High-Profile: Up-Front/Feature Story
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10 World Trade Breaks Ground Boston – On March 31, Boston Global Investors (BGI) and its development partners celebrated the official groundbreaking of 10 World Trade, a $600 million life sciences building located in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood. The ceremony was held at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Designed by Boston-based architecture firm, Sasaki, the property is defined by a uniquely curved and high-tech glass facade and surrounded by an array of indoor-outdoor connected spaces. The 17-story building will deliver over 555,000sf of new workspace for life sciences and office users, as well as retail and cultural space at the ground levels where the project also has over two acres of new outdoor public improvements. The project team for 10 World Trade includes Suffolk Construction Company, general contractor; Arup, engineer; C3, MEP engineer; and Thornton Tomasetti, engineer. PGIM and Wheelock Street Capital are equity partners on the project. Co-developers include EDGE, out of the Netherlands, as well as two MBE developers: Bastion Companies and Cogsville Capital Group. JLL is the leasing broker. “In an area known for being home to corporate headquarters and world leading companies, this building stands out on all levels: design, building technology,
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At the 10 World Trade groundbreaking (l-r): Hany Elshiekh, State Representative David Biele, Gosder Cherilus, John Hynes IV, John Hynes III, Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Lisa Wieland, Coen van Oostrom, Daniel Sliwak, Jeff Laliberte, Victor Vizgaitis, Donald Cogsville, Councilor Ed Flynn, and Tom Glynn
10 World Trade / Renderings courtesy of Sasaki Associates
amenities, and public spaces,” said Molly Heath, managing director at JLL. “As the
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meet a strong demand for lab space.” Onsite amenities will include a 150-seat auditorium, a sky-level fitness center, and cultural and entertaining programming activations throughout the year. The building’s chilled beam HVAC system, tall floor-to-floor heights, and large column-free floor plates are designed to meet the flexible needs of life science and office users alike. The curtain wall system will also feature View Inc.’s Smart Windows, which use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust in response to the sun, maximizing natural light and outdoor views while optimizing building occupant comfort and reducing energy consumption from lighting and HVAC. The building’s smart design incorporates multiple innovative features to enhance sustainability and wellness including touchless systems, augmented air flow systems, post-pandemic safeguards and energysaving measures. The building will be among the first in the region to achieve certifications from SmartScore and SITES, and according to John Hynes IV, vice president at BGI, is pursuing Gold (or better) certifications from LEED, WELL, and WiredScore. The two acres of sustainable indoor/ continued to page 14
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