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An April 23, 2013 hearing at the Zoning Board of Appeal is scheduled to remove the supermarket proviso as part of the One Canal project along N. Washington Street bordering the West End and North End neighborhoods. One Canal, a $175 million, 12-story, 320-unit rental housing development expected to open in mid-2015. Last summer, city officials [...]
The lingering question of the North End / West End supermarket took another turn with news leaked to the Globe that TD Garden owner, Delaware North, and Boston Properties are looking to move forward with a double-tower mixed use development, including a Stop & Shop and a multi-level Target. Both Stop & Shop and Target [...]
The following is a news release from Whole Foods Market regarding a free shuttle from North End and Charlestown locations while the former Johnnie’s (recently acquired by Whole Foods) is undergoing construction at the Bunker Hill Mall in Charlestown. Whole Foods Market to provide shuttle from Charlestown and the North End to Charles River Plaza [...]
A supermarket is in … no, it’s out … it’s Target, it’s Stop & Shop, … no, it isn’t. After more than a decade, the long-anticipated affordable supermarket for downtown Boston is on-track to break ground in the Spring of 2013 as part of the One Canal project in the Bulfinch Triangle. On Tuesday night, [...]
The Boston Redevelopment Authority is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 6:00 pm at CBT Architects of 110 Canal St. regarding the proposed One Canal development project by Trinity Financial. Note: This is the “supermarket parcel” in the Bulfinch Triangle.
The decade-long mating dance has resumed between Stop & Shop and developers to come to terms for a supermarket in the Bulfinch Triangle, according to recent media reports. Although Trinity Financial recently told the neighborhood that Stop & Shop was no longer interested in the ground floor space for its planned 14-story apartment complex along [...]
Sarah Barnat of Trinity Financial Inc. presented the developer’s plan for “One Canal,” an apartment rental complex to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association, NEWRA, on December 8, 2011. In addition to 320 luxury apartments, the building will include approximately 21,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The parcel runs along N. Washington Street, [...]
The Herald’s Tom Grillo reports that not only has Stop & Shop withdrawn from a Trinity Financial project at One Canal Street, but is seeking space in a nearby spot at a revived tower development project on the site of the old Garden on Causeway Street. Stop & Shop has expressed interest in opening a [...]
Raise a glass to the 10th anniversary of a proposed supermarket for the North and West Ends. Here, below, from my old files, is a letter describing the need for an “affordable ” and “easily-accessible” supermarket. It was sent May 17, 2001, by Boston City Councillor At-Large Francis “Mickey” Roache to the BRA — with a copy [...]
The long-awaited Stop & Shop on Canal Street in the West End may finally be happening, according to Tom Grillo of the Boston Herald: “Stop & Shop is expected to break ground this fall on Canal Street near the TD Garden.” “Trinity Financial recently reached an agreement with Stop & Shop to build a long-awaited [...]
The North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) was surprised to hear tonight that Target Corp. is aggressively courting the developer of the “One Canal” project to be its anchor tenant. “One Canal” is the proposed $150 million housing development at Greenway Parcel 2 A/B/C, between the West End and North End neighborhoods. Target is competing against [...]
MassDOT, the State’s transportation department, has approved the development of a 12-story building with a ground floor supermarket in the West End’s Bullfinch Triangle along Canal Street. The parcel is in the West End, but nearly abuts the North End, at the far end of the Rose Kennedy Greenway down to Causeway Street across from [...]
This week, Lia Tota and the Supermarket Committee came back to the neighborhood seeking support for a reinvigorated effort toward a supermarket project in the Bulfinch Triangle. The proposed site is next to the Avenir, a new apartment complex adjacent to North Station on Parcels 2A and 2C which are currently owned by MassPike and [...]