270 Third St - 75&125 Binney | East Cambridge (née Mega-Lab)

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The parking is for an existing building, and that lawn is supposed to be a park soon, I think?
 
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What is the address of this?
Awful that there would be that much wasted space regardless of where but there are varying degrees of awful depending on proximity to the city.
 
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^^ 75 Binney and 125 Binney.
 
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Unfortunately the Binney corridor has some strict height restrictions. Just like 225, I'm sure thus thing built to within inches of the max allowable height.
 
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SeamusMcFly said:
Unfortunately the Binney corridor has some strict height restrictions. Just like 225, I'm sure thus thing built to within inches of the max allowable height.
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And has been discussed before, laboratory ventilation hoods/stacks and tall do not work well together.
 
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SeamusMcFly said:
Unfortunately the Binney corridor has some strict height restrictions. Just like 225, I'm sure thus thing built to within inches of the max allowable height.
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Seems like the buildings on the other side of the street are going to be twice as tall. Speaking of which, anybody have a timetable on when those are supposed to get out of the ground? I know there is a lot of equipment on 2 of the sites there.
 
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http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/...s/sp243/sp243_design_review75_125_binney.ashx
Lot of good information here. Including the taller buildings across the street.

http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/Ordinance/zo_article13_1359.ashx

This gives you a better idea on height limits, and how they increase as you move towards Kendall Sq. proper.

http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/SpecialPermits/sp243/sp243_decision.ashx

Here's the info for the Alexandria buildings, and height restrictions in the area.
 
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Residential building at Third and Binney. Notice the floors, they appear to be pre-formed concrete. You can see some more sections on the truck to the right side.

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abdinoor said:
Residential building at Third and Binney. Notice the floors, they appear to be pre-formed concrete. You can see some more sections on the truck to the right side.
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Doesn't look residential in the character of the structure

Those big open bays and high ceilings look like labs

The Alexandria folks filed a change with Cambridge which in turn generated a substantial pdf document
http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/...s/sp243/sp243_design_review75_125_binney.ashx

There is whole bunch of information about the entire area roughly bounded by Bent and Linskey from 1st through 6th including a nice map with all the developments spelled-out
 
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whighlander said:
Doesn't look residential in the character of the structure
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Pulled these out of the presentation you linked to. This building, 270 3rd street is labeled as residential/housing.

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A hollow core slab, also known as a voided slab or hollow core plank, is a precast slab of prestressed concrete typically used in the construction of floors in multi-story apartment buildings. The slab has been especially popular in countries where the emphasis of home construction has been on precast concrete, including Northern Europe and socialist countries of Eastern Europe. Precast concrete popularity is linked with low-seismic zones and more economical constructions because of fast building assembly, lower self weight (less material), etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow-core_slab

So yeah, almost used exclusively in multi-storey residential units.
 
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High-rise hotels in the Boston area have also been using it recently.
 
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SeamusMcFly said:
A hollow core slab, also known as a voided slab or hollow core plank, is a precast slab of prestressed concrete typically used in the construction of floors in multi-story apartment buildings. The slab has been especially popular in countries where the emphasis of home construction has been on precast concrete, including Northern Europe and socialist countries of Eastern Europe. Precast concrete popularity is linked with low-seismic zones and more economical constructions because of fast building assembly, lower self weight (less material), etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow-core_slab

So yeah, almost used exclusively in multi-storey residential units.
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The entire system put together is called a Girder Slab system. It is often used in housing because it reduces floor to floor heights, it is great in reducing sound transmission. It goes up fast.
 
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