0 Report: Search for new Boston Globe HQ Down to Fenway, Charlestown

Landmark Center office space in Fenway

Credit: BBJ

The Boston Globe is narrowing its search for its new home. Reports on the BBJ name Fenway and Charlestown as potential destinations for Globe’s new HQ.

The Boston Business Journal states, “local real estate sources have confirmed that two of the newspaper company’s possible destinations are in Charlestown, while the third site under consideration is the Fenway, just a stone’s throw from another prominent asset owned by Henry, the Boston Red Sox. The article also notes, “The Landmark Center in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood will have approximately 360,000 square feet of available space following the departure of Blue Cross/Blue Shield.”

You can real the BBJ article, here.

0 Fenway Center Banking on Tax Break

Fenway Center in Boston

Credit: The Boston Globe

Will the new mayor offer concessions where Menino wouldn’t?  Fenway Center is an aggressive project that bridges the Turnpike between Fenway and Kenmore.  Over the years, projects like this have fallen short due to the cost of construction and the inability to secure appropriate financing.

According to The Boston Globe, the developer of Fenway Center is asking for a significant tax break for the new project:

In a last-ditch effort to save one of the city’s largest construction projects, developer John Rosenthal is asking Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration for a $7.8 million tax break to help build a massive complex of buildings near Fenway Park…“John’s a good man and I know he’s been working on this project for a long time,” Walsh said in a recent interview with The Boston Globe. “We’re going to look at [his proposal] and do what’s best for the city.”

The full article is available to online subscribers of The Boston Globe.