Architect's rendering.
The owners of the Arsenal Mall, um, Project, today announced plans for a major revamp that will turn the old Army complex turned shopping mall into one of those new mixed-use residential/commercial/office complexes that are all the rage these days.
For those unfamiliar with the location of the new Arsenal Yards, its Web site pinpoints it as being "where Cambridge meets Boston."
OK, a press release from the developers does mention Watertown as the home for the planned 500 residences, 350,000 square feet of retail space and 100,000 square feet of office space.
This new community in Watertown’s East End will bring vibrancy of the city and an urban energy along with the convenience and warmth of a suburb. ...
Arsenal Yards is an all-in-one neighborhood destination for active people looking for the perfect place to meet up with friends and neighbors, take in a movie, grab groceries, share a drink, meet for breakfast or lunch, or settle in for dinner.
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Looks like a case of Assembly Row Envy
By BostonDog
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:01pm
Shopping on the bottom and residences on the top is a better use of the space. Boring designs but surely better then what's currently there. Build it now before the recession hits.
I feel like I've seen this before...
By Owen W
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:06pm
Did they just reuse the animations from Assembly Row and SoDaSoPa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miXMWJyOdgw
Let's not forget South Bay Town Center
By adamg
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:31pm
Construction's under way in the exclusive, exciting spot where the South End and Hingham meet.
oh, you mean methadone mile?
By mikex617x
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:36pm
oh, you mean methadone mile? where the junkie meet the pavement?
Highly sought-after?
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:52pm
Highly sought-after?
Count me among the many...
By mediaseth
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:37pm
...complaining that these all look EXACTLY THE SAME. I don't mind the concept, just the execution. I don't have a desire to live in or visit these communities. They do nothing for me.
I agree, and this one
By Chris77
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 1:11pm
I agree, and this one especially because Arsenal St. is a retail/industrial strip and the only place to hang out within a short walk would be Miller's Ale House. One tolerable place is the Archstone apartment complex in Waltham, which is mere feet from Moody St. in Waltham, with all its restaurant and transit options.
First, Cambridge meets Boston
By Chris77
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 12:46pm
First, Cambridge meets Boston at MIT. Second, this is nothing special. There are relatively new, generic 4-5 story apartment blocks draped all over the area, around Arsenal St, Pleasant St., Alewife, Waltham Center, etc This is just more of the same, places to live near Boston and the MBTA that will charge $2,500 for a 2-bedroom. I sincerely hope they will increase the capacity of the 70 bus.
Museum of Science in my book
By Imma Dork
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 1:23pm
I love where they show the town line inside the museum.
Muddy River
By adamg
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 1:27pm
There's at least one pedestrian bridge over the really-a-creek river where a marker lets you know where to stand half in Boston, half in Brookline.
the 70
By Peeeet
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 3:15pm
is going to be a nightmare. It already kind of is, but now it'll be worse. Main Street in Waltham to Watertown Square, then it's going to have to fight its way up Arsenal Street past both the new apartment monolith at Irving/Arsenal and then the Arsenal Yards- then its a long, slow slog up Western into Central. Jesus wept.
Watertown traffic is going to get awful.
Too bad they aren't
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 6:22pm
Too bad they aren't reactivating the Watertown Branch rail line. Maybe a shuttle to Alewife, or frequent service to Porter and North Station, or a trolley line that hops into the street and goes to Harvard Square...
You can't get to Central
By Mark
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 9:52pm
You can't get to Central Square via Western Ave. It's one way from Central to the Charles. River St. will take you into Central Sq.
You can take Western Avenue
By anon
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 5:34pm
You can take Western Avenue eastbound across Allston.
There's already a lot, that's
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 10:54pm
There's already a lot, that's why there should be even more planning instead of approval of so many of these.
Fixing the godawful traffic
By anon
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 5:35pm
Fixing the godawful traffic light timing on Arsenal Street would help the 70 bus far more than banning new housing.
The Slums of Tomorrow....
By kdez
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 1:14pm
...Under Construction Today!
We know one thing at least
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 2:19pm
Arsenal Yards will always be a bit better than Tottenham Yards.
Formerly A Superfund Site
By AndyF
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 2:24pm
So it has that going for it.
Was this also the property that the town helped to develop (to help raise taxes since Watertown's footprint is so small) only to have a non-profit (Harvard) swoop in and buy it? Or was that the lot next to it?
What happens to the existing structure?
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 2:38pm
Will it be demolished? I think that at least part of it was made from some of the previous buildings from when it really was an arsenal.
Every time a major development is proposed, I always wonder how our transit system can cope. Crowded roads and an MBTA that is barely functions.
At least the large building where Ann & Hope used to be
By adamg
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 2:40pm
It looks like they'll keep that - but add some skylight-type things to it (if you go to the Web site, linked in the original post, you can see it in the slide show they have up).
These developments add a
By anon
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 10:57pm
These developments add a significant amount of traffic. The room to build doesn't add enough room for the other needs it brings.
The plans call for the actual
By grahams
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 11:44pm
The plans call for the actual historic buildings be preserved but the additions (that connected several buildings to form the current mall) will be demolished.
ann & hopes?
By bostnkid
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 2:43pm
closing? I hope not because Bradlees is awful and Caldor's never has what I need.
Feh
By adamg
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 2:46pm
Everybody knows Zayre is where it's at.
ohhhhh.....
By John-W
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 9:22am
....it was a simpler....homelier time of big smiles and bad haircuts.
Ames
By cybah
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 3:05pm
I dunno.. I'm kinda an Ames kinda guy..
ooo they are having a "wrap up sale" sale in 1985...
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAJaF5CtV2U [/youtube]
Sadly, they are gone:
[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRoo_tiZnYk [/youtube]
It was better at Fretter, and
By Chris77
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 7:06am
It was better at Fretter, and Somerville Lumber had it all.
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