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Warm weather is finally here, and with it, an easy walk from FP3 to Boston’s Financial District. You can get from FP3 to any office in the Financial District in a matter of a few minutes, and not only can you enjoy a walk outside in this great Boston weather, it’s also one of the best things you can do for your health on a regular basis.

Moderate exercise – even as little as thirty minutes a day – can reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and more. It can be hard to find time to fit a workout into your busy work week, so why not take advantage of the weather and commute on foot? Take the stairs and you can easily make a short walk downtown from the Seaport district take fifteen minutes. It may not seem like much, but that amount of exercise ten times a week will pay off fast!

Spring weather also brings with it relief from the “winter blues” – thanks in large part to vitamin D from increased sunshine. Soak it up on your way to and from the office and watch your mood improve! Moderate exercise has been proven to reduce stress and depression, so couple that with the positive effects of a little sunshine and your walk to work can set the tone for a happy, productive day and a relaxing night at home in your Fort Point condo!

FP3 was mentioned today in a fantastic Boston Herald Seaport Boston District article talking about all the great new restaurants and other exciting activities happening right now in the Seaport District.

Some exciting improvements to the Harbor Walk and a whole slew of new restaurants are making the Seaport a 24/7 destination. A new Smith & Wollensky’s and Jody Adams’ Trade restaurants will open in the ground floor of Atlantic Wharf, with plenty of outdoor seating along the Harbor Walk.

For those looking to buy into this prime slice of Boston real estate, FP3 Condos Boston, developed by Berkeley Investments, still has some available Boston condos for sale going for $400,000 to $2 million. These units are in an excellent location, directly above Barbara Lynch’s restaurants Menton and Sportello, as well as her latest bar, Drink.

Be sure to catch the “rising wave” of Boston’s Seaport with several new, interesting properties will give buyers and renters a front-row seat to the action. There are fabulous 2 and 3 bedrooms, duplexes, and Boston lofts still available by FP3 will make wonderful homes in a neighborhood that has lots of new restaurants, shopping, and other cultural activity. Prices for the homes that are for sale range from $800,000 – $1.85 million.

Source Article: Boston Herald, Business Real Estate

Not too far from FP3 and just short walk away from the Seaport District neighborhood, the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway will have a returning presence of delicious food vendors this summer offering everything from savory BBQ, Indian food, hot dogs, street meat, sandwiches, grilled cheeses, salads, cupcakes and more! A total of 12 vendors to be precise.

The food operations will be spread across eight locations throughout the Greenway, from Chinatown to the North End.

Clover Food Lab and Silk Road BBQ are the two mobile locations, which are currently serving chow on the Greenway and operational today. The rest of the 10 food vendors are expected to arrive by Memorial Day Weekend.

Here’s the complete breakdown of all the vendors, from North to South:

Boston Pushcart, a food cart offering Italian sausages, Italian ices, and lemonade located at Hanover Street and Surface Road.

Streatery, a food cart serving sausages and Greek souvlaki, located at the Carousel across from Quincy Market.

Also located the Carousel across from Quincy Market, is Going Bananas which will be dishing out fresh fruit smoothies, Italian ice, and bottled drinks.

Beantown Franks ‘n Spuds, an eco-friendly food cart powered by the sun, can be found in Rings Fountain at Milk Street and Atlantic Avenue. It will be slinging hot dogs, sausages, and roasted rosemary potatoes all summer long.

Another food cart located in Rings Fountain at Milk Street and Atlantic Avenue is Cupcake Cart, will be selling exactly what the name suggests, delicious fresh cupcakes.

Also found at the popular location in Rings Fountain at Milk Street and Atlantic Avenue, will be Grilled Cheese Nation, a cart hustling grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup, and salads like it’s cool.

Silk Road BBQ will have a mobile kiosk in Rowes Wharf Plaza at High Street and Atlantic Avenue, serving up awesome charcoal-grilled “global fusion” BBQ.

The wandering bike cart, Equal Exchange Free Range Cafe, will be hitting the town from State Street to Pearl Street featuring organic, locally-roasted coffee.

In Dewey Square Park between Congress Street and Atlantic Avenue, there will be Lefty’s Silver Cart, serving sandwiches and soups with local farm ingredients, DosaMobile, a food truck dishing out Indian “street food”, and Clover Food Lab, providing vegetarian sandwiches and soup.

The mobile food cart on the road this year will be BBQSmith, a food truck that will be cooking up “American BBQ” near Beach Street and Surface Road in Chinatown Park.

Spring is finally in the air.  The weather is getting warmer and life on the waterfront just keeps getting better, which is why you should come out to our next open house and see what you’ve been missing!

Check out our new model units.  Open this Sunday from 1-3pm, experience the style and elegance at FP3.  And be sure to visit the exclusive FP3 Gallery, currently presenting the creative works of our featured artist, Otis Santos.

See the most premier Seaport location with the finest amenities.  Treat yourself to a fabulous meal at our Italian restaurant, Sportello or enjoy an exotic cocktail in the stylish bar, Drink, during your visit. Both venues presented by our very own celebrity chef Barbara Lynch, who was just nominated for a 2011 James Beard Foundation Award!

With all the great sights, sounds, tastes and smells found at FP3, you can’t help but indulge the senses.  So come on out! We’d love to give you the tour. See you soon!

Yesterday, on Monday March 14^th, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced that five important development projects for Boston moved forward in the review process at the Boston Redevelopment Authority board hearing on Sunday night. The projects will bring about 2,700 full and part time jobs and almost $437.6 million of private investment to the City of Boston. One of these projects will be located in the Innovation District, which will hopefully encourage more people to look for Boston luxury apartments and Boston luxury condos so they can get in on the action.

Artist rendering of the American Seafood Exchange processing plant.

The BRA board approved the tentative designation of the American Seafood Exchange (ASE) project for the redevelopment of the Marine Industrial Park’s parcels M and N at 3 Dolphin Way. The new seafood procession and distribution center will restore the city as a fully functional, working seafood procession port and position it for growth in the 21^st century. The ASE will revolutionize the way seafood is processed by bringing it from the ocean to consumers in record time using a new state-of-the-art facility that consists of a public display auction, cold storage/fresh transfer house, and public packing house. This new development integrates the latest industry technology, facilities and equipment with green building technology and a sustainable design that is aimed at meeting LEED certification.

There will be 300 union construction jobs created during the development stage, then 1,500 permanent jobs one the project is completed. The total project cost is estimated at $68.9 million, with $20.7 million in private equity funding.

“Boston is experiencing an ongoing economic recovery with improvement in the office market, strong retail sales and tremendous gains in residential real estate but even with this progress, we must not relent in our efforts to create jobs, encourage private investment and grow the tax base of our City.”

-Mayor Menino

The Boston Marine Industrial Park (BMIP) is a 191-acre industrial park located on the southeastern edge of the South Boston port-area. It is the largest Boston industrial park, encompassing more than 3.3 million square-feet of leasable building area lying less than one mile from the heart of downtown Boston and Logan International Airport. BMIP contains an active dry-dock, benefits from 9,300 linear feet of shoreline, and offers direct accessibility to transport by water, air, rail, and highway, providing excellent benefits for those living in FP3 condos and Boston waterfront apartments.

If you would like to find luxury lofts in Boston or a South Boston condo, please contact FP3 today to schedule a viewing. One our or knowledgeable agents would be happy to help you find a home in Boston’s Innovation District!b

Facebook.  It’s inspired the Academy-Award winning movie, “The Social Network.”  A bestselling novel by local author, Ben Mezrich.  And it’s brought hundreds of millions of people together.  Something so big and so powerful has also stirred FP3 to use the social networking site to connect with fans, residents and those who aspire to Live FP3.  Introducing our new spring advertising campaign – we’re sure you’re going to ‘like’ it!

There are so many wonderful things to LIKE about FP3.

Like our location, in the heart of the vibrant Fort Point and Seaport neighborhoods, now home to some of the city’s top restaurants,  like our very own Barbara Lynch dining featured in these Boston Globe articles - “The Gambler in the Kitchen” and “A Fine Twist on Italian Fare”.

Like the uniqueness of our homes in a concierge-staffed building, from large studios to two and three bedrooms to luxurious penthouses with sweeping views of the water and skyline.

Like our one-of-a-kind Lobby gallery and cocktail/dining destinations, such as Drink, Sportello and Menton.

Like our overall value – competitively priced homes with a long list of perks and benefits.

If you like our likes, we encourage you to Friend us on Facebook at our FP3 Boston fan page.

And, if you’re a fan of what you see, call us at 617.350.7410 to schedule a personal preview and friend us in person… the old fashioned way.

Something else to LIKE about FP3…

Our latest artist exhibition, entitled “Landscapes – Real, Imagined and Experienced” features new works by local artist José L. Santos.  His collection at the FP3 Gallery is a series of landscapes and mixed-media inspired by living in the heart of the city and spending time engrossed in nature. His techniques and materials are as varied as each individual piece, which makes for an eclectic, yet invitingly accessible exhibit.  His work will be on display at FP3 until May 23, 2011.  An opening reception with the artist is planned for Wednesday, March 16 from 6-8pm.

A brilliant impressionism-styled landscape by José L. Santos titled Otis. 2010 40” x 40” Acrylic on Canvas

Our latest artist exhibition opens today!  Entitled “Landscapes – Real, Imagined and Experienced” features new works by local artist José L. Santos.  His latest collection of work at the exclusive FP3 Gallery is a series of landscapes and mixed-media inspired by living in the heart of the city and spending time immersed in nature. His techniques and materials are as varied as each individual piece, which makes for an eclectic, yet invitingly accessible exhibit.

Santos currently resides in the vibrant artist community at the Artist Building at 300 Summer Street in Boston, Ma where he finds much of his creative inspiration and hones his craft.  In addition, he is a high school art educator in the Somerville public Schools.  He received his Bachelors of Fine Arts and Masters of Science in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.  Over the years, he has been part of numerous solo and group art exhibitions.  And in 2004, the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Ma purchased three of his pieces for its permanent collection.

With such a creative background and amazing pieces of work, Santos’ “Landsapes – Real, Imagined and Experienced” exhibit is certainly one to behold.  You don’t want to miss out on this limited showcase, and afterwards be sure to check out some of the other finer amenities that FP3 has to offer, such as our very own Barbara Lynch Italian restaurant, Sportello, located on the ground floor here at FP3, or the stylish bar, Drink!

Details about “Landsapes – Real, Imagined and Experienced” exhibition are listed below, or for more information feel free to contact us at 617.261.7425 or www.fp3boston.com.

Exhibition Dates:  March 8 – May 23, 2011

Gallery Hours:  Monday – Friday, 10-6; Saturday – Sunday, 10-4

Gallery Address:  346 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210

FP3 Open House this Sunday, March 6th.

Are you in search of a new home? In need of the extraordinary? Then FP3 just might be the place you’re looking for. Come visit us at the FP3 Residences’ Open House this Sunday, March 6, 2011 from 1-3pm! Take a tour of our fantastic building and see the amazing sights of gorgeous Boston seaport waterfront, award-winning architecture, luxury penthouse suites, trendy loft condos, and much, much more!

It is sure to be an open house to remember.  Checking out our main lobby is a must! It is home to the exclusive FP3 Gallery, which is currently showcasing the brilliant works of our featured artist, Otis Santos.  We also recommend treating yourself to an amazing lunch at our very own Barbara Lynch Italian restaurant, Sportello, located on the ground floor here at FP3.   And if you’re still feeling adventurous after the open house, try Drink! A stylish bar entirely dedicated to the art of the cocktail with age-old techniques dating back to the prohibition, but with a touch of modern innovation.

If modern, elegance and luxury is your style, we look forward to seeing you soon!

Fort Point Boston welcomes 5 new restaurants set to open on former site of Jimmy’s Harborside

A culinary transformation is set to take place on the site of the former Jimmy’s Harborside Restaurant, a Boston institution that served classic seafood for eight decades. Demolished in 2007 and replaced with a new complex called Liberty Wharf, the first of five new restaurants is set to open there next week.

Each restaurant will feature outdoor seating and sweeping waterfront views for patrons to enjoy. Chefs are also promising some cutting edge cuisine and amenities to accompany their beautiful settings. Residents of Boston waterfront condos and Boston waterfront apartments should definitely check out these awesome new restaurants as soon as they open.

Upscale Mexican eatery, Temazcal Tequila Cantina, will offer menu items such as roasted suckling pig and huitlacoche, a Mexican delicacy of a truffle or fungus that grows on corn stalks, all of which can be ordered from an iPad. “Our food will do things you’ve never seen Mexican food do,” said Temazcal chef, Todd Hall, who made his name in top restaurants in Arizona before his Boston move.

The first restaurant that is set to open at Liberty Wharf is another outlet of Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill, which is scheduled to open next Wednesday, March 9. Temazcal is hoping to be open for business by the end of March, and the others, including Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House and a new Legal Sea Foods, plan to follow in April, while the fifth restaurant has not yet been named.

The new restaurants will have large outdoor spaces along a recently added 500-foot section of the city’s HarborWalk, as well as decks overlooking the water. There are also new docks where boaters can tie up and dine, and there is the possibility of adding sailing and fishing charters.

The new $65 million-plus development, designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, features glass walls and wide spaces between the buildings to allow unobstructed views of the water. It also includes exotic wood finishes, including Angelique siding and a deck made of the Brazilian hardwood, cumaro.

Liberty Wharf is the latest complex to open in the ongoing transformation of the Seaport District, where Mayor Thomas M. Menino is trying to create an Innovation District, with technology and medical companies as well as modern homes and restaurants.

Each restaurant at Liberty Wharf strives to have distinctive features. Legal Sea Foods will feature a 4,300 square-foot roof deck with retractable glass ceilings and walls; Del Frisco’s is building a floor-to-ceiling wine wall, and Remy’s has a massive bank of high-definition TVs and rich walnut finishes that are considered more typical of a contemporary wine bar.

For those who live, work, and play in the Waterfront neighborhood, along the Fort Point Channel, these new restaurants are an exciting development to look into. If you’re interested in moving to Fort Point Boston, contact FP3 today. We have a lot of great Boston luxury condos and Boston lofts for you to choose from, and we would be happy to help you find your new home in Boston’s waterfront neighborhood.

In August, Governor Deval Patrick signed the Harbor Line Exemption legislation as part of the Watersheet Activation Plan, turning Boston’s once-industrial Fort Point Channel into a “Boston Common on the water.” The channel will have floating restaurants and cafes, venues for public events, and docks for boating and canoeing.

The beautiful Fort Point Channel will be transformed into a booming district

The legislation lifts a ban on structures and non-navigation activities that was set by the existing Harbor Line, which is an established line within the area of a harbor. Within the Fort Point Channel, this includes the full width of the channel up to the seawalls; the exemption from the line will allow a number of water-based facilities that would otherwise be prohibited.

Over the next several years the Channel is expected to become another booming district of Boston as a result of these new additions. There will be an improvement in public access to the Channel, with boating programs and Channel walks that will turn the now unused waterway into a more social and active space.

“The Fort Point Channel’s unique blend of modern and historic characteristics makes it an important part of Boston’s evolving culture.”

-James E. Rooney, executive director of the MCCA and president of the Friends of the Fort Point Channel.

If you would like to live in an up-and-coming booming district of Boston, contact FP3 to schedule a viewing of their beautiful Boston loft apartments or Boston luxury condos.