The Boston Celtics’ new training center at Boston Landing comes equipped with many of the latest wrinkles in sports medicine designed to manage the physical toll of the NBA season.

After losing All-Stars Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving to injuries last season, the team showed off its new Auerbach Center at New Balance World Headquarters on Tuesday. Along with two parquet practice courts, the facility includes a 40-foot exercise pool, hydrotherapy pools, exam room equipped with GE Medical Imaging equipment and high-tech floor plates used to analyze players’ performance.

A 40-foot-high glass wall on the cantilevered facade gives Massachusetts Turnpike commuters glimpses of the team’s 17 championship banners. The 70,000-square-foot training center sits above two floors of office and lab space leased to Mass Innovation Labs. 

The Auerbach Center replaces the Celtics’ longtime Healthpoint facility in Waltham’s Reservoir Woods office park. The Celtics’ business offices, which employ more than 100 people, continue to operate out of 226 Causeway St.

Discussions on bringing the team’s practice facility back to Boston date back four years, when NB Development, New Balance’s real estate arm, was assembling tenants for the 1.9-million-square-foot mixed use project. The Bruins had earlier committed to occupy a new practice rink at the neighboring Warrior Ice Arena at 90 Guest St., taking the place of their Wilmington practice facility.

Commercial real estate broker Michael Joyce, currently with Cushman and Wakefield, approached the Celtics four years ago about relocating from Waltham, Celtics President Rich Gotham said.

East Boston Savings Bank provided $76.35 million in construction financing for the project, which was built by John Moriarty & Assoc. Other project team members include BR+A Engineering, Lucinda Loya Interiors, Erik Rueda Design, SMMA Architects, AECOM Architects, Connor Sports Flooring, Kenvo Flooring, Goodwin, Posternak Blankstein & Lund and CBRE.

Celtics Tip Off New Training Facility at Boston Landing

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