odurandina
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Temporary Harbor Garage discussion thread until project is officially launched
Don has no problem with building a single tower in full compliance with open space. But it'll need to have high sq ft (above the 900,000).... Which is why we should hold out hopes for something similar to South Station Heinz Ketchup tower w/ innovation space on the first 18-20 floors, somewhere between 1M and 1.1M sq ft.
150,000 more than the city is giving him just might get it done.
It's not just about the pre-existing Garage that should be considered for open space easement. But they simply need +1M sq ft to pay the way. And fewer spaces below grade doesn't seem to interest anyone, least of all, Don himself.
Which leads us directly to the BRA's primary theory about why Don wants to build so big – being; Don's threshold for moving forward is so high, because that damn Garage is paying its way so nicely, already. With all the new projects in the area, and the Congress St Garage getting a reduction, Don's Garage just keeps getting rosier and rosier.
Add one more reason the BRA has little sympathy for Don Chiofaro.
With regard to the fantastic-in-scale amount of office space being added to Boston.
1. The city would have been better off solving the Harbor Garage early in the current cycle, but Menino wasn't having any of it. With the long time scale of many projects, and this being no different, this one should have been far way along in the pipeline by now.
2. In a perfect world, We'd already have an anchor tenant at 1 Congress; The Feds, and be building the first of 3 future 750' skyscrapers the JFK site.
3. In a perfect world, the Suffolk Courthouse either comes down or gets converted to residences, and a new Courthouse tower gets built somewhere like at the JFK office park, or more appropriately, as the low section of a big skyscraper on the State Services site, maybe even with residences in the high floors...
86. In a perfect world we'd see a few more late 19th Century and early to mid 20th Century buildings being converted to luxury residential.
One of the things that facinates me is the timing that all these big projects will be finished with the market.
Don has no problem with building a single tower in full compliance with open space. But it'll need to have high sq ft (above the 900,000).... Which is why we should hold out hopes for something similar to South Station Heinz Ketchup tower w/ innovation space on the first 18-20 floors, somewhere between 1M and 1.1M sq ft.
150,000 more than the city is giving him just might get it done.
It's not just about the pre-existing Garage that should be considered for open space easement. But they simply need +1M sq ft to pay the way. And fewer spaces below grade doesn't seem to interest anyone, least of all, Don himself.
Which leads us directly to the BRA's primary theory about why Don wants to build so big – being; Don's threshold for moving forward is so high, because that damn Garage is paying its way so nicely, already. With all the new projects in the area, and the Congress St Garage getting a reduction, Don's Garage just keeps getting rosier and rosier.
Add one more reason the BRA has little sympathy for Don Chiofaro.
With regard to the fantastic-in-scale amount of office space being added to Boston.
1. The city would have been better off solving the Harbor Garage early in the current cycle, but Menino wasn't having any of it. With the long time scale of many projects, and this being no different, this one should have been far way along in the pipeline by now.
2. In a perfect world, We'd already have an anchor tenant at 1 Congress; The Feds, and be building the first of 3 future 750' skyscrapers the JFK site.
3. In a perfect world, the Suffolk Courthouse either comes down or gets converted to residences, and a new Courthouse tower gets built somewhere like at the JFK office park, or more appropriately, as the low section of a big skyscraper on the State Services site, maybe even with residences in the high floors...
86. In a perfect world we'd see a few more late 19th Century and early to mid 20th Century buildings being converted to luxury residential.
One of the things that facinates me is the timing that all these big projects will be finished with the market.
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