement, which surmises, “The Greater Boston Market appears to have stabilized, and entered a period as a moderate seller’s market.” Well that was the whole housing market. In a recent data-driven Globe article fueled by data from LINK, The Listing Information Network, a private Boston company that tracks the downtown condo market, luxury housing buildings, defined as “those that offer concierge, valet, and other services and have more than 10 units,” sales are …
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Peter Wolf sits in his Back Bay condo chatting it up with The Herald’s Jim Sullivan for an interview. He’s dressed in all black as usual, surrounded by a treasure trove of CD’s, LP’s, and books. You remember Peter Wolf, frontman for Boston’s own J. Geils Band? Well now he’s working on his own album, “Midnight Souvenirs,” the sixth installment in the Boston-legends post-J. Geils career, an album over four years in the making.
Wolf is 64 years old and still going strong, performing, both solo and with J. Geils, and …
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Three bedroom condominiums in the Back Bay don’t become available that regularly so when they do appear, they tend to get quite a bit of interest. The property located at 81 Marlborough Street, Unit #5 (MLS 71056719) is such a property. Particularly in this case because it includes a direct-access full parking space, has 1,700 Sq.Ft. of living space, a terrace spanning the width of the living area that includes direct views of the Hancock Tower, and most importantly is priced to sell at $1,190,000 or …
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Two new resale units in the Mandarin hit the market this week. Unit E9F Listed at $3,795,000 is a custom renovated home with Classic / Contemporary design shapes. This one of a kind unit is a 2600 square foot, 3 bedroom 3 bathroom home with an open kitchen and expansive living room with private balcony.
Some of the many top of the line finishes, including solid wide board Mahogany Flooring, Poggenpohl kitchen cabinets with Caesarstone counters and Sub Zero / Viking, 5 piece spa like …
