The old Barnes & Noble in Downtown Crossing has sat vacant for nearly ... Earlier this month, Boston-based Hudson Group and Assembly Investments of New York closed on their purchase of the retail ...

A person was stabbed Friday evening in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston. Police responded around 7 p.m. to Summer Street, where the stabbing occurred. The victim suffered non-life-threatening ...

Some people might look around Boston’s Downtown Crossing neighborhood, which has been beset by rising crime and addiction challenges, and see nuisances to be eliminated and problems to be solved.