Back Bay Trinity Place Luxury Condos

Built in 200, Trinity Place, a 100 unit luxury condo development adjacent to the Boston Public Library in Back Bay, remains one of the most coveted places to call home in ht heart of the city.  The boutique feel, the professionalism of the valet staff, and the concierge staff provide a welcoming feel to residents of the 18-story building that sees approximately 5% turnover per year.

Currently, there are 6 units available at Trinity Place, including the two penthouse units, which at one time, were being offered as a single unit for (historically) a record breaking listing amount of $15 million.  HOA fees in the development average a little over $1.00 per square foot, and other onsite amenities include a gym with small locker rooms.

  • 205 – 1 bed / 1 bath, 846 square feet – $749,900
  • 906, 1 bed / 1 bath, 836 square feet – $765,000
  • 601 – 2 bed / 2.5 bath, 1,900 square feet – $2,200,000
  • 403 – 3 bed / 2.5 bath, 2,111 square feet – $2,350,000
  • PH1 – 3 bed / 3 bath / 2 half baths, 2,838 square feet – $4,500,000
  • PH2 – 5 bed / 5 bath / 2 half baths, 3,650 square feet – $7,000,000

The best bargain on the list is more than likely unit 906, which is a double exposure northwest facing condo that gets you just above the Boston Public Library and most surrounding rooftops.

Trinity Place 906

With ultra luxury residences like the Mandarin Oriental now coming online 1.5 blocks away from Trinity Place, it’s the consistent quality and attention to detail that will keep Trinity Place, and similar high-end developments, in demand for years to come.  For more information, please contact us using the link at the top of this page.

Record-Breaking $17 Million Mandarin Oriental Boston Condo

In the midst of perhaps the most anticipated opening of a Boston condo development, the Mandarin Oriental can now lay claim to boasting it houses the most expensive Boston condo listing to ever hit the resale market in Boston at almost $17 million.  The 8,000 square foot Mandarin Oriental Boston penthouse (not double, but quadruple exposure) is listed at a record-breaking $16,990,000.

Details from the Boston MLS: Boston’s most awe inspiring Penthouse ever to be built!!!! 14 stories above Back Bay, this 8,000 sf oasis features floor-to-ceiling windows on 4 sides providing unmatched and unobstructed views of Boston’s skyline, Cambridge and the Charles River. Unique in every way this sprawling top floor residence includes two large terraces and two enormous private decks spanning over 3,000 sf, which can be accessed by private elevator truly allowing the city to become yours.

This new Boston Mandarin Oriental condo shatters the $15 million Trinity Place listing that was the previous most expensive condo listing to hit the Boston market (see Trinity Place Penthouse – $15 Million).  For more information, please contact us using the link at the top of this page.

Only One Left at D4

The sales cycle is very close to completion at D4, one of two landmark buildings in the South End to be renovated into high-end luxury condos over the past 2 years (the other being the Penny Savings Bank).  Yesterday, unit 15, a 985 square foot two-bedroom one-bathroom unit, went under agreement, thus leaving only a single unit remaining for sale in the building.

Final remaining units at D4 underwent several price reductions over the summer, and with the entrance of 285 Columbus Lofts earlier this year, experienced heightened competition in the northern areas of the South End for luxury living.  D4 offers a boutique community feel of 25 units, and a calm and sophisticated ambiance amongst the cleverness of the Philippe Starck design features.

Unit 15, a 1,426 square foot two-bedroom two-bathroom corner unit is now the last unit for sale at D4.  Priced at $835,000 ($586 per square foot), the unit offers a solid value for getting into one of the South End’s most unique condo developments, and puts you just behind the Atelier 505 building, off the head of Tremont Street and all the restaurants and shops of the South End.  For more information, feel free to contact us using the link at the top of this page.

D4 Condos

Broad Street Financial District Open Houses

For those of you interested in calling the Financial District home, today’s open house line up may be a perfect fit.  There will be, in total, 7 open houses on Broad Street this afternoon, giving potential Buyers access to the two premier anchor properties in the area, Folio and Broadluxe.

As a new construction building that opened in March of 2006, Folio, located at 80 Broad Street, is a luxury 96-unit building with 24-hour concierge and all valet parking in an underground garage below the development.  Broadluxe, located across the street at 101 Broad Street is a 2008 renovation to an existing building, and a buildout of upper floors.  Broadluxe offers a loft-style feel, part-time concierge, but no onsite parking.  Both condo developments are elevator served, and put you in the heart of Boston’s Financial District.

Price points are typically higher in Folio than Broadluxe given that Folio is recognized as more of a luxury building, however, Broadluxe offers a boutique feel with only 44 units and added features like additional storage for each unit in the basement of the building.

The following open houses are scheduled for Sunday, October 5, 2008:

  • Broadluxe 4E, 1 bed / 1 bath, 759 sf, $459,000, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Broadluxe 5A, 1 bed / 2 bath, 1,091 sf, $678,500, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Broadluxe 7A, 2 bed / 2 bath, 1,009 sf, $740,000, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Broadluxe 8B, 2 bed / 2 bath, 1,345 sf, $1.065,000, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Folio 604, 2 bed / 2 bath, 1,282 sf, $825,000, 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM
  • Folio PH1104, 2 bed / 2.5 bath, 1,573 sf, $1,399,000, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  • Folio 1502, 3 bed / 2.5 bath, 2,185 sf, $3,200,000, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Broadluxe

Rose Kennedy Greenway Inaugural Celebration

From our friends at Onein3 Boston comes an announcement of the inauguration event at the Rose Kennedy Greenway this weekend, Saturday, October 4th, 2008 from 11:00 am to 8:30 pm.  50,000+ people are anticipated to attend this free celebration along the new mile-long park.

Over 100 different shows, exhibits and program partners providing entertainment throughout the day – a four story ferris wheel, musical acts, public art displays, dance troupes, and more.  Fun for all ages.

Take the T to either North or South Station and go from there. For more information visit either of the following sites:

Boston Rose Kennedy Greenway

Free Audissey Guides Public Garden iPod Tour

Audissey Guides, a locally owned and operated self-guided MP3 audio walking tour company, has recently released a free iPod tour of Boston’s historic Public Garden.  The new tour features 18 separate sections that will take you through the entire Public Garden.

You can download the free audio tour directly to your PC in a zip file, or download it straightaway into you iTunes.  Audissey Guides has also made tours of Fort Point Channel and the Harborwalk available free of charge – see their homepage for more details.

Download the free Audissey Guides Boston Public Garden iPod Tour

Download Free Audissey Guides Boston Public Garden iPod Tour

Sealed Bid South End Condo Auction

Real estate auctions, or auction style listings, have become more prominent in Boston over the past year.  Auctions do not yet represent a mainstream commonplace sales method in the city, but it has proved to be an innovative way to expose a property to the market and let the market determine its value.

In June 2008, there was a South End condo on Warren Avenue that underwent a sealed bid condo auction, and there is now another South End condo auction opportunity. Sealed bids are being taken on 67 Rutland Street Unit 3 until this Friday, October 3, 2008.  Unit 3 is a 1+ bedroom 1 bathroom floor-through with approximately 654 square feet of living space.  With a minimum bid price of $275,000, unit 3 represents the least expensive one-bedroom unit in the South End.  More information about the unit (as well as the other units available for sale in the building) can be found at our 67 Rutland Street webpage.

67 Rutland Street

67 Rutland Street Unit 3 67 Rutland Street Unit 3

Single One-Bedroom Condo Remains at Broadluxe

The dust has pretty much settled at Broadluxe following the condo auction that took place there earlier this summer.  29 out of 44 units (66%) were sold at auction, and there has been significant action on the development since then to close out the remaining units.  At this point, only two studio units remain unsold.  Additionally, there are four units on the market for resale – three of which are asking for significant premiums above prices paid several months ago (see Flip That Condo at Broadluxe), while the fourth, the only remaining one-bedroom in the building is priced to sell.

Unit 4E at Broadluxe, a corner unit with double exposure boasting approximately 750 square feet is being offered at $459,000.  The ten foot ceilings, exposed brick and beams, water views, and some extra storage in the basement of the building complete a nice package for what some are calling one of the best floorplans in the building.

Own the essence of modern city living with this loft style exposed brick and beam corner unit with water views in an elevator served new 2008 concierge building. In the heart of the Financial District, you’re moments from the Waterfront, all downtown amenities, and the newly completed Greenway. Gas cooking, granite counters, stainless steel appliances, and hardwood floors throughout. Double exposure front facing unit, with only 7 units per floor, never occupied, W/D hookups, and extra storage.

An open house will take place at Broadluxe unit 4E this weekend, Sunday, October 5, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Steps from the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Waterfront, Broadluxe’s Financial District location has proven to be a coveted spot in downtown Boston.

Broadluxe 4E

Broadluxe 4E Water Views

Broadluxe 4E Broadluxe 4E Gas Cooking

Least Expensive South End Condo

If you do a search on South End Condos that are under $300,000 in the Boston MLS, five (5) results will be returned. One of the 5 is a parking space, and 3 of them are studio units no larger than 378 square feet.  The remaining unit, 67 Rutland Street (Unit 3) is a 654 square foot one-bedroom in the heart of the South End steps from Tremont Street and four blocks east of Massachusetts Avenue.

67 Rutland Street Unit 3 67 Rutland Street Unit 3

67 Rutland Street Unit 2, the least expensive one-bedroom South End condo, is currently accepting sealed bids with a minimum bid price of $275,000.  Bids are being accepted until October 3, 2008. Keep your umbrella handy today and head out to the open house at 67 Rutland Street, taking place Sunday, September 28, 2008 from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM.

Mandarin = Affordable. Possible Typo?

The Boston Courant ran an insightful piece this weekend that gave some visibility into the Mandarin Oriental rental apartments that are now available for rent, and ready for move-in shortly.

New housing projects in the city of Boston with more than 10 units are required to include an affordable component with units “comparable” to market-rate units.  The Boston Mandarin Oriental Developer, CWB Boylston, LLC, is leveraging their apartment rental units to fulfill the affordability requirement, and interestingly, decided to bypass the “comparable” piece and make the affordable rental units the same as the market rate rental units.

A two-bedroom market-rate apartment…rented for about $12,000 per month. That same two-bedroom unit, [with the same finishes] will rent for $2,316 a month to a four-person household not making more than approximately $102,950, or 120 percent of the areas’s median income.

The 14-story residential tower will house 10 affordable rental units, along with 25 market-rate ones, all between floors four and eight.  While there are affordable units on the rental side, the for-sale condos, which sold out long ago, with some now going through resale (see Buzz Continues at Boston Mandarin Oriental) have no affordability component to them – recent closings on for-sale luxury condos at the Boston Mandarin Oriental include:

  • E-9C    $4,450,000
  • E-10B    $4,095,800
  • W-9D    $2,950,000
  • E-PH2    $13,089,000
  • E-10E    $5,685,420
  • E-10A    $5,616,300
  • E-9C    $4,450,000
  • E-9F    $2,223,920