Two subsidiaries of TripAdvisor, Smarter Travel and FlipKey, announced that it will lease 72,000 square feet in Boston’s North Station at 226 Causeway St.
The groups will relocate from Charlestown and Boston, respectively, with move-in anticipated to begin in the last quarter of 2013. The lease brings 226 Causeway St. to 90 percent occupancy with the majority of the vacancy in the building’s retail area. Approximately 6,000 square feet of office space remains available on the sixth floor.
226 Causeway is a 193,000-square-foot, mixed-use development located adjacent to the TD Garden in an area known as the "Gateway to Downtown Boston." The historic brick-and-beam building was originally built in 1906 and received extensive renovations in 2002, ranging from cosmetic upgrades to full internal systems overhauls.
In addition to Class A office space, 226 Causeway St. also has six floors of residential units, known as Strada 234.
Richards Barry Joyce & Partners LLC, along with RBJ&P’s Thomas Ashe and Patrick Buckley represented the landlord in the transaction. TripAdvisor was represented by Mark Roth of Cushman & Wakefield and Anne Columbia of Columbia Group Realty Advisors Inc.
