Batterymarch
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does anyone know if construction has commenced on the building to be occupied by the law firm Goodwin Procter?
No, GP has not even fully decided if they are leaving 53 Exchange.
Goodwin Procter signed a letter of intent to lease 360,000 square feet in an office building to be built next to the Institute of Contemporary Art in an area of the South Boston waterfront that Mayor Thomas Menino has dubbed the Innovation District. Goodwin Procter would move more than 860 attorneys and support staffers to the new building, which would also include a 135-room hotel and retail space.
Goodwin Procter, the Hub’s second largest law firm, is housed at 415,000 square feet of office space on 14 floors at 53 State St., a building owned by UBS. That lease is set to expire in 2016. The new building on Fan Pier would be similar in size.
Link to download the document with renderings for Parcel C, the condo building currently under construction - http://www.bostonredevelopmentautho...1-08-2013-bcdc-presentation-fan-pier-parcel-c
Link to download the document with renderings for Parcel I, the parcel behind the ICA - http://www.bostonredevelopmentautho...6-04-2013-bcdc-presentation-fan-pier-parcel-1
Disappointing and really uninteresting. Skewed perspective completely underplays how cubelike and monolithic this is going to be.
I like the white Lambo in the foreground- which one of the partners has that?
Poor street interaction. Hopefully its better and the BRA actually pushes it to be so. The glass is fine.
I like the white Lambo in the foreground- which one of the partners has that?
What was more interesting was the rendering that accompanied it. I haven't seen this one before. Has anyone else?
Especially since the streetfronts for this building lead into the ICA. Probably the best foot traffic in the entire Fan Pier development (outside of the Harborwalk), and they're going with lobby glass? How about some space for high-end galleries to cater to art lovers, or a high-end cafe or two?
Frankly, at this point developers should need a special waiver from the BRA to not have ground-floor retail in any development in the FD, Back Bay or SPID.