AS WORKPLACE EVOLVES, LAW FIRMS CHANGE RAPIDLY October 29, 2017 By Dan Perruzzi, AIA, LEED AP As the workplace continues to evolve, law firms are also changing rapidly in response to internal pressures and external market forces. Technology, generational change, and new business pressures are just a few of the demands that are creating new…
PROJECT PROGRESS: UNDER CONSTRUCTION October 23, 2017 About 81 Wyman Street Waltham, MA Three-story, 80,000-square-foot Class A office building located directly off Route 128 undergoing a full interior renovation. 81 Wyman Street will be upgraded with all new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and interior spaces will be optimized with LED lighting, open floor…
LAB SPACE REMAINS IN HIGH DEMAND By Steve Adams, Banker & Tradesman Staff October 20, 2017 The 161-acre Suffolk Downs property could accommodate a mini-city of mid-rise office buildings, 10,000 housing units and five hotels, according to the joint bid for Amazon’s second headquarters submitted by Boston and Revere. The proposed residential units “of all…
FEATURED AS ONE OF BISNOW BOSTON’S 16 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON OCTOBER 20, 2017 October 19, 2017 BY John Coakley, CRESA In big cities, sleepy rural towns, and everywhere in between, there’s an epidemic sweeping the nation: Amazon fever. Ever since the e-commerce giant Amazon announced an unprecedented nationwide search for a second headquarters,…
LAB SPACE REMAINS IN HIGH DEMAND By John Coakley and Paul Delaney September 24, 2017 Cambridge, one of the top three life sciences markets nationally, is considered the epicenter due to numerous factors. The most significant is proximity and access to area universities and research institutions, such as MIT, Harvard, the Broad Institute and the…
PROJECT OF THE MONTH September 15, 2017 BRIGHTON, MA LBC Boston celebrated the grand opening of its first residential project in the city. Located at 1505 Commonwealth Ave., Nova Residences is a six-story, 68,000 s/f building that offers 80 residential units, with 10 of the units designated as affordable. Congressman Michael Capuano, governor Charlie Baker,…
AVALONBAY IS A PUBLICLY TRADED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST FOCUSED ON HIGH-QUALITY APARTMENT COMMUNITIES September 8, 2017 Margulies Perruzzi Architects announced the completion of a new office in Boston for AvalonBay Communities Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on high-quality apartment communities. MPA provided space planning and interior design services for AvalonBay’s…
NOVA RESIDENCESA OPENS AND IS 100% OCCUPIED September 7, 2017 Developer LBC Boston has completed construction of Nova Residences, a 68,000-square-foot, 80-unit rental complex at 1505 Commonwealth Ave. in Brighton. The 6-story, $25 million complex is 100 percent occupied with rents for market-rate units ranging from $1,850 to $3,250 per month. Ten units are restricted…
WORKPLACE STRATEGY FOCUSES ON IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE MODERN WORKPLACE August 30, 2016 By Dianne Dunnell, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP Workplace strategy focuses on marrying three important aspects of the modern workplace: 1) applying better space utilization metrics; 2) optimizing real estate costs; and 3) updating an office space to meet current trends in design…
NATIONAL DESIGN FIRM DELIVERS RISE ON APACHE, ITS TENTH URBAN RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX COMPLETED WITH CA STUDENT LIVING August 29, 2017 By Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP,principal at Shepley Bulfinch PHOENIX, ARIZ. – August 28, 2017 – Shepley Bulfinch, a national architecture firm known for design excellence and innovation with offices in Boston, Houston…