45 Mystic Ave | Somerville

[NorthshoreCity]

Interesting lab tower proposal at 45 Mystic Ave in Somerville (near Assembly Row/Sullivan Square). 51,000sf, 10 floors, 125' height x 91' depth x 59' width designed by Context. Perhaps 36 Hampshire in Cambridge was the precedent here as it seems to go against all land-scraping lab design standards.

Lots of proposals/potential in this area but with nothing built out yet I find this perspective somewhat comical:

All project details via: https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/ospcd/planning-and-zoning/reports-and-decisions

 

[Equilibria]

This has a presentation now: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema-live/s3fs-public/2023-09/Presentation v2.pdf

 

[Charlie_mta]

Even though it's a lab building, it has some height and street wall, and will add employee population to the neighborhood, thus inching the neighborhood towards a pedestrian presence. One of two more developments of this scope, hopefully including residential next time, and then the neighborhood gains the critical mass to be urbanized and pedestrian oriented.