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Feature Story WS Development, Turner Construction Near Completion on One Boston Wharf
One Boston Wharf / Images courtesy of WS Development
Boston – WS Development and Turner Construction Company announced they are wrapping up construction on One Boston Wharf, a 945,000sf mixed-use development in Boston’s Seaport District. The 17-story tower includes 707,000sf of office space as well as ground floor retail and a performing arts center that
features both a 100-seat and 500-seat live performance venue. Amazon has signed on as the single tenant occupying the building’s office space. The development also includes a 3-level, 200,000sf belowgrade parking garage connected to the existing L4 parcel that Turner completed in 2022.
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According to Michael Cusic, director of construction – Seaport at WS Development, One Boston Wharf will serve as a gateway into the Seaport District from Downtown Boston and the Fort Point Channel Landmark District. The building is active on all four sides and emphasizes pedestrian comfort and porosity with an intimate, human-scale streetscape activated with vibrant retail, restaurant, and civic uses. Upon completion, the development will be the largest net-zero carbon office building in Boston, and is targeting LEED Platinum. Cusic said, “One Boston Wharf is an all-electric building, which employs many redundancies built into the heating and cooling systems, including secondary condenser water loops, secondary chilled water loops, and secondary hot water loops. Additionally, the building’s envelope design includes high performance triple-pane glazing to reduce both heating and cooling loads.” WS Development has also implemented a long-term power purchase agreement to source renewably-generated electricity for both base building and tenant electric loads. “This will ensure a true net-zero
“ Turner led a combined effort with Boston Sand & Gravel and the design team to engage Sublime Systems for topping slab placement. Sublime Systems has developed a means of manufacturing cement without fossil fuels. Turner is targeting a 24% embodied carbon reduction for all concrete mix designs and reinforcing steel.” - Genci Leno, Turner Construction Company