Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Beacon Hill Homes, Listings
This week, we’re looking at luxury condo developments in Boston neighborhoods. In Beacon Hill, we’ve got the Lincolnshire, where one and two-bedroom units are priced between $500K and $1.5 million. Located at the foot of Beacon Hill, the Lincolnshire is near the Boston Common, the Charles River, and the shops of Back Bay and Newbury […]
Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Fenway Homes, Listings
This week we’re looking at luxury developments in Boston neighborhoods. In the Fenway, we have Audubon Park, a 53-unit building with prices in the $450K-$750K range. Located in the West Fenway neighborhood at Beacon and Miner Streets, at Audubon Circle, this 6-story building is conveniently located within walking distance of Kenmore and the Longwood Medical area.
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Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Fort Point Homes, Listings
This week, we’re taking a look at new luxury condo developments in the downtown area. In the Fort Point Seaport District we’ve got FP3, an 89-unit development being developed by Berkeley Investments. This building will be one of the first luxury buildings developed in this neighborhood and will offer studios and two-bedroom lofts up to 2000 […]
Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Listings, North End Homes
This week we’re taking a look at larger luxury condo developments around Boston. In the North End, there’s 44 Prince Street, a 55-unit building in the $500K-$800K price range. The building is just steps from the Waterfront, Financial District and Government Center.
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Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Chinatown Homes, Listings
This week we’re taking a look at large luxury developments in the works. In Chinatown, we’ve got Lofts Avana, an all new 32-condo loft development that boasts a modern feel and one and two-bedroom loft style units.
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Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Listings, South End Homes
This week we’re taking a look at some of the large luxury developments in downtown neighborhoods.
In the South End, we’ve got 285 Columbus Lofts, which opened their doors just recently. Prices in this conversion of the 1924 Earle building range from $650K to $1.5 million.
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Posted by Pam on June 27th, 2008 in Back Bay Homes, Listings
This week we’re taking a look at some of the large luxury developments in downtown neighborhoods.
In the Back Bay, we’ve got the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental. Pre-construction prices are between $3 million and $12 million. Being developed by Stephen R. Weiner of CWB, these units are adjacent to the 168-room 5 star hotel on […]
Posted by Pam on June 26th, 2008 in Life in Boston
Condo buyers had eagerly welcomed the new, ultra-luxurious $300 million Battery Wharf condo development that was to be run by the famous Regent Hotel. In fact, 60 percent of the development has already been sold, despite a tough market and condo prices between $1-$4 million. But there’s some bad news for condo buyers who chose the development specifically because of […]
Posted by Pam on June 24th, 2008 in real estate market
While housing prices have certainly calmed down in Boston recently, the same holds true for many other cities around the world. Two examples: Rome and London.
According to the Tecnocasa Real Estate Agency, prices for homes in Rome fell by an average of 0.9 percent in 2007. As in Boston, prices of homes located in the central […]
Posted by Pam on June 17th, 2008 in Life in Boston
One great thing about Boston is that it’s a literary town. People in Boston write books and they read them. Thanks to the internet, independent bookstores are harder to find than they used to be, but still a few special bookstores exist for the bibliophiles among us.
Schoenhof’s Foreign Books, 76A Mount Auburn Place, Cambridge, 617-547-8855. This […]