More Green Building Requirements Coming to Boston in 2024
The next hurdle for developers that want to build in the city will challenge them to include decarbonized materials and green building designs to reduce their fossil fuel footprints.
Personnel File – No. 357
Who’s on the move? From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s The Personnel File.
Construction Firm Expands After Refreshing Waltham Offices
After refreshing a 1970s office building, DPR Construction has completed its move into a new Waltham headquarters to accommodate its 200-employee workforce.
Hot Property: Simmons Science Center
A newly completed 80,000-square-foot science center and renovated library are part of the second phase of Simmons University’s One Simmons campus redesign.
Hamilton Co. Unveils 200K SF Union Square Plans
Allston-based developer The Hamilton Co. is joining the building boom in Somerville’s Union Square with plans for a 200,000-square-foot life science development at a prominent intersection.
How Inspired Workplace Design Is Good Business
As the pandemic evolves and we begin the process of accommodating the new normal, with hybrid working definitively part of the mix, executives need to hear: It is risky to do nothing with your company’s workspace.
Demonstration Projects Test Potential for Timber
Wood-framed construction might historically be associated with single-family homes, but mass timber – an engineered wood product – increasingly appears to offer benefits for a wide range of commercial building types.
New Design Submitted for Brighton Whole Foods Redevelopment
A redesigned redevelopment of the Whole Foods Market property in Brighton will add home ownership units and a pocket park on Washington Street, while reducing the total housing component and size of the project.
Greystar Launches Lab Pipeline in Somerville
The nation’s largest apartment developer chose Somerville for its entry into life science development, kicking off its first project in the emerging Assembly Square lab cluster.
BPDA Approves South End Labs, Jemison to Director Post
After confirming the appointment of James Arthur Jemison as director, Boston Planning & Development Agency officials approved plans for a lab building in South End and multifamily housing projects in East Boston and Roxbury.
Boston Names Mass Timber Accelerator Projects
Seven proposed Boston buildings are about to start testing whether real commercial development can move past carbon-spewing construction materials in a big way.
Reinvented Offices Await Workers’ Verdicts
As the pandemic appears to recede, companies puzzling over how to revive dormant offices don’t have a proven roadmap to guide their real estate decisions, but several common threads are emerging among Boston-area businesses that have recently relocated or signed leases.
Digging Deep for Green Design Solutions
As sustainability coordinator for Elkus Manfredi Architects, the problems created by the looming threat of climate change wash up at Kristen Fritsch’s feet every day.
Wynn Pitches 1.8K-Seat Events Venue for Everett Parcel
Everett’s Encore Boston Harbor casino could be getting an expansion in the form of a large parking garage and concert venue.
Hot Property: One Broadway
A repositioning project inspired by hotel designs injects warmth and vibrancy into the 4,500-square-foot lobby of MIT’s One Broadway office tower in Kendall Square.
How 3D Data Visualizations Deliver Better Buildings
rom simulating and analyzing miles of urban context down to a single square meter of community open space, 3D visualization and modeling are revolutionizing commercial site analysis and design techniques to deliver better developments and better buildings.
Higher Ed Ready to Resume Growth Plans
As colleges and universities prepare for a resumption of in-person learning, so are higher education’s contributions to the construction pipeline.
Hot Property: 201 Brookline Ave. and 401 Park Drive
A joint venture proposes a 550,000-square-foot life science building anchored by a 50,000-square-foot Star Market on a portion of the Landmark Center property in the Fenway.
Davis Cos. Joins Watertown Lab Project
The Davis Cos. is joining the list of investors in life science projects in East Watertown.
Ad Agency Picks Elkus Manfredi for Post-Pandemic Fitout
Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects will design MullenLowe Group’s new 66,000-square-foot offices at 2 Drydock Ave. to accommodate its post-pandemic hybrid workplace model.
