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New York real estate giant to build condos, offices at Pier 4
By Casey Ross GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 15, 2015
The former site of Anthony’s Pier 4 has new owners, and they’re thinking a little bigger than popovers.
The New York real estate giant Tishman Speyer has purchased the property for $70 million from New England Development and expects to begin construction this year on two buildings that will contain offices, condominiums, and restaurants.
Its plans also call for a one-acre waterfront park on the spot where Anthony’s stood for half a century. Once one of the country’s busiest eateries, it shut its doors last year.
Tishman Speyer co-chief executive Rob Speyer said the company was drawn to the nine-acre property by its waterfront location and the real estate renaissance that has unfolded around it in recent years.
“We think the Seaport is one of the most exciting mixed-use developments in the country,” Speyer said. “We want to take one of the last sites on the waterfront and do something spectacular.”
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Its 13-story office building is being designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects of Boston. Tishman Speyer has hired the architectural firm Diller Scofidio & Renfro of New York to design its condominium building. The nine-story structure will contain 100 luxury units and be designed to make a “dramatic statement” on the waterfront.
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