Developers Plan To Transform Boston's Historic Alexandra Hotel

A one-time landmark hotel in Boston may finally get a chance to shine again. WBZ's Mike Macklin reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's an eyesore at any intersection that links Roxbury to
the South End. Now, with the promise of state funding,
developers are pitching a plan to turn the historic, vacant
Alexandra Hotel into a new hotel with retail and restaurants.
At a recent Boston Planning and Development Agency meeting, community
activist Jonathan Alds called the project a huge step forward

(00:21):
for both Roxbury and the South End.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
This project is a catalyst for an area of the
city that has, for the ten years that I've lived
in the South End, been an absolute disaster given the
spillover for massing casts. This project is a generational opportunity.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
After nearly seven years of delays and failed attempts at redevelopment,
the owners of the hotel hope this time they'll succeed
at turning the iceore at the corner of Washington Street
and mass Ave into an architectural gem. Mike Macklin WBZ,
Boston's news radio