Apartment buildings are bringing work perks home by putting food lockers in the lobby
Food lockers and pods are making apartment lobbies feel more like the office breakroom
By Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated March 8, 2021, 10:55 a.m.
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When Junru Chen gets hungry and doesnât feel like cooking, the 24-year-old no longer
turns to take-out. Chen simply walks to the lobby of
his apartment building and peers through the window of a temperature-controlled locker that resembles something from an Automat, the slightly futuristic precursor to fast-food restaurants from many decades ago.
But the food Chen can choose is a long way from the jiggly green Jello and gray burgers of old. After scanning a QR code with his phone, he can access the daily menu and then, with a few taps, purchase hot dishes such as wild mushroom risotto or braised short rib lasagna from Coppa, or Spanish hot chicken from Toro, both of them award-winning South End restaurants seven miles from
YW building in Back Bay to become affordable housing complex
Developers are set to file plans Friday to convert it into 210 apartments at the corner of Clarendon and Stuart streets.
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 8:43 a.m.
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The historic home of the YWCA is going to be converted into affordable housing under plans set to be filed with the city on Friday.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
The longtime home of Bostonâs YWCA will soon get a new life as affordable housing in one of the cityâs swankiest neighborhoods.
Developers Beacon Communities and Mount Vernon Co. are set to file plans with the city Friday to convert the 13-story building at the corner of Clarendon and Stuart streets in the Back Bay into a 210-unit affordable housing development,