Kaplan Construction Announces Management Transition, Second Generation …

BOSTON – Kaplan Construction, a general contractor and construction management firm providing comprehensive building programs to commercial, healthcare, multi-family, worship, institutional, and historic rehabilitation/adaptive reuse clients across Greater Boston, announced the culmination of a three-year management transition. Nathan Peck has been promoted to president and Jane Kaplan Peck has been appointed chief operating officer (COO). Company founders Ken and Cathy Kaplan have taken on new roles as chairman of the board and senior advisor, respectively. Founded in 1976, Kaplan Construction’s Continue reading >>>

A Tale Of Two Cities: Everett Celebrates Wynn Win; Revere Reacts To Casino …

Artist’s rendering of the proposed Wynn Harbor Park in Everett (Wynn Resorts Holdings) BOSTON — Wynn Resorts wanted to bring a little bit of Las Vegas to Everett. It proposed a five-star destination resort on the the site of a former chemical plant on the banks of the Mystic River. Wynn Resorts won the competition for a casino license in Greater Boston. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to approve Wynn’s casino in Everett over the one proposed for Revere by Mohegan. Recent Casinos Coverage Map: See All The Casino Proposals 9/16/14: Wynn Plan In Everett Is Picked 9/8/14: Continue reading >>>

Panel Picks Wynn’s Everett Casino Proposal

Artist’s rendering of the proposed Wynn Harbor Park in Everett (Wynn Resorts Holdings) BOSTON — The lucrative Greater Boston casino license is poised to go to the banks of the Mystic River, after three of four state gaming regulators voted Tuesday in favor of Wynn Resorts’ $1.6 billion casino proposal in Everett. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s 3-1 vote backed Wynn — which wants to turn a heavily polluted, former chemical plant site on the Mystic waterfront into a resort casino — over Mohegan Sun’s $1.1 billion casino plan for the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Continue reading >>>

Gaming Panel Awards Greater Boston Casino License To Wynn

Gambling regulators in Massachusetts have voted to award the state’s most lucrative casino license to Wynn Resorts.  It is the third casino license issued in Massachusetts, where voters in less than two months will decide if Las Vegas-style gambling will remain legal. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn’s plan to build a $1.6 billion resort casino on the site of a former chemical company plant in the city of Everett. Acting chairman James McHugh cast the only vote against the Wynn project. Wynn got Continue reading >>>

A Win for Wynn Keeps Mohegans Out of Massachusetts

Casino mogul Steve Wynn is the big winner in the race to build a gaming industry in Massachusetts. He beat out Connecticut's Mohegan Sun in the competition for the Greater Boston license, likely the most lucrative awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. His $1.6 billion resort casino is planned for the town of Everett, just north of Boston, on what is now vacant land near the Mystic River. Mohegan Sun had proposed a casino at the racetrack at Suffolk Down in nearby Revere, but the commissioners voted three to one to approve Wynn's proposal instead. Commission Chair Continue reading >>>

The Old State House’s Lion and Unicorn Statues Were Hoisted Down

Old State House/ Shutterstock image via Tupungato On Sunday, September 14, the stately lion and unicorn statues perched atop the Old State House were hoisted down in what's thought of as the first time the two relics have been touched since the 1970s.  Not only is it thought that there was a time capsule stashed in the head of the lion back in 1901, but the two statues have watched over the the oldest continuously used public building in Boston, since before the formation of the United States of America. There was a period, however, when the busts were noticeably absent at the corner Continue reading >>>

Poll: Who, If Anybody, Should Get the Boston-Area Casino License?

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is likely to vote on the recipient of the Greater Boston casino license this week, perhaps as soon as today. The Gaming Commission will be making the decision on whether the casino should be located in Everett or Revere. You can read about the commission’s discussions so far here. In November, Massachusetts voters will be the ones doing the deciding, as they’ll head to the polls to determine whether the to repeal the 2011 law allowing for casinos in the state. But official decisions aside, how do you feel? Should Wynn Resorts get the opportunity to Continue reading >>>