Neighborhood Design Benefits:
-Creates a total of 2.2 acres of open space, including conversion of a 1.1-acre surface parking lot to a public open space serving as a gathering place to the entire Fenway neighborhood.
-Creation of a public plaza at the Brookline Avenue and Fullerton Street intersection.
-A destination food hall serving gourmet local food offerings.
-New and engaging pedestrian connections between the train station and the district, including new connections through and around the building.
-Transforms the Park Drive, Brookline Avenue and Fullerton Street frontages of the Site, drawing active retail uses down Fullerton Street from the intersection with Brookline Avenue.
-Provides improved pedestrian connectivity between the MBTA’s Green Line Fenway station and the Fenway district by constructing a multi-use path and reducing auto/pedestrian conflicts within the property boundaries.
-Improves streetscapes with generous sidewalks, streetscape improvements, new lighting, street trees, vibrant retail and quality architecture.
Transportation Benefits:
-Improves pedestrian access, comfort, and safety along well-traveled paths between the MBTA Fenway Station and the neighborhood.
-Improves conditions for vehicles entering and exiting the Site at the intersection of Fullerton Street and Brookline Avenue.
-Contributes $100,000 towards the long-term maintenance fund of the reconstructed Audubon Circle Road Improvements.
-Construction of a multi-use path adjacent to the building.
Environmental & Infrastructure Benefits:
-Improves water quality, reduces runoff volume, and controls peak rates of runoff by incorporating new stormwater management and treatment systems.
-Reduces heat island effects by incorporating green roofs.
-LEED Gold certification of the existing building and expansion.
-Encourages alternative transportation and reduces Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by providing appropriate bicycle storage facilities on-site.
-Mitigates temporary construction-related impacts through the implementation of a Construction Management Plan.
Economic and Community Benefits:
-Enhances the economy within the Fenway neighborhood by meeting the increasing demand for office and laboratory space, providing new job opportunities, and serving as a source of customers for local retail and service establishments.
-Creating approximately 3,000 new transit-served office and retail jobs
-Creates temporary construction jobs in all trades.
-Creates a public art program for the new public open spaces, estimated to be valued at up to $1,000,000.
-Contributes a total of $100,000 to the Emerald Necklace Conservancy to support projects and programming in the Back Bay Fens area of the Emerald Necklace park system.
