The Haymarket Pushcart Association has responded to a request from MassDOT regarding the pending designation for the Parcel 9 development along the Greenway. The HPA has come out strongly in support of the Cresset / DeNormandie’s Blackstone Market proposal and against Normandy Partners’ Haymarket Square Hotel. December 23, 2012 Roy Avellaneda, Real Estate Project Manager Read More…
The following is a shared letter exchange regarding the final Parcel 9 development designation between Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Secretary & CEO Richard Davey and Mr. Frederick A. (Tad) Stahl, FAIA of the Beacon Hill Civic Association and a member of the Parcel 7 & 9 Advisory Committee. Several previous comment letters can be Read More…
In a landslide of comment and recommendation letters for the final Parcel 9 designation, Cresset / DeNormandie’s Blackstone Market proposal gained broad support from a myriad of community and business interests against Normandy Partners’ Haymarket Square Hotel. Perhaps most notably, the Haymarket Pushcart Association has come out strongly against a hotel at the site. Parcel Read More…
Two of the four original bidders for the Parcel 9 development project will move forward to a Best and Final Offer round, including: Haymarket Square Hotel (Normandy Partners) – 180-room hotel with 2-story public winter garden, a ground market, pushcart and retail space, top floor restaurant and rooftop garden. (Presentation & Video) Blackstone Market (Cresset Read More…
In the closest 4-option poll we have ever had , the results are too close to call among the Parcel 9 development proposals currently under consideration by the Mass. Department of Transportation. With a total of 82 votes, Market Square by Upton + Partners slightly edged out the others with 29% of the vote, followed Read More…
The neighborhood groups are leaning toward Upton + Partners residences, the Haymarket Pushcart Association favors Blackstone Market mixed-use, the Boston Globe is holding the torch for the Boston Museum and Normandy Partners’ hotel plan is caught in the middle. The proposals are out, the presentations are done and the Mass. Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will soon Read More…
In a strongly worded recommendation, the Haymarket Pushcart Association (HPA) has come out firmly behind the “Blackstone Market” proposal by the Cresset Group and DeNormandie Companies for the Parcel 9 development project along the Greenway. The members of the HPA – themselves representing nationalities and languages from all over the globe – are proud of Read More…
The comments are “in” regarding the four proposed developments for Parcel 9 and there appears to be a broad, but not exclusive, edge of support given to the “Market Square” rental housing and “Eataly” concept proposed by Upton + Partners. The upper levels of “Market Square” include residential rental units with the lower section focusing Read More…
If Public Markets are ever created at Haymarket — in the multi-million dollar white elephant Big Dig ventilation building (Parcel 7) or in a future building on Parcel 9 — the big winner could be the Haymarket pushcarts. That’s because the public markets might introduce countless new customers to the tremendous variety and values offered by the pushcarts. And they are no Read More…
Upton + Partners presented its project proposal to MassDOT and the Parcel 9 RFP Committee members this week. The proposal includes a 119 new residential units and a specialty food market on the ground floor. The developer will contribute $2.1 million of public improvements to benefit the Haymarket Pushcart Association and will solicit $1.5 million Read More…
An advisory from MassDOT: MassDOT will be accepting public comment on the four proposals it received Parcel 9 in the North End of Boston. The 30-day public comment period starts May 3, 2012 and goes to June 3, 2012. Parcel 9 is located between the John Fitzgerald Surface Road and Blackstone Street in Boston’s North Read More…
Normandy Partners, in cooperation with Jones Lang LaSalle, presented its project proposal to MassDOT and the Parcel 9 RFP Committee members. The $60 million proposal includes a 180-room hotel, 2-story public “Winter Garden” lobby, community meeting space, public restrooms, Blackstone St. improvements, a “Haymarket Square” through-block connection to the Greenway and a ground floor market. Read More…