Massachusetts Construction News: How a Minor League Team’s Move Could Birth a Central Massachusetts Development Boom

The Pawtucket Red Sox, a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team, announced that they will move to Worcester, Massachusetts by 2021. The move includes a new, 10,000-seat stadium in the city's Canal District and a new name - the Worcester Red Sox (WooSox).

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Construction News: State, local governments using higher revenues to increase infrastructure spending

According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of state and local revenue collection and spending, public agencies are increasing their infrastructure investments and making a dent in projects that have been on back burners for many years.

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Boston Construction News: BPDA Approves Three Development Projects, Over 250 Residential Units in Allston, Hyde Park & Roxbury

This week, the Board of Directors of the Boston Planning & Development Agency approved three new development projects that will generate a total of 257 residential units and 89 jobs upon their completion.

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Boston Construction News: The 8 most significant Boston developments under construction right now

This map plots the eight most significant major projects under construction in Boston as of the end of August. The octet includes what will be New England's tallest primarily residential tower; a vast complex that will contain practice facilities for the Bruins and the Celtics; and Harvard University's single, biggest footprint outside of Cambridge.

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Boston Construction News: Fenway Theater near Fenway Park would be Boston’s biggest indoor music venue

The Boston Red Sox and concert hegemon Live Nation want to build a 5,000-seat performing arts venue between Lansdowne and Ipswich streets behind Fenway Park’s bleachers.

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Boston’s Luxury Towers: Shell Game For the Global Elite? New Study Makes The Case

Opponents of Boston's luxury housing boom are warning of another prospective danger beyond raising rents and forcing out longtime residents -- tax evasion and money laundering under the cover of the multimillion-dollar condos sprouting through the sky.

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Boston Construction News: Exchange South End, 1.6 million-square-ft project wins key approval

As expected, the Boston Planning & Development Agency on August 16 signed off on plans to redevelop the former site of the Boston Flower Exchange in the South End into a 1.6 million-square-foot, four-building technology and life sciences hub.

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