The Project Site, located off A Street adjacent to the Fort Point Channel, currently contains surface parking and is located over the MassDOT 1-90 Extension Central Artery/Tunnel. The Proponent intends to undertake the development of the Project Site as a mixed-use development of approximately 1.1 million square feet as that term is understood in the Boston Zoning Code and Enabling Act (the “Code”), including laboratory/R&D, office and residential uses and uses complimentary thereto, as well as significant improvements to the public realm, including new parks, improvements to the Harborwalk and other open space improvements (the “Project”). ....
The Project as currently envisioned contains:
- a residential building of approximately 366,000 square feet with a height of 180 feet, including ground floor accessory uses and “Facilities of Public Accommodation” (“FPA”) uses consistent with the requirements of M.G.L. Chapter 91 and the MFIPA (described below);
- an office building of approximately 334,000 square feet with a height of 180 feet, including ground floor accessory uses as well as FPA uses; and
- a laboratory/research & development building of approximately 400,000 square feet with a height of 123 feet, including ground floor accessory uses as well as FPA uses (each a “Component” and collectively the “Project”).
The ground floor uses in each building and the considerable dedicated open spaces within the Project Site will activate the public realm and encourage use and access to the Fort Point Channel and associated tidelands.