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1.3M SF Mixed-Use Air Rights Development Poised to Move Forward in 2013
Located over the Mass Turnpike, Fenway Center, Boston, MA will offer residential, retail and commercial space, garage parking and access to new commuter rail station. Developer: MK Parcel 7 Development, LLC | General Contractor: John A. Moriarity Associates
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nvisioned as a “Smart Growth”, transit- and sustainable energyoriented development (TOD), phase one of the $450M, 1.3M square foot Fenway Center designed by The Architectural Team is slated to break ground next spring.
Boston’s latest air rights development is permitted and will soon transform unsightly surface parking lots and wind-swept bridges over the Massachusetts Turnpike into a vibrant, new destination neighborhood. Fenway Center, designed to knit together the existing Fenway, Kenmore and Longwood Medical Area neighborhoods, will offer market-rate apartments, service-oriented retail, commercial and a new commuter rail station. Its TOD design incorporates significant green space with pedestrian-friendly walkways, and improved vehicular connections intended to create lively public spaces and to enhance the neighborhood as a desirable place to live, work, and play. In keeping with the development’s original master plan by New York-based Carlos Zapata Studio, TAT’s design emphasizes the gradual increase in building height and scale from the Beacon Street neighborhood to the development’s central tower and transitions to a lower scale along Brookline Avenue,” said Michael Binette, AIA, principal at TAT. Phase one is comprised of four buildings, and will offer 420 residential units, 200 underground parking spaces, and a shared-use parking garage to accommodate an additional 750 vehicles. Phase two—a 27-story mixed-use tower designed to be an architectural icon adjacent to Yawkey Station and a gateway to Boston from the west—will provide residential, commercial, and retail. According to the developer, John Rosenthal, president of Meredith Management, the development will create more than 1,700 construction jobs, provide substantial economic benefits to Massachusetts, and strengthen the vitality and quality of life in the city of Boston and surrounding neighborhoods.
@ your FINGERTIPS For more than 30 years, Historic Tax Credits have been the driving force behind restoring historic gateways and long-abandoned structures into new vibrant, mixed-use communities. Read how Bob Verrier, FAIA, co-founder and managing partner has helped clients save more than 150 historic buildings utilizing these critical tax credits. Visit the firm’s website at www.architecturalteam.com for this and other news.