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Have you finished your spring cleaning for the year and now have a huge pile of things that you want to get rid of? Or have you realized you have more space in your Boston condo for more furnishings? If you answered yes to either, or both, of these questions then you need to attend the first-ever Fort Point Yard Sale! Now you can get some new, inexpensive local décor for your new Boston luxury condo.

This weekend, the Fort Point Arts Community and Fort Point Neighborhood Association are teaming up to bring this great community event to the residents [and their friends!] of Fort Point, Boston. The event will be held at the corner of A and Iron Streets – Channel Center parking lot – this Saturday, June 4^th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come see what the “Yard Sale” has to offer and get a sense of the great community that surrounds FP3.

Contact an FP3 representative to learn about the multitude of other features that FP3 condos and the entire Fort Point neighborhood have to offer. If you’re interested in being a vendor at this event email fortpointyardsale@gmail.com.

This past weekend, the skies cleared and temperature rose giving Bostonians a little bit of hope that summer really is just around the corner. The city was bustling as residents got out and enjoyed the nice change of weather. From Boston’s waterfront condos, white sails could be seen floating along the harbor as people took advantage of a free sailing open house at the Boston Sailing Center. Each boat was captained by an experienced sailor, and tourists and Boston residents alike had the opportunity to take the helm or sit back and enjoy a sail on the Boston Harbor.

This picturesque scene is just one of the many benefits of the luxury waterfront condos at FP3.

FP3 had one of the season’s most outstanding sales in April, with two penthouses selling to one buyer who intends to combine the two luxury residences into one grand unit with resort-like features.

“It is one of the most expensive, combined real estate transactions in the Fort Point Boston neighborhood,” said Joseph Laurano, director of operations for ResMark LLC, the marketing and development subsidiary of Berkeley Investments Inc.

The two penthouses, Penthouse Two and Four, which sold for $3.1 million, represent a combined square footage of 4,123 square feet. That’s not including the two terraces, which separately total 1,866 square feet. All in all, this combined purchase represents one of the most luxurious Boston waterfront condo projects to date.

“My client has a design-build business, and this is his urban project,” said Jamie Curtis of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s South End Office, the selling broker. Plans include a hot tub and outdoor kitchen on the roof deck, among other features. This project is a milestone for the Fort Point Boston neighborhood, solidifying its viability as a genuine destination for luxury living in Boston.

The two penthouses represent half of the top floor of the building. Uninterrupted views offer panoramic cityscapes in three directions, offering breathtaking perspective on the Financial District, Atlantic Wharf, the Intercontinental and Independence Wharf. To the East, Harbor Towers, the Tobin Bridge, Liberty Wharf and the Boston Harbor frame the elegant skyline.

“This is a strong endorsement for FP3 and this terrific neighborhood,” Laurano said. “This sale also places FP3 at 80 percent sold. Two penthouses, several three-bedroom units and a duplex remain.”  Click here to view virtual tours!

Interested in finding out more about these properties? Contact FP3 today to get more information!

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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!

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The best part about living in the Seaport District is the creativity and beauty that can be found. And what better way to celebrate that creativity and beauty than with the Fort Point Art Community’s Artwalk held this May 6 through May 8.

Come out and discover all the unique studios of painters, sculptors, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, textile artists, and many others found here in the amazing Boston Waterfront District! Get the chance to speak with the creative minds behind the work, explore all the wonders in one of the best art communities found in New England and while you’re in the neighborhood, be sure to swing by FP3 and check out our very own art gallery found in the main lobby here. We’d love to have you join us.

Here are some of the event details:
Friday May 6: 4-7pm
Saturday and Sunday May 7 & 8: 12-5pm
See here for list of participating artists and locations

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.

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

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.