Big-name developers vying to build on parcel just south of downtown
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2021, 2 hours ago
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State transportation officials said Thursday that they have received six proposals from developers to build on a 1.4 acre parcel on Kneeland Street that was once used as part of the Big Dig. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo)David L. Ryan
A half-dozen big-name developers are vying for the rights to build on a key state-owned site on the southern edge of downtown Boston.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Thursday that it received six bids for a 1.3-acre property on Kneeland Street known as Parcel 25, which sits atop the exit from the Tip OâNeill Tunnel for the southbound lanes of Interstate 93 leaving downtown. MassDOT is offering a 99-year lease for the site, which is left over from the Big Dig, and the opportunity drew interest from a range of prominent developers, most offering to build housing or lab space ther