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This Week in Boston Real Estate: Seaport Square library, Allston-Brighton transformation and more

by Stephanie Sims and Natalie Terchek

Some Massachusetts legislators are calling for Seaport Square, which will fill the final 12.5 acres of the Seaport District, to have a Boston Public Library branch. The development is already stacked, with 3.2 million square feet of residential space; 2.8 million square feet of office space; a 476,800-square-foot hotel; 1.12 million square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space; and two 5,000-square-foot spaces for “civic, education and cultural” use, according to The Boston Globe. If approved, a library could potentially fill one or both of those spaces.

Elsewhere in Boston real estate news:

  • After 20 years of buildup, Fenway Center could break ground before the end of the year, according to the Globe. The massive $600 million development is set to have have 1.1 million square feet in five buildings built above a portion of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Upon completion, Fenway Center will have 650 residential spaces.
  • Over in Quincy Center Station, a proposed development would add 602 apartment and office and retail space to the neighborhood’s landscape, Curbed reported.  The proposal also includes upgrading the adjacent Red Line stop and adding a new bus terminal.
  • Changes keep coming to Allston-Brighton, with Harvard University revealing a plan to build at least four buildings — two office/lab buildings, a hotel and conference center, and an apartment building — on 14 acres along Western Avenue. The university said it’s aim is to create “an urban living space,” Curbed reported.

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