Franklin Blackstone Sq

2021: Introducing our Annual Report

2021: Introducing our Annual Report

Thank you for your interest in our third annual “Boston Luxury Real Estate Review.” As we wrote our report in late 2019 and early 2020, little did we know what was looming ahead of us! Alas, here we are a year later and looking at a market that is, by most accounts,...

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Top Five South End Building Configurations

Top Five South End Building Configurations

What are the different configurations of a south end brownstone?  Single family: We see a wide variety of single families ranging from as small as 3 levels in total to as large as 6 levels in total. The square footage can range from 1,500 SF to over 5,000 SF. Two...

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Welcome to Franklin & Blackstone Square

Welcome to Franklin & Blackstone Square

Both Blackstone and Franklin Squares date back to 1801 when Charles Bulfinch initiated a plan for the South End. He originally intended the two squares to be a single residential park called Columbia Square. Instead, the parks were divided with Franklin Square being...

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Interactive Boston Neighborhood Map

Interactive Boston Neighborhood Map

This map pinpoints the areas that Columbus & Over Group services, including South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill and Downtown Crossing. We have broken each neighborhood up into designated sub-neighborhoods and hope this map provides insight into each of them.

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2018 South End Market Update

2018 South End Market Update

The South End luxury real estate market once again had a terrific year in 2017. Of our four core markets, it finished with the second highest rate of appreciation at just over 5 percent for the year. Beacon Hill was the top performing downtown market while Back Bay...

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Blackstone and Franklin Square Neighborhood

Blackstone and Franklin Square Neighborhood

Blackstone and Franklin Squares are two of the biggest parks in the South End and serve as the cornerstone of this special sub-neighborhood. Blackstone and Franklin Squares were designed by famed architect Charles Bulfinch, originally the squares were intended to be...

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