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Avoiding the Third Rail: the Critical Pieces of a TOD Success Story REGIONAL MAP SOMERVILLE CHARLESTOWN Avoiding the Third Rail: The Critical Pieces of a TOD Success Story REGIONAL MAP SOMERVILLE CHARLESTOWN CAMBRIDGE BEACON HILL LOGAN DOWNTOWN SEAPORT KEY TRANSIT CORRIDORS KEY TRANSIT CORRIDORS NORTH STATION GOVERNMENT CENTER SOUTH STATION BACK BAY STATION NORTHcontext STATION photo form brochure? HISTORY, ETC. SOMERVILLE CHARLESTOWN CAMBRIDGE NORTH STATION WEST END NORTH END GOVERNMENT CENTER BEACON HILL DOWNTOWN BACK BAY SOUTH STATION BACK BAY STATION SEAPORT WHY: TAMI TOLD US TO North Station O’Neill Building TD Garden EXISTING MASSING CONSTRAINTS Boston Properties - Delaware North Companies - Gensler THE BOSTON GARDEN | Boston, Mass. Boston Redevelopment Authority | 18 June 2014 PROGRAM: Phase iii PRoJECt PHAsEs Boston Redevelopment Authority | JuneJuly 3028 2015 | | | THETHE BOSTON BOSTON GARDEN GARDEN | | Boston, Boston, Mass. MA GOVERNMENT CENTER SOMERVILLE CHARLESTOWN CAMBRIDGE NORTH STATION WEST END NORTH END GOVERNMENT CENTER BEACON HILL DOWNTOWN BACK BAY SOUTH STATION BACK BAY STATION SEAPORT BULFINCH CROSSING UNIQUELY SITUATED IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON BULFINCH CROSSING 4.8 ACRES 2 CITY BLOCKS 2.9M SF 1.15M SF OFFICE 82,500 SF RETAIL 800+ RESIDENTIAL UNITS 200 HOTEL ROOMS 1,000 PARKING SPACES 1 ACRE ROOFTOP GARDEN NET-ZERO PUBLIC SQUARE LECHMERECOMMUNITY COLLEGE AIRPORT 93 GREEN LINE EXTENSION 90 LECHMERE MAVERICK LOGAN AIRPORT 5 MIN. SUMNER TUNNEL SCIENCE PARK CALLAHAN TUNNEL NORTH STATION HAYMARKET 10 MIN. 5 MIN. CHARLES / MGH 93 KENDALL / MIT BOWDOIN AQUARIUM GOVERNMENT CTR. CHARLES RIVER STATE STREET BOSTON HARBOR PARK STREET 93 DOWNTOWN CROSSING BOYLSTON SOUTH STATION TEDWILLIAMSTUNNEL ARLINGTON 90 COPLEY • Direct access to I-93 N/S on-ramp BACK BAY • Ideally situated atop two MBTA subway lines (Green and Orange) • A short walk from two major commuter hubs (North Station and South Station) BULFINCH • A mere 5-minute drive to Logan Airport CROSSING MULTIPLE 5-MIN RIDE DIRECT TRANSIT TO LOGAN HIGHWAY OPTIONS AIRPORT ACCESS 2 on-site subway lines: Green and Orange 93 I-93 North / South On-site MBTA bus station 2 commuter-rail hubs: I-90 Massachusetts North & South Station 90 Turnpike East / West On-site Hubway station 1 Route 1 North On-site car rentals On-site charging stations 28 Storrow Drive On-site parking BACK BAY STATION SOMERVILLE CHARLESTOWN CAMBRIDGE NORTH STATION WEST END NORTH END GOVERNMENT CENTER BEACON HILL DOWNTOWN BACK BAY SOUTH STATION BACK BAY STATION SEAPORT THE BACK BAY SOUTH END GATEWAY PROJECT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS • Existing MDOT Lease • Modified To Include Station • BP Assumes Concourse Management • BP Contributes $37M For Concourse Renovation 200 CLARENDON SITE PROJECT OVERVIEW 6 16 NOVEMBER 2017 • 4 Air Rights Parcels • 1.26M SF Of Mixed-Use Development • 600,000 SF Of Office Space • 600 Residential Units • Plus 90 Off-site Affordable Units STUART STREET • 60,000 SF Of Retail CLARENDON STREET 100 CLARENDON GARAGE GARAGE WEST GARAGE EAST DARTMOUTH STREET OFFICE & RETAIL RESIDENTIAL BUS DROP OFF BACK BAY STATION STATION EAST STATION WEST RESIDENTIAL RETAIL COLUMBUS AVE COLUMBUS AVE 4 AIR RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT PARCELS 7 16 NOVEMBER 2017 COPLEY TOWER 40 TRINITY 380 STUART AERIAL LOOKING TO THE NORTHEAST - FUTURE EXISTING CONDITION 13 16 NOVEMBER 2017 AERIAL LOOKING TO THE NORTHEAST - ALTERNATE SCHEME 20 16 NOVEMBER 2017 VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR - ALTERNATE SCHEME 23 16 NOVEMBER 2017 BRIDGE TO NEW STATION 40 TRINITY ENTRANCE VIEW FROM STUART STREET AND TRINITY PLACE 25 16 NOVEMBER 2017 ACCESSIBLE STATION CONNECTOR VIEW OF STUART STREET CONNECTOR 28 16 NOVEMBER 2017 NEW STATION ENTRANCE NEW 11,000sf PUBLIC PLAZA NEW DIRECT ORANGE LINE ACCESS VIEW FROM CLARENDON STREET 31 16 NOVEMBER 2017 • Improved Waiting Areas and Seating • New Entries into Central Hall • New Retail VIEW OF CENTRAL HALL FROM DARTMOUTH STREET ENTRY 39 The Back Bay / South End Gateway Project Figure 3.7c DEIR/DPIR 16 NOVEMBER 2017 Station West - View of Central Hall from Dartmouth Street Entry BOSTON PROPERTIES Arrowstreet SOUTH STATION SOMERVILLE CHARLESTOWN CAMBRIDGE NORTH STATION WEST END NORTH END GOVERNMENT CENTER BEACON HILL DOWNTOWN BACK BAY SOUTH STATION BACK BAY STATION SEAPORT South Station Air Rights 1965: Boston Redevelopment Authority purchases SOUTH STATION AIR RIGHTS South Station 1972: Atlantic Avenue wing and chapel 1965:demolished BRA purchases South Station 1972:1975: South Atlantic Station Ave listed wing on National + chapel Register demolished of 1975:Historic South Places Station listed on National Register of Historic Places 191978:79: MBTA MBTA purchases purchases South Station, South but Station, BRA but BRA retains 250k South Station Air Rights retains 250,000 square foot air rights parcel sf for air rights parcel 1981: Proposal for Renovation of South Station • Environmental Impact Report included an alternative proposal to build over South South Station newsstandStation and lunch counter, Air Rights 1957. Photo by Nishan Bichajian, © MIT Libraries • BRA commissioned WZMH Group to study 1987: Proposalfeasibility. for renovation WZMH scheme of Southincluded Station • Environmental Impact Report included to build over 400,000 sf office building; 600-room2 South Stationhotel; Air250,000 RIghts sf research/exposition • BRA commissionedcenter; and 800 WZMH-1,600 Groupcar parking for garagefeasibility- 400k sf office, 600 room hotel, 250k sf research/expo center, 800-1600 car garage South Station Air Rights 1992-2016: BRA Review 1992South - 2016: Station• airBRA rightsBRA issued model, Review Architectural Preliminary Record Adequacy, May 1981 Determination in 1994 • BRA issued• TUCD Preliminary brought in Hines Adequacy as co-developer; Determination in 1994 • TUCD broughtpartnership in Hines approved as co-developer,in 1998. Later that approved 3 in 1998. Hinesyear, submitted TUCD/Hines Notice submitted of Notice Project of Change • Project andProject PDA Change Development Plan approved in 2006 • Project and PDA Development Plan approved in 2006 • 1.5m sf office • 195,000 sf residential Flow chart of Article 80 review process • 245,000 sf hotel • 755 parking spaces • BRA, MBTA, and TUDC/Hines enter into development agreement in 2007 • TUDC withdrew as development partner in 2008 5 SOUTH STATION AIR RIGHTS South Station Air Rights 2016: Notice of Project Change 2016: Notice of Project Change • Hines filed a Notice of Project Change in Hines filed a Notice of Project Change in 2016 2016 • 2.5m sf project in 3 phases • Phase 1: 1m sf office/residential• 2.5m towersf project in three phases • Phase 2: 438k sf hotel/residential• Phase tower 1: 1m sf office/residential • Phase 3: 51k sf office buildingtower • Phase 2: 438,000 sf hotel/residential • Approved by BPDA Dec 2016building • Phase 3: 511,000 sf office building • 106,000 sf expansion of bus terminal • Approved by BPDA on December 15, 2016 • Land Disposition Agreement and Development Agreement have been extended several times since then Rendering of SSAR Phase 1 6 Strategic and PermanentSTRATEGIC Location + PERMANENT LOCATION Sites of this quality and scale are rarely available in a mature market such as Boston, and are especially rare in a city when they combine such a prominent and historic corner location in a major central• business Premier district with Transit the unmatched Location adjacency to the city’s transportation network. Premier Transit Location • Direct HighwayParks Access BACK BAY . Directly above Boston’s transportation . The site is adjacent to the 27-acre Rose hub, South Station, which• servesProminent 130,000 Fitzgerald Visibility Kennedy Greenway which FINANCIAL DISTRICT daily commuters into Downtown Boston includes public gardens, interactive foun- . Multiple modes of transportation• Parks (trains, tains, both performing and visual arts, and buses, subway) all converge at site, of- food trucks. PROJECT SITE fering convenient access• to allStrategic local labor .LocationThe project includes in the its own Path 2-acre of sky markets and reduced commuteGrowth times park for exclusive use of office tenants . 17 minutes by subway from Logan Interna- and residents – an amenity no competitive tional Airport (one seat ride) project offers. Unsurpassed Highway Access Strategic Location in the Path of Growth . Immediate access to the South Bay inter- . As the CBD has expanded into the change (Interstate Highways 90 and 93) Seaport District in recent years, South reduces driving commute time by 10 min- Station has become a more central SEAPORT DISTRICT utes compared to most Financial District location – it is now at the nexus between and Seaport District office locations the Financial District and the Seaport . Seven minutes by car from Logan Interna- District. tional Airport . The center of the CBD has shifted from State and Congress (40 years ago) to Prominent Visibility Post Office Square (20 years ago) to . Unobstructed location provides perma- South Station today. nent views of and from the building . Extraordinary signage and branding opportunities for tenancy WORLD-CLASS MIXED-USE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 1 PHASE 1 - OFFICE & RESIDENTIAL MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE ROOF 51 RESIDENTIAL Project Section 50 RESIDENTIAL 49 RESIDENTIAL 48 RESIDENTIAL 47 RESIDENTIAL Program 1.2M SF tower, 51 stories 46 RESIDENTIAL (Phase 1) 640,000 RSF Class AAA Office 45 RESIDENTIAL 44 RESIDENTIAL 217,000 Sellable SF Residential Condominiums 43 RESIDENTIAL 42 RESIDENTIAL (166 Units) 41 RESIDENTIAL 6,000 RSF Retail 40 RESIDENTIAL 524 Parking Spaces SCOPE OF PHASE 1 PROJECT 39 RESIDENTIAL 38 RESIDENTIAL 37 RESIDENTIAL Program 950,000 GSF 36 RESID. AMENITIES (Phases 2 and 3) Residential (and/or Hotel) and Mid-Rise Office 35 MECHANICAL Ancillary Retail 34 OFFICE 379 Parking Spaces 33 OFFICE 32 OFFICE 31 OFFICE 30 OFFICE 29 OFFICE 28 OFFICE PHASE 2 - RESIDENTIAL/HOTEL 27 OFFICE MECH 18 26 OFFICE LEVEL 17 25 OFFICE LEVEL 16 24 OFFICE LEVEL 15 23 OFFICE LEVEL 14 22 OFFICE LEVEL 13 PHASE 3 - OFFICE LEVEL 12 21 OFFICE LEVEL 11 20 OFFICE MECH LEVEL 10 19 OFFICE LEVEL 9 FLOOR 9 18 OFFICE LEVEL 8 FLOOR 8 17 OFFICE LEVEL 7 LEVEL 7 16 OFFICE FLOOR 7 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 5 15 OFFICE FLOOR 6 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 4 14 OFFICE FLOOR 5 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 13 OFFICE FLOOR 4 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 2 12 OFFICE FLOOR 3 BUS TERMINAL LOBBY/AMENITY LEVEL EXTERIOR PLAZA EL.
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