CRES Stats Report | Week Ending February 24, 2023 Featured

On January 15th, 1919, 2.3MM gallons of molasses (13,000 tons) burst from its tank swamping the North End and Charles River with a wave of thick muck moving at 35 MPH, […]

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending January 20, 2023 Featured

Picture from 1974 of the Charles Street Jail at 251 Charles Street.  Built in 1851 it was a “model of new prison design”.  Over the years Malcolm X, James Michael […]

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending December 2, 2022 Featured

Picture from c. 1945 of the “first Hancock” being constructed at 200 Berkeley Street, now home to Deloitte.  The 26 story building designed by Cram & Ferguson was once one […]

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending November 11, 2022 Featured

The former Hotel Vendome (now condos) at 160 Comm Ave Boston was an ultra-luxury property involved in one of Boston’s most tragic fires, which caused the death of 9 firefighters […]

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending October 28, 2022 Featured

Interesting stats from the PAST 14 days: (sublease & direct – in all cases temp space excluded) from Mass Ave to the Seaport, South End to North Station.

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending October 14, 2022 Featured

The oldest surviving house in Boston isn’t Paul Revere’s House (it’s #2), it’s “Deacon Blake’s” home at 735 Columbia Road in Dorchester.  The city of Boston bought it in 1895 to tear it […]

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending September 23 Featured

Did you know that the Boston Common (1634) is the oldest city park in the USA?  Its now “only” 50 acres and was purchased from William Blaxton by the Massachusetts […]

CRES Stats Report | Week Ending August 26 Featured

Interesting stats from the PAST 14 days: (sublease & direct – in all cases temp space excluded) from Mass Ave to the Seaport, South End to North Station. The first quiet week […]