Marriott Moxy Hotel | 240 Tremont Street (Parcel P-7A) | Theater District

Per an Environmental Notification Form (ENF) submitted to the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, the Moxy Hotel at 240 Tremont Street in Downtown Crossing will break ground in December 2016 with estimated completion in Late 2018; the following is a link to the ENF. Norwich Partners, developer of the Envoy Hotel, will take over the approved project from Abbott Development; the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) will grant Norwich Partners a long-term lease of the 0.13-acre BPDA-owned project site. Abbott Development received approval from the BPDA in July 2015 to construct the 23-story, 346-room Moxy Hotel; the Moxy Hotel is already listed on Norwich Partners’ website. General Contractor Lee Kennedy Company, who also built the Envoy Hotel, will construct the Moxy Hotel.
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http://www.bldup.com/projects/240-tremont-street
 
hurray! This should've started a long time ago. I hope it makes this corner more vibrant it would be a welcome addition in many ways
 
odurandina said:
Don't you jeust wanna see a sneak preview/drone flyover like 5-6 years in the future? Gonna be pretty crazy, albeit, we're gonna be slightly over-represented by 300' towers. Fuggsake even Roxbury is gonna be ok infill minus the 3 crowns... but still worth a flyover or 2. This little weird thing is gonna be cool along with a few other thin towers that just might be coming to the party.
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Odurandia -- On that observation we are in high degree of congruence

See for example the dense development map on Bldup

http://www.bldup.com/places/boston

Dig-In and enjoy the Boston BOOM :D


-- Note its OK to use that word -- and remember that this may not be repeated for decades
 
I think the most exciting part of this development is that it includes no new parking.
 
About freaking time. This site and the various proposals goes back to 2005!
 
I think it might take some considerable skill for this project to be executed without disrupting the abutting Wilbur Theatre--a perhaps intense level of collaboration between the construction mgmt. and the Wilbur mgmt. that both parties might not be ready for at this exact moment? But I trust it will work out...

Also, seeing the quote of ave. room size of 175 sq. ft., I just remembered that there's a hostel right across the street, abutting Jacob Wirth's--wondering if they'll consider each other competition (or will in fact be in competition?). Probably not.

Finally, on the net I figure the additional "eyes on the street" is a good thing for this neck of the woods, given how this part of the Theater District has recently become a little... stabby. Sure, some of these guests might misbehave from time-to-time. But overall, I'd think they'll elevate the overall safety profile/atmosphere down here--even granted that they'd be possibly perceived as additional "targets" by some.

After all, the opening of the adjacent W Hotel had to have helped a few years ago, right?
 
So this is great, but I can't say I'm an enormous fan of the street presence; found this image on curbed --

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That entire south side of Kneeland/Stuart, other than the W, is a total wasteland... and other than the Tremont corner, this could add to that. Hopefully at some point, all the big, dead buildings on Kneeland can be encouraged to add some street level stuff; I think more than some I'm ok with not having street-level retail every single time in every location, but this corridor is more crucial than many and it's palpably dead when you're walking on it.
 
FK4 said:
So this is great, but I can't say I'm an enormous fan of the street presence; found this image on curbed --

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That entire south side of Kneeland/Stuart, other than the W, is a total wasteland... and other than the Tremont corner, this could add to that. Hopefully at some point, all the big, dead buildings on Kneeland can be encouraged to add some street level stuff; I think more than some I'm ok with not having street-level retail every single time in every location, but this corridor is more crucial than many and it's palpably dead when you're walking on it.
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I'm gonna guess there isn't enough of a footprint to put in the retail to justify elevating the lobby to the second level in order to accommodate it. I personally find it kind of jarring to have to take an elevator up only one floor to check in.
 
FK4 said:
That entire south side of Kneeland/Stuart, other than the W, is a total wasteland... and other than the Tremont corner, this could add to that. Hopefully at some point, all the big, dead buildings on Kneeland can be encouraged to add some street level stuff; I think more than some I'm ok with not having street-level retail every single time in every location, but this corridor is more crucial than many and it's palpably dead when you're walking on it.
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I just "Google"-walked that stretch you're referring to. In fact, from the One Greenway apartment tower at Kneeland/I-90 onramp all the way to edge of the Tufts NEMC campus at Kneeland/Washington, it's continuous retail. Nothing exciting and spectacular, as befitting an edge zone abutting a highway, but still. That continuous retail stops abruptly when you get to the Tufts NEMC streetwall monolith 'o' death.

So replace "all the big dead buildings on Kneeland... encouraged to add some street-level stuff" with "Tufts NEMC... encouraged to add some street-level stuff."

But then that immediately poses the dilemma of, hospitals ain't exactly in the street-level activation business.
 
DBM said:
I just "Google"-walked that stretch you're referring to. In fact, from the One Greenway apartment tower at Kneeland/I-90 onramp all the way to edge of the Tufts NEMC campus at Kneeland/Washington, it's continuous retail. Nothing exciting and spectacular, as befitting an edge zone abutting a highway, but still. That continuous retail stops abruptly when you get to the Tufts NEMC streetwall monolith 'o' death.

So replace "all the big dead buildings on Kneeland... encouraged to add some street-level stuff" with "Tufts NEMC... encouraged to add some street-level stuff."

But then that immediately poses the dilemma of, hospitals ain't exactly in the street-level activation business.
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I thought there was a non-Tufts building in there too but I guess not... the big orange blob appears to be Tufts as well. Yeah, would be great if the city could find some creative ways of encouraging a little more freedom of how their ground levels are being used... the whole LMA is totally dead as well.
 
"Stabby". I like that.
It isn't random street crime or lack of street activation. You are safe as long as you don't activate on my ba or bitch at closing time.
 
tobyjug said:
"Stabby". I like that.
It isn't random street crime or lack of street activation. You are safe as long as you don't activate on my ba or bitch at closing time.
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Tobyjug -- is that a subtle suggestion to Bill "Big Dog" Clinton to stick to the Cannolis in the North End next time he graces our fair province?
 
BLDUP needs to note that this isn't Downtown Crossing. It's Theater District.

As for street level activation - I agree 100%. BUT, it's better than nothing and helps fill the block.
 
According to the Moxy Hotels website, the "Moxy Boston Downtown" is scheduled to open in late 2017. Seems unlikely but hopefully an indication that construction will actually start soon.
 
DBM said:
I think it might take some considerable skill for this project to be executed without disrupting the abutting Wilbur Theatre--a perhaps intense level of collaboration between the construction mgmt. and the Wilbur mgmt. that both parties might not be ready for at this exact moment? But I trust it will work out...

Also, seeing the quote of ave. room size of 175 sq. ft., I just remembered that there's a hostel right across the street, abutting Jacob Wirth's--wondering if they'll consider each other competition (or will in fact be in competition?). Probably not.

Finally, on the net I figure the additional "eyes on the street" is a good thing for this neck of the woods, given how this part of the Theater District has recently become a little... stabby. Sure, some of these guests might misbehave from time-to-time. But overall, I'd think they'll elevate the overall safety profile/atmosphere down here--even granted that they'd be possibly perceived as additional "targets" by some.

After all, the opening of the adjacent W Hotel had to have helped a few years ago, right?
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I used to live in the area and what helped FAR more than the W Hotel opening was getting rid of the 711 at the corner of Tremont and Stuart in the Transportation building.

Also, I believe, even with smaller hotel rooms, that this will not directly compete with the relatively new hostel on Stuart St. A better parallel, even if a different part of town, is the Yotel going up in the Seaport. Both hotels may be going for similar travelers but plenty of demand out there so both will do well.
 
I used to live in the area and what helped FAR more than the W Hotel opening was getting rid of the 711 at the corner of Tremont and Stuart in the Transportation building.
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It's still there and has been for at least the last five years.
 
meddlepal said:
It's still there and has been for at least the last five years.
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Nope. There is a new 7-11 just a half block or so outbound from the corner, which I grew up calling Crackhead Corner, and aptly so... that 7-11 converted to a Panera a long while back. Why that had such a profound impact on the formerly rampant drug dealing on that corner I'm not sure. The W construction definitely helped too as the spillover open air drug market permeated down to the corner of Stuart and Charles St. Ext. Also, the decline of streetwalking prostitutes coinciding with the rise of online sex ads played a significant role in the reduction of visible street crime around this whole area, although that change was already well underway before the demise of the corner 7-11... but probably hastened the cleanup of the remains of the criminal activity around here. Either way, that original 7-11 was very bad news indeed.
 
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