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In the last decade two monumental public works campaigns — a cleanup of Boston Harbor and the infamously protracted Big Dig — were completed that were expected to set the stage for a 21st century transformation of downtown Boston. In April 2008, a city agency produced a summary of 250 construction projects that were planned […]

The Volvo Ocean Race wraps up its three week stay here tomorrow, leaving $20 million in spending by spectators, sponsors and participants in its wake.

On a picturesque Mother’s Day, $25,000 sailing aficionados found themselves hooked by a series of gnarly Volvo Ocean Race events at Fan Pier.

From April 27 to May 16, 2009 the Volvo Ocean Race will make its only U.S. visit at Boston’s Fan Pier. 

Location may be everything in real estate, but developer Joe Fallon thinks he has a good timing, too. Fallon, president and CEO of The Fallon Co. in Boston, is behind One Marina Park Drive, an 18-story office tower being built-completely on spec-on South Boston’s Fan Pier. 

For more than a year now, the economic news has been discouraging. As we enter 2009, there are waterfront happenings, which give us reasons to celebrate.

Boston’s commercial real estate development market, which has seen many projects stall over the past few years, may be getting a shot in the arm in the form of several high-profile project approvals, as well as a plan to dole out millions of dollars in loans to stalled developments. 

Construction of One Marina Park Drive hit an important milestone Wednesday: The topping off. 

No Boston neighborhood has seen more dramatic shifts in its core employer base in recent years than the South Boston waterfront.

No Boston neighborhood has seen more dramatic shifts in its core employer base in recent years than the South Boston Waterfront. 

Newport native and Puma skipper Ken Read and his crew set off from the Newport Shipyard yesterday on the swanky red-sailed Il Mostro, which they’ll steer through four oceans in the 37,000-mile Volvo Ocean Race.