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Davis Cos. completes $72.5 million acquisition of nearly 100-acre Exxon tank farm in Everett

Coinciding with the Davis deal, the Conservation Law Foundation reached a settlement with Exxon over pollution and climate resiliency issues at the site, restricting the property from being used for bulk fossil fuel storage in the future.

Newton council passes scaled-back plan to allow more multifamily housing in some areas
The rezoning is Newton’s effort to comply with the state’s new MBTA Communities housing law, which mandates denser multifamily housing near transit corridors in nearly 180 municipalities and has ignited controversy across the state.

Newton, other suburbs, face crucial housing votes ahead of state deadline
Most communities facing a deadline this month have yet to approve plans to comply with a 2021 state law aimed at addressing Massachusetts' housing shortage.

Investors snagged 1 in 5 homes for sale in Greater Boston, worsening housing crisis, report finds

In recent years, smaller local operators scooped up two-families and triple-deckers, driving up the cost of once relatively affordable housing.

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A miracle on Clarendon Street: How a Back Bay building became apartments for homeless people
Projects like these typically take years to pull together, but this one took just a little over a year from the filing of its plan to the start of renovations.

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Cumberland Farms scion George P. Haseotes bets big on St. Regis condos
Haseotes, who has locked down 10 units in the Seaport tower, appears to believe that the market will turn around as mortgage rates decline.

Tell us: Do you live in a new apartment building in Greater Boston? We want to hear about it.
We’re looking for people who rent in buildings that are two or three years old — or newer — in or around Boston to talk about what they pay, what they get in terms of amenities and location, and what they think about where they live.

Developers file big plans on the industrial edge of South Boston
Oxford and Pappas are planning an eight-building, 1.7 million-square-foot lab, residential and commercial campus on the W.B. Mason site along the Reserved Channel.

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St. Regis condo developer sells 10 units in unconventional ‘limited inventory bid’ process

Jon Cronin offered one- and two-bedroom condos with minimum required bids about 20 percent below recent sales.

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Boston backs an apartment project that divided a Dorchester neighborhood

All the units will be reserved for low- and middle-income tenants in Boston’s most populous neighborhood at a time when the city is struggling with a housing shortage.

BPDA OK’s new building for American Repertory Theater in Allston

In total, the board approved 656 residential units in Dorchester, East Boston, Roxbury, and West Roxbury.

The plan for a New England Revolution stadium in Everett has hit a speed bump — including concerns from Mayor Wu

After a measure to enable Revolution stadium in Everett was stalled on Beacon Hill, Boston wonders why it wasn’t part of the negotiations.

AMC movie theatre opens next to North Station

AMC Causeway 13, a new 13-screen, 66,806-square foot location of the cinema chain, debuted next to TD Garden at the Hub on Causeway on Thursday.

These six graphs show how bad the Greater Boston housing market is right now

Inventory is plummeting, renters are getting squeezed, and many communities simply aren’t building enough to keep pace.

EMD Serono headquarters plans to join biopharma cluster in Boston’s Seaport

The company will join more than two dozen life sciences companies, including Vertex and Eli Lilly, in the neighborhood.

High prices, mortgage rates, keep Greater Boston housing market stuck in neutral

Sales hit record lows in October, while prices remain at record highs.