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One Stop. Many Choices. WESTWOOD MASSACHUSETTS 1 MILLION $118,043 RESIDENTS ANNUALLY Live Within Average Household a 10 Mile Radius Income Within a 10 Mile Radius One Stop. Many Choices. WESTWOOD MASSACHUSETTS 1 MILLION $118,043 RESIDENTS ANNUALLY Live within Average household a 10 mile radius income within a 10 mile radius 849,316 162,765 DAYTIME CARS POPULATION Average daily traffic on I-95/Route 128 Within a 10 mile radius University Station features 750,000 square feet of retail and restaurant uses. 2 UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS OPPORTUNITYUniversity Station is a vibrant, mixed-use development in Westwood, Massachusetts adjacent to the Route 128 MBTA/ Amtrak Station, combining unique retail, fitness, restaurant, residential, office and hotel uses. Anchored by Wegmans, Target, and Nordstrom Rack and featuring over 35 shops and restaurants, University Station draws customers from some of Boston’s most desirable suburbs including Dover, Milton, Needham, Sharon and Westwood. The site’s great access, excellent visibility, and mix of uses make University Station a popular destination for shopping and dining and an ideal location for living, working and visiting. UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 3 LOCATION Easily Accessible TRAVEL TIMES By Car Travel Time Mass Pike 15 minutes I-495 20 minutes EXIT 13 South Station 30 minutes 95 128 Logan Airport 35 minutes Providence 36 minutes By Train Travel Time Pulte Homes Back Bay Station 8 minutes 95 South Station 15 minutes Providence 22 minutes New York 3 hours Washington D.C. 6 hours I-95 15 MINUTE DIRECT TRAIN RIDE REGIONAL ACCESS From Boston’s From I-95 & South Station Route 128 and proximate to I-93 4 UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS Avenues of entrance WESTWOOD Avenues of egress CANTON STREET Future Future Future Hotel Oce Oce BLUE HILL DRIVE EXIT 13 UNIVERSITY AVENUE Future Future Oce Oce Pulte Homes ACCESS ■ Immediate access from Route 128/I-95 via Exit 13 95 ■ Directly abutting Route 128 Commuter Rail/Amtrak Station MASTER PLAN 128 ■ 120 acres ■ 2 million square feet CANTON 162,765 ADT Use Size Retail 750,000 sf N Office 350,000 sf 95 Residential 650 units Hotel 150 rooms EXIT 12 Assisted Living 100 units UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 5 MARKET 1 20 Cambridge 95 Boston Brookline 90 Newton 9 9 Wellesley 93 Framingham Market analysis Natick Needham PRIMARY TRADE AREA (10 MILES) Population 1,020,438 Quincy Dover Average Household Income $118,043 95 Milton Adj. Daytime Demographics Age 16 Years or Over 849,316 AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES TRADE AREA AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME 10 MINUTES Westwood UNIVERSITY STATION 93 Braintree Dover $339,697 15 MINUTES Westwood $215,566 20 MINUTES 3 Norwood Needham $204,139 1 3 MILE RADIUS Milton $169,604 95 Sharon $158,207 5 MILE RADIUS Canton 7 MILE RADIUS Walpole 10 MILE RADIUS 24 Sharon Franklin Brockton 495 Foxborough 6 UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS Greater Boston’s newest shopping destination SHOP AND DINE University Station features some of the nation’s most popular stores including Wegmans, Target, Marshalls/HomeGoods, Nordstrom Rack, PetSmart, Homesense, Michaels, and ULTA Beauty. Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Del Frisco’s® Grille, Not Your Average Joe’s, Panera Bread, and Smashburger are just a few of the eateries that draw customers to the center. PLAY Life Time Athletic offers an unparalleled experience through fitness programs and certified fitness professionals to support the health and fitness goals of their members. SHOP & DINE UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 7 Residential GABLES UNIVERSITY STATION Gables University Station features 350 apartment homes, located just steps away from the MBTA and Amtrak Station. Residents can choose from a spacious one or two bedroom apartment home with top-of-the- line finishes. WESTWOOD PLACE AT UNIVERSITY STATION Westwood Place at University Station will feature two four-story residential condominium buildings. Each building will contain 50 units, comprised of one and two-bedroom units. BRIDGES® BY EPOCH Bridges® by EPOCH at Westwood is a memory care assisted living community where remarkable people deliver exceptional care to those with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Hotel The Courtyard by Marriott features 130 guest rooms thoughtfully Gables at University Station designed to provide the optimum balance between work and relaxation. The on-site Bistro provides an upscale casual dining experience, the re-imagined lobby is set up perfectly for impromptu meetings or solo work sessions, and the hotel’s 1300 square foot meeting room is designed for corporate events. 8 UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS LIVE & STAY WORK Offices The new Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center—Westwood offers primary care, urgent care, radiology and lab services, orthopedics, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology and a multi-specialty clinic that will include cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrine and neurology on a rotating basis. University Station features additional build-to-suit opportunities ranging up to 400,000 square feet, which enable customizable solutions that can be tailored to accommodate a variety of business needs, including signature headquarter opportunities. The Offices at University Station are walking distance to the Route 128 MBTA commuter rail stop and to dedicated Amtrak and the Acela Express service. The University Station stop is only 8 minutes from Boston’s Back Bay, 15 minutes from South Station, and 3 hours from New York City. Employees will enjoy University Station’s many advantages, including such amenities and conveniences as Wegmans, Target and Life Time Athletic. Open-air, collaborative spaces help create a comfortable, relaxing and productive work atmosphere. The new Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center — Westwood UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 9 DEMOGRAPHICSDEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS BY MILES DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS BY DRIVE TIME Population 3 Miles 5 Miles 7 Miles 10 Miles Population 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 2017 Estimated Population 50,703 179,924 395,975 1,020,438 2017 Estimated Population 281,239 822,230 1,643,551 2022 Projected Population 52,168 186,683 412,405 1,065,173 2022 Projected Population 292,118 858,606 1,715,632 2017 Adj. Daytime Demographics Age 16 Years or Over 66,686 156,302 312,947 849,316 2017 Adj. Daytime Demographics Age 16 Years or Over 244,889 635,905 1,837,364 2017 Median Age 41.7 40.4 39.7 37.6 2017 Median Age 39.9 38.6 36.9 Income Income 2017 Estimated Average Household Income $132,709 $124,653 $124,852 $118,043 2017 Estimated Average Household Income $120,007 $117,626 $120,279 2017 Estimated Median Household Income $100,132 $94,050 $95,426 $88,770 2017 Estimated Median Household Income $91,779 $89,781 $90,313 Households Households 2017 Estimated Households 19,487 69,126 150,315 398,424 2017 Estimated Households 107,473 315,239 665,383 2022 Projected Households 20,222 72,237 157,596 419,015 2022 Projected Households 112,427 331,379 699,517 Education (Age 25+) Education (Age 25+) 2017 Estimated Some College 14.2% 15.9% 15.5% 13.8% 2017 Estimated Some College 16.1% 14.9% 13.0% 2017 Estimated Associates Degree Only 8.9% 7.5% 7.1% 6.2% 2017 Estimated Associates Degree Only 7.3% 6.9% 5.9% 2017 Estimated Bachelors Degree Only 29.9% 27.1% 25.7% 26.0% 2017 Estimated Bachelors Degree Only 25.9% 25.0% 27.3% 2017 Estimated Graduate Degree 19.7% 20.1% 21.1% 23.8% 2017 Estimated Graduate Degree 19.5% 20.8% 25.1% Business Business 2017 Estimated Total Businesses 3,255 7,971 17,290 48,245 2017 Estimated Total Businesses 13,528 36,375 100,632 2017 Estimated Total Employees 52,595 106,912 206,374 564,660 2017 Estimated Total Employees 169,227 411,026 1,375,930 10 UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS University Station UNIVERSITY STATION WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 11 WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 75 PARK PLAZA, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116 [email protected] ■ 617.965.8700 ■ NEDEVELOPMENT.COM 11.13.18.
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