A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: ‘Beloved King,’ Savoy Night at Crystal Ballroom
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a swing dance Savoy Night at the Somerville Theatre’s new Crystal Ballroom, songs from Jade Sylvan’s “Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical,” an MIT water summit, holiday market and plenty of music.
Memorial Drive tower’s sale for $825M is giant, but the cost of an Inner Belt building leaped 184%
The sale of the 17-story office tower at 1 Memorial Drive, Kendall Square, is being called the biggest of its kind so far in 2021, but think of the three-story building going for $35.5 million. MIT has broken ground on a college of computing, too, and more apartments are going up near Union Square.
Anna’s Taqueria is moving out of MIT location after 16 years, citing administration obstacles
Anna’s Taqueria has closed its Massachusetts Institute of Technology location permanently, and not by choice, the owner said.
Upgrades to Hyatt’s hotel along the Charles River finish in fall with new looks and a room-key app
The Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge’s long process of renovation and construction will be complete this fall, with new lighting for the iconic pyramid along the Charles and updates to the entrance and lobby and 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space.
North Point to get 12-story life-science building, MIT buys gas station, advances its Kendall tower
Plenty has been going on in development this spring, including an environmentally focused building planned for North Point’s Parcel U, a slew of MIT moves and more on BioMed Realty’s push into Somerville.
Dog thief came back to the scene of the crime, police say, and was spotted (like the dog, Titus)
Police have arrested a suspect in a Friday dog theft because he returned – with the dog – to the scene of the crime.
Met Pipe suing Alexandria over its Binney math; MIT preps update for 93-year-old dorm building
The hyper complicated Alexandria Real Estate Equities zoning petition that passed in 2020 brought together recreational land the city has wanted for three decades and made room for an entire Eversource electrical substation. But one player says it was left out, and is suing.
MIT plans 10-story residence hall for Vassar St.; BioMed makes a big move into Assembly Square
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has submitted plans for a Vassar Street dorm to serve 690 graduate students, taking up 327,000 square feet and 10 stories over two buildings around a large central plaza.
Attend meetings on class split in resident survey; safety policies for in-person classes; a new Tatte
Public meetings this week look at details of the latest Cambridge resident survey, safety policies for expanded in-person classes, guidelines for the next education budget, plans for MIT’s College of Computing, new locations for Tatte and Sweetgreen and a financial analysis of Kendall Square changes.
MIT’s College of Computing building takes shape as Alexandria and BioMed make moves in Boston
Plans were released this week for the building that will house a College of Computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – an eight-story structure to be completed in 2023.
