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A centerpiece of the Seaport Square Planned Development Area (PDA), the project is located in the heart of South Boston’s Innovation District, on Seaport Boulevard at Boston Wharf Road. Truly a live, work, play environment, 101 Seaport benefits from adjacencies to residential, cultural and retail neighbors as well as immediate connections to mass transportation and Boston’s major interstate highways. Most unique, the site allows for 101 Seaport to have sweeping views to the Boston Harbor.

The massing initially responds to PDA guidelines and is developed through consideration of urban, environmental and programmatic goals. Informed by energy use and views, the massing is separated into north and south boxes and guided by programmatic efficiency and flexibility. The expansive views to the north allow for equally expansive fenestration establishing a façade anchoring both Seaport Square and the district. The slender box to the north is distinct from the southern mass that is characterized by its need to regulate sunlight and energy. Also all glass, it complements the sheer façade on the north by offering texture and articulation.

Limited to a maximum height of 250’-0” by FAA regulations, 101 Seaport is 18 stories tall. The primary massing also informed in section by the PDA as the building is divided into a 75’ 4” story podium and 175’ tower providing a gross building area of approximately 632,686 SF and a rentable area of approximately 440,000 SF.

Prominently positioned on Seaport Boulevard, the building’s base adds to the boulevard’s street wall set forth in the district’s master plan.

A green terrace on the podium roof hints at the projects commitment to sustainability, further enhancing the district’s commitment to sustainability. Designed to meet the highest sustainable standards, it provides a light and airy office experience while meeting the most stringent energy performance.

Finally, its large formal gestures shapes Boston’s new skyline while the exterior design at the building’s base frames the pedestrian experience. Featuring a two story “high-tech” glass and stainless steel curtain wall for its lobby and atrium, the street level is anchored by a composition of glass and opaque material offering a façade that is open and inviting. The building features a range of retail to compliment the rest of the district.

The new core & shell office / life sciences building at Allston Yards is a 630,000 SF building consisting of lab/office, ground floor retail and a community center on 9 floors with 140,000 sf of below grade parking over 2 levels. The building also consists of 60,000 sf of two-story enclosed mechanical penthouse.

Flanked by the Massachusetts Turnpike, Everett, Guest and East Streets, the project responds to the different adjacencies in an interesting way. Along the Pike there is a terraced podium expression that allows for multiple tenant outdoor terraces and wraps down along Everett Street. These terraces address the adjacent smaller scale residential community east of the parcel by stepping down to a lower more approachable massing. Along Guest Street, the main entry expression is the culmination of a “glass zipper” form that separates the tower from the podium and creates a dramatic entry. Along East, the building is more restrained, as future adjacent buildings are proposed to be residential.

Located in the Fresh Pond neighborhood of Cambridge, 101 Smith Place is a core & shell lab/office building. The building will consist of a single floor below grade parking garage and 3 above grade lab/office floors, with an enclosed single story penthouse.

This new building will be the 3rd lab/office building to be built/renovated in the Fresh Pond neighborhood by The Davis Companies, an area known as the QUAD. This building aspires to be authentic in its design approach, bringing back thoughts of the industrial area in a modern way. This is done through exposed structural steel columns and braces, that create an intriguing front facade of the bundling along Smith Place, creating the new standard for the areas redevelopment.

The new Core & Shell Office/Life Sciences Building at Cambridge Crossing is a 622,000 SF building consisting of lab/office and retail space on 12 tenant floors with three-levels of below grade parking and a two-level mechanical penthouse. The upper level tenant floors are to be designed to accommodate two tenants per floor.

This new building will be the first office/laboratory building to be incorporated into the Cambridge Cross Redevelopment project. Cambridge Crossing is a mixed-use redevelopment of an old railroad yard in the East Cambridge section of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Situated on a rail yard originally built by the Boston and Maine Railroad, the goal is to turn the now-unused rail yard into a large development, containing commercial, retail and residential development, along with a relocated Lechmere Green Line transit station.

The new core & shell office/life sciences building at Cambridge Crossing is a 655,000 SF building consisting of lab/office and retail space on 9 tenant floors with 155,800 SF of parking below grade on three levels and a 61,000 SF two-level mechanical penthouse. The building provides the potential for two outdoor tenant occupied terraces.

This new building will be the second office/ laboratory building to be incorporated into the Cambridge Crossing Masterplan Redevelopment project. Cambridge Crossing is a mixed-use redevelopment of an old railroad yard in the East Cambridge section of Cambridge, MA. Situated on a rail yard originally built by the Boston and Maine Railroad, the goal is to turn the now-unused rail yard into a large development, containing commercial, retail and residential development, along with a relocated Lechmere Green Line transit station.

Preliminary design by Tsoi Kobus.

As the latest addition to Forest City’s University Park on MIT’s campus, 300 Massachusetts Avenue provides 240,000 SF of tenant office and research space, on four flexible floor plates over a common ground floor of building services and street-fronting retail. The glass curtain wall is expressive of the modern technology at work in the building, while and canopy and articulated ground floor create a vibrant and active retail experience. A new corner pocket park continues the network of green space that extends across the campus.

Sustainable design features include on-site stormwater management, energy and water efficient building systems and floor plates and a building envelope designed to maximize daylight penetration. The design process also included working with Cambridge City officials to obtain a zoning amendment and securing other approvals required to build such a large building in an urban environment.

The new core & shell office/life sciences building at Assembly Row is a 484,700 SF building consisting of lab/office and full ground floor retail over 7 floors with 91,000 SF of below grade parking over 2 levels. The building also consists of 80,000 SF of two-story enclosed mechanical penthouse.

This building fills in the last missing parcel along Assembly Row and creating an urban living room along the eastern façade. By re-grading the existing roadways with elevated flush curb conditions, allows for a rich pedestrian experience, lit by catenary lighting. The building form is composed of 2 story shifting massing elements creating occupiable terraces on both the northern and southern elevations.

A mixed-use speculative office and retail building located at Assembly Row, the new core & shell office building is currently planned as approximately 540,000 GSF of built area including: 256,000 SF of office space on twelve floors, 30,000 SF of ground floor retail and an integral parking garage for 496 cars on five levels. The project scope also includes provisions for roof terraces for office tenants on the 6th and 12th floors.

The building has been carefully designed to fit within this context. The design of Block 5B embodies the spirit of Assembly Row by including both similar architectural elements and massing strategies found throughout Assembly Row. Its corner location provides an opportunity to reinforce Grand Union Boulevard as a major thorough fare and to define the corner at Foley Street.

The existing two-story, cast in place concrete structure was constructed in the early 1940s. The basement, 1st and 2nd floors will be renovated to included new Office/Laboratory space within the existing structure. A third story with penthouse will be added to the existing structure. The existing façade will be over-cladded with a new rainscreen façade.

The existing building will be renovated for as a Core and Shell Office/Laboratory Building in 3 phases. Phase 1 construction will build out three levels of Office/Laboratory space at the west sector building while allowing the 1st and 2nd floor tenant spaces to remain occupied during construction. A new penthouse, screenwall and modifications to the existing basement area will housed the new MEP infrastructure to support the phased construction. The 1st and 2nd floor garage structure will be infilled where the existing ramps were relocated to outside the building’ footprint. Phase 2 construction will build out the 2nd and 3rd floor tenant spaces of Office/Laboratory space at the east sector of the building. Phase 3 construction will build out the 1st floor tenant space of Office/Laboratory space at the east sector of the building.

The proposed 730 & 750 Main Street projects is a core & shell renovation of, and additions to, an existing lab/office research building formerly owned by Polaroid. The renovations will include selective demolition, repairs to the existing building structure and enclosure, replacement windows and roof and new building MEP/FP systems. The additions will include tenant space and underground parking garage, site landscaping and roof top penthouse and screen wall. Both buildings are on their own separate parcel with an interconnected four-story parking garage below grade and connections between the two buildings. Mechanical and electrical systems are also interconnected between the two buildings. The building is designed to be a market ready lab/office/makerspace building to provide infrastructure, resources and space to accommodate growing start up tech companies throughout the Boston/Cambridge area.

As a continuation of the Durham Innovation District, 518 W. Morgan was designed as the first full life sciences building at the Durham ID. The new 190,000-SF building consists of flexible lab/office, amenity and retail space. The upper level houses a dedicated amenity floor with dynamic views of the city, a conference center and break out/lounge spaces.

The site is bound by many historical constraints, including a railroad turned greenbelt, Imperial factory building and a carriage house. The building celebrates the history and innovation of the city, with the carriage house being a key driver for the design of the building. The podium lifts over the historic landmark and integrates it into the lobby space, allowing for users to experience the marriage of old and new. The two interlocking volumes and materiality that make up the overall massing represent the past and future of the city.

804 Carnegie Center West is a new, 130,000 SF, Class A, three story office building for an existing Carnegie Center tenant, NRG, on the west side of Route 1. Jacobs was asked by Boston Properties to design the building to advance the Carnegie Center aesthetic established on the East side, setting a new direction for the West development.

NRG, a leading energy trading company has agreed to several large tenant enhancements specific to the tenants needs and business including PV arrays, a 24 hour 2 story trading floor, higher floor to ceiling heights and specialty energy generation.