In Somerville, Mass, new Union Square stop is a go

Mark Bowers is the brewmaster at Aeronaut Brewing Co. in Somerville, Mass. On a Tuesday evening in May, as the brewery’s weekly session of high-intensity trivia wrapped up, he told me about the time he helped re-create a mid-19th-century beer based on yeast regrown from an antique bottle of brew produced in 1850 at Bunker […]

US2 and the city of Somerville break ground on $2 billion project

The city’s most historic neighborhood, Union Sq., has embarked on a momentous transformation and readies for an economic revival of great proportions as US2, together with the city and mayor Joseph Curtatone, break ground on USQ, a $2 billion, 15-acre mixed-use, transit-oriented development that has been decades in the making. USQ will become the newest […]

First phase of $2b project to break ground in Somerville’s Union Square

The first phase of a long-planned remaking of 15 acres in Union Square in Somerville is set to break ground Wednesday. Development group US2, Mayor Joe Curtatone, and others will celebrate the start of work at 10-50 Prospect Street, a three-building, 4-acre site at the corner of Prospect Street and Somerville Avenue. The project, which […]

The East Coast’s next Innovation Hub

How geography, a new train stop, and aggressive planning are combining to make Somerville, Massachusetts’s Union Square the northeast’s next promising tech hot spot. Read the full article on Fast Company This city is angling to build the East Coast’s next innovation hub How geography, a new train stop, and aggressive planning are combining to […]

US2 and USAA Real Estate form $1.5 billion joint venture for USQ

Union Square Station Associates has partnered with USAA Real Estate as its equity partner for the $1.5 billion mixed-use transit-oriented development in Union Square now known as USQ, propelling the project forward. USAA Real Estate’s commitment to the master development begins with the first phase which includes 175,000 SF of lab and office space and […]

Shifting Gears to Focus on a Boston Area Project

Nearly 18 years after selling his real estate company to Mesirow Financial Holdings, Richard “Richie” Stein is leaving the firm to concentrate on a large development near Boston. Stein will leave Chicago-based Mesirow, where he is a senior managing director, at the end of the year, according to memos sent to employees by Stein and […]