💰 The Watertown Mall is being sold to a Newton developer for $100 million, in a pivot from earlier plans for a lab and office space on the site.
The buyer: National Development, which was responsible for Ink Block in the South End. The new owners plan to keep the mall in the retail business for the time being, per the Globe.
✅ Plans for four buildings and 705 apartments near Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown won approval from the Boston Planning & Development Agency.
The five-acre, city-owned site is currently used for parking lots.
Yes, but: The site's neighbor, Boston Sand & Gravel, is wary of the plans, arguing that residential traffic mixing with its fleet of trucks coming and going could pose safety issues.
🏗️ Developer BXP got the OK from residents in Weston for a 480-unit development on a 74-acre parcel. The plans call for up to 100 townhomes, up to 280 rental units and up to 100 age-restricted units.
