The Four Seasons Boston Common’s low-key brick facade belies its status as a beacon of service-oriented high luxury. While the exterior architecture exudes understated grandeur, one step inside its doors leaves one with no doubts about its prominence. Drawing upon The Four Seasons Hotel’s reputation as one of the finest lodgings in Boston, residents of
Before the 8-story mid-rise at 360 Newbury (at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue), formerly the Tower Records Building, was first renovated in 1989, the brick building with striking awnings and dramatic ornamentation on the top of the facade was still struggling to find its footing. No more. Thanks to architect Frank Gehry, the man who
In the heart of the Back Bay—a neighborhood where traditional brick and brownstone facades meet steel towers sheathed in glass—sits The Somerset. This 19th-century landmark building has been meticulously transformed into a address of 116 exquisite condo residences faithful to their roots but with the patina of the new era. Situated along Commonwealth Avenue Mall,
The once-neglected South End is today an area of Boston that rivals the Back Bay and Beacon Hill as one of the most exclusive places to live in the city. Long a domain of sophisticated quirkiness and edgy urbanity, the area is now home to some of the city’s most well-known and trendsetting hotspots. And
A newly-built boutique building with five stunning luxury homes in the historical and centrally-located Beacon Hill neighborhood, Russell Court reflects the charm and opulence of Beacon Hill through the lens of an upscale contemporary lifestyle. The units offer an abundance of living and entertaining space, with many featuring private decks and raised ribbon-style gas fireplaces.
True to its vision, Ink Block delivers on its promise to anchor the South End with a new vision of contemporary urban living with a $200 million development made up of luxury condos and apartments, along with retail space, including shops, restaurants and a sprawling Whole Foods store. One of four residential options at Ink
The most ambitious project to date of the sharp design and development minds at AvalonBay Communities, Avalon North Station is a 38-story, 415-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper housing 503 brand new luxury apartments ranging in size from intimate studios to spacious three-bedroom penthouses. Avalon North Station offers its residents a private fitness center, Wi-Fi lounge, garage parking,
A recent addition to Boston’s trendy, historic Leather District—a neighborhood between the Financial District and Chinatown—210 South in an eleven-story luxury loft building with a sophisticated contemporary heart and soul wrapped in the veneer of neo-classical architecture. Completed in 2005, its 54 beautiful renovated loft units are expansive, with most having over 1,600 square feet
Developer AvalonBay, the same company behind the Avalon Exeter, has created the AVA Theater with the goal of catering to what it calls the “Gen Y 24/7 lifestyle” to attract Boston’s young, urban social set. The 398-unit apartment community standing at the intersection of Washington & Stuart in the city’s Theatre District has had no problem
