National Development Unveils Dot Ave. Makeover
National Development has unveiled plans for four towers spanning 1.1 million square feet at a 5-acre site located on South Boston’s Dorchester Avenue.
New Housing, Offices Proposed at Back Bay Property
Tavistock Development Co. is planning to reposition a Back Bay office and retail property with a 5-story addition containing nine residential units and a new retail tenant replacing the Crate & Barrel store.
Hot Property: WHOOP Headquarters
Elkus Manfredi Architects recently completed an expansion of fitness wearables company WHOOP’s headquarters in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood to accommodate for the startup’s rapid growth.
225K SF Office-Lab Complex Proposed for Tennis Club Property
Redevelopment of the former Mount Auburn Club property could bring another 225,000 square feet of newly-constructed office and lab space to East Watertown.
Nearly 500 Housing Units Eyed for Bunker Hill Mall
New England Development’s proposed 240-unit apartment building at its Bunker Hill Mall property is the first step in a potential larger redevelopment of the 6-acre Rutherford Avenue retail property.
Lab Conversion Eyed for Tufts Health Plan Offices
Repositioning of the Tufts Health Plan offices in Watertown will create 481,000 square feet of lab space in one of Greater Boston’s most sought-after life science development markets.
Hot Property: 66 Galen St.
Boston Development Group is seeking approval for a life science campus after acquiring a series of parcels along Galen Street previously occupied by the Colonial GMC Buick dealership, a service station and oil change facility.
MIT Opts for Less ‘Aggressive’ Volpe Tower Design
MIT’s redevelopment of the Volpe Center property still includes plans for the tallest building in Cambridge – but well short of the 500 feet allowed by zoning.
An Industrial Remnant Regains Relevance in the Fenway
Amid the Fenway neighborhood’s transformation from a disconnected sprawl of parking lots, gas stations and auto-related uses to a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood, one building remained stubbornly in the past: The 1 million-square-foot former Sears building now called 401 Park.
Hot Property: Samuels & Assoc. Headquarters
Samuels & Assoc.’s 8,600-square-foot Fenway headquarters exemplifies an urban adaptive reuse approach that mirrors the Boston-based development firm’s strategy for many of its projects.
$700M Mass Pike Air Rights Project Launches
A $700 million development on a landmark Massachusetts Turnpike air rights parcel is beginning construction in Back Bay in spite of the uncertainties swirling around future demand for office, hotel and retail space.
Big Boston Architects, Developers Get PPP Loans
Two well-known Boston real estate developers and a pair of the city’s leading architectural firms are recipients of payroll protection program (PPP) loans designed to retain more than 500 jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leading an Office Design Transition from Mandate to Magnet
With over 30 years at Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects, Elizabeth Lowrey leads the firm’s interior architecture practice as it works with developers and landlords on the changing nature of spaces where people gather.
Pandemic Will Accelerate Four Trends in College Facilities
While this is a fluid and evolving situation, many existing trends in higher education facility design may factor into the choices made across academic institutions in the coming weeks and months.
Hot Property: Winter Garden
Oxford Properties Group hired Elkus Manfredi Architects to update 222 Berkeley St., a 550,000-square-foot Back Bay office building designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and completed in 1991.
Not Just Another Day at the Office
Architects and property managers are studying once-unthinkable changes to office environments as corporate America envisions a gradual return to work in the COVID-19 era.
Hot Property: 180 Wells Ave.
After renovating and leasing up the 55,000-square-foot former SharkNinja headquarters to a group of tenants, Intrum Corp. is seeking an anchor lease of 25,000 square feet to kickstart construction of an adjacent office building at 180 Wells Ave.
Hot Property: 201 Brookline Ave.
Boston-based Samuels & Assoc. has begun demolition work to prepare for construction of 201 Brookline Ave., a 500,000-square-foot office-lab tower.
Northeastern, Dorm Developer Pitch 26-Story Roxbury Tower
Northeastern University and private dorm developer American Campus Communities are proposing to build a 26-story, 975-bed dorm tower for the school’s students for a 0.74-acre parking lot on the Roxbury side of the Ruggles Orange Line stop.
Downtown Ad Agency Moving to Seaport
Boston-based ad agency MullenLowe will relocate 550 employees from Boston’s Financial District to the Seaport next summer, after leasing 114,620 square feet at Skanska’s Two Drydock speculative office tower.
