The land transaction
A December 2015 article reported that Harvard acquired 19.6 acres at Allston Landing for $97 million on December 16, bringing the university’s holdings discussed in the account to approximately 90 acres. It recalled earlier acquisitions in 2000 and 2003 and an agreement with CSX in 2009 concerning railroad easements.
Those dates refer to reported transactions and agreements, not to a proven day of publication for the article.
Campus and transportation proposals
The report described plans for the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at 114 and 140 Western Avenue, with more than 500,000 square feet of planned space. It also discussed an enterprise research campus.
A proposed Massachusetts Turnpike realignment was expected to open approximately 50 acres for mixed-use development and improve pedestrian connections to the Charles River. These were prospective campus and transportation changes, not a statement of present parcel permissions or completed construction.
Keeping acquisitions distinct
A separate 2017 account discussed an $88 million industrial-site acquisition in connection with the Enterprise Research Campus. Similar institutional and neighborhood names do not establish that the two reports describe the same transaction or parcel.
Historical account attributed to the original Boston City Properties article. Underlying records and later outcomes have not been freshly verified.