The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved a 505-room hotel in the South Boston Seaport District on Thursday.
The project will likely break ground in the next 12 months, said Denis Dowdle, president of Madison Properties, which is developing the hotel. Dowdle bought the sliver of land on Congress Street known as the “sausage parcel” last April [...]

The owners of the Hampton Inn on Memorial Drive plan to purchase and renovate the nearby Days Inn, saying the goals for the site include a more tourist-friendly venue for the lounge.
The plans were revealed last week when the License Commission approved a liquor license transfer application and a new manager at Trumpets lounge, located [...]

The man behind a proposal to build a hotel and two restaurants near the Massachusetts Turnpike exit has backed out of the deal to buy the property after the discovery of wetlands there.
“The land wasn’t suitable for the project,” Palmer Development President David W. Kenniston said Friday.
Kenniston wanted to buy the 6.6 acre parcel near [...]