The Five Boston Neighborhoods Everyone Should Be Watching

Fenway
A half-dozen recently completed and still planned projects are bringing around 2,200 apartments and condos to the area around Fenway Park, including the 342-unit Viridian. (Not to mention, there's a garden on part of the roof of said ballpark.) At the same time, too, prices are creeping northward and it feels like they will never go back down.

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Brighton
Just this week Gov. Charlie Baker joined other public- and private-sector notables to officially break ground on the new commuter-rail station that's part of the massive Boston Landing development, which includes a new world HQ for sneaker kingpin New Balance, an NHL-regulation-sized rink and a new hotel (and possibly housing). There's also the Lancaster condo at 1501 Commonwealth Avenue, which recently started sales (units begin at $499K).
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East Boston
Recently under way or announced projects such as the 259-unit, twin-towered 6 New Street (rendered above) will translate into hundreds of new apartments and even condos for Eastie. Meanwhile, like Fenway, it's seeing some steep rises in prices, if not outright records.
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Downtown Crossing
This one's a no-brainer. New developments such as the boutique Godfrey Hotel (which opens this fall and is rendered herewith), Millennium Place and Millennium Tower (millennium!) are set to finally perhaps maybe change the largely 9-to-5 neighborhood into a more 24-7 operation. Our at least that's the latest generation's hope.
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West End/North End Borderlands
This area of downtown Boston is slated to get big-time projects such as the under-construction Lovejoy Wharf (which includes the worldwide HQ for Converse and 175 luxury condos) and the could-be-under-way-soon 1.87 million-square-foot development on the site of the old Boston Garden, which is slated to have 497 residential units and 306 hotel rooms (it's rendered up top).