Chestnut Estate: a closer look

Miramar Real Estate Management, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the winning bidder for the redevelopment of former Chestnut Junior High School in Memorial Square provided a slick proposal to the city for its plans for market-rate condominiums. The spiral-bound book...

My neighborhood is famous

As I walked to pick up my children from school this afternoon, a helicopter emblazoned with Boston’s Channel 5 logo circled overhead. Tom Brady in town with Gisele? No, a shooting at 126 Malden Street a few blocks away, where streets were allegedly cordoned off...

Big day for the city: ULI report release

A 47-page written report (PDF) about development in Springfield from the Urban Land Institute is being released today at a 2:00 pm press event, tentatively scheduled to be held outside 13-31 Elm Street at Court Square. Rain is possible, but perhaps the gods will smile...

ULI report: conclusion first, details later

Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan holds the ULI report at a press conference yesterday There is talk that the Urban Land Institute written report released to the public yesterday will be made available online from the city, or that the Republican newspaper may even print...