I recently spoke to Katelyn Tivnan of Worcester News Tonight about CitySquare and the development opportunities in Worcester. The footage aired last night and is shared here with you.
-
Future Mercantile Street, One Mercantile Place beyond -
Future Mercantile Street, One Mercantile Place beyond -
One Mercantile Place, future home of Unum -
East Garage
We’re happy to share these recent construction photos of the CitySquare development in downtown Worcester. Arrowstreet has been working on the planning and design of the mixed-use development which will create a revitalized neighborhood and reintroduce retail and entertainment to Worcester’s downtown. The first building to be built in this development is One Mercantile Place, a 200,000 square foot office building that will consolidate Unum’s Worcester offices. Construction is tearing along, and we are on track for a October 2012 completion.
-
Toppings galore at our Red Sox Opening sundae party! -
Kristin Poch, Greg Triplett, David Burn, Matt Byrnes-Jacobsen, Lauren Haggerty, Sarah Mobraten -
Mike Manship, Bob Lowe, Sean Selby, and Jason King -
Greg Triplett, David Burn, Matt Byrnes-Jacobsen, and Nancy Neville
We celebrated Red Sox Opening Day on April 13th by getting together to make our own ice cream sundaes complete with all the fixin’s and a cherry on top while watching the home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. We also teamed up with the Jimmy Fund by creating our own Rally Team, The Arrowstreet Sox, to raise $85 to help support the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber in their effort to provide hope to adults and children being treated for cancer worldwide. A few of us were even lucky enough to see (and hear!) the formation of four F-16 Fighter Jets fly by our office on their way to Fenway Park, but we weren’t fast enough to snap a photo. Go Sox!
I recently presented on the topic of Green Procurement at the regional National Contract Management Association (NCMA) conference and workshops. The NCMA is a professional association for those in the field of procurement and contract management. While I often speak about sustainable design, the U. S. Green Building Council and the LEED rating systems to groups in the world of real estate development, building design and construction, but the invitation to speak at this workshop presented an opportunity to talk to a different audience, one that is focused on purchasing products and services. A majority of the attendees were from military and government agencies and companies that contract with them…
-
Left: Jim Batchelor -
Left: Cutting the ribbon // Right: New glass stairway welcomes hotel guests entering from the street
I was recently able to attend a special event at the Harvard Square Hotel: the ribbon cutting ceremony officially marking the re-opening of the building after our renovations. Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis had the honor of cutting the ribbon which was located at the top of the new Arrowstreet designed steel, stone, and glass monumental stair. Collegiate Hospitality’s CEO Richard Carbone, Mayor Davis, Cambridge City Councilor Kenneth Reeves, Councilor Marjorie Decker, and City Manager Robert Healy all praised the transformation of the old motel to the new boutique hotel…
I will be speaking at the ULI Spring Conference this year in Charlotte with Thomas Bohlinger of CBRE and Rob Jernigan of Gensler. The panel will be held on May 9th, from 2:30 to 3:15, and is titled “The World in 2012 – Radical changes?” The abstract is below…
-
Revere Beach Garage // Corner lobby space -
Revere Beach Garage -
Revere Beach Garage // View to the ocean -
Revere Beach Garage // Glass tower facade -
Revere Beach Garage // Top deck -
KIPP Academy Lynn // Exterior -
KIPP Academy Lynn // Central gathering space -
KIPP Academy Lynn // View of downtown Lynn
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the site of two of our projects currently in construction: the Waterfront Square at Revere Beach parking garage and KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School. Our first stop was the Revere Beach parking garage. We started this tour walking through the bus access way to the main lobby, and then continued up the main set of stairs stopping at each level. There is a marvelous view of the ocean and coastline from the top level of the parking garage; someone commented on it being an ideal spot to watch the fireworks on July
-
Boltwood Place - boutique apartments, penthouses, and retail space coming to downtown Amherst, MA -
Waterfront Square at Revere Beach South Parking Garage, Revere, MA -
Excel Academy Charter School, East Boston, MA -
Construction site for Chestnut Hill Square, Newton, MA
Construction is underway on a number of Arrowstreet projects. We decided to snap some photos of the red and white Arrowstreet construction banner on some of our current projects in Massachusetts.
-
Photo courtesy of Rechler -
Photo courtesy of Rechler -
Photo courtesy of Rechler -
Photo courtesy of Rechler -
Photo courtesy of Rechler
Our friends at Rechler Equity recently shared some great photography with us of the new office we designed. Construction was just completed this winter, and the finished building is even more stunning than the construction photos or the renderings suggested it would be…
-
Planning exercise for US Air Force using ArcMap -
Planning exercise for US Air Force using ArcMap -
Planning exercise for US Air Force using ArcMap -
Planning exercise for US Air Force using ArcMap
I’ve recently been working on an Air Force Services planning project. Part of the project involves some really cool design proposals for future implementation; the initial steps included assessing the existing programs and assigning them to the existing building layout, for which we used a powerful piece of GIS software called ArcMap…
BAC Master of Design Studies Sustainable Design from The Boston Architectural College on Vimeo.
I wanted to take a moment to share this video, put out by the BAC’s sustainable design program. The beginning shows our Artists for Humanity project, the shots taken during a tour I gave for students in the sustainable design degree program.
For more information, see the BAC’s page on the program.
-
Arrowstreeters happily awaiting the start of the tour -
Jim Batchelor explains some of the design ideas in the main lobby -
Left: David explains the new stairs and entrance // Right: Beautiful new bath area -
Sarah Mobraten discusses the changes to be made to the stairs -
Dionne Pettit admires the view of Harvard Square -
Enjoying a drink in the Charlie's Kitchen outdoor beer garden
A few weeks ago, my fellow Arrowstreeters and I got a chance to visit the Harvard Square Hotel, currently finishing up renovations (and set to open in the next few weeks). David Bois and Sarah Mobraten gave us a tour of the facilities and shared some great stories about the design and construction…
-
Exterior wall nearly complete -
Main entrance to school -
Exterior wall nearly complete -
Painting and other interiors work begun
I’m pleased to share the above recent construction photos from KIPP Academy. The fiber cement siding on one elevation of the high school wing has just gone up, so we finally have a near-complete exterior wall. Prime painting has begun on the interior; things are moving along quickly at this point, and we remain on track for an August completion.
-
Rock Spring Centre // Rendering by Arrowstreet -
Rock Spring Centre // Rendering by Arrowstreet -
Rock Spring Centre // Rendering by Arrowstreet
Rock Spring Centre, a mixed-use development in Bethesda, Maryland, was recently featured in the the press at REBusiness Online. The development – a joint project of The Peterson Cos. and DRI Development Services and master planned by Arrowstreet – is planned for LEED certification and will include retail, a 200-room hotel, residential units, and office space.
On April 12, I will be speaking at SCUP’s North Atlantic Conference alongside Peter Riley of Harvard University and John Kiely of Collegiate Hospitality on the topic of ”Positioning Hospitality on Campus.” During this toolkit, Peter will share valuable firsthand experience from Harvard’s campus hotels and how the University is positioning these facilities to meet institutional goals for the future. I will share key suggestions for planning and designing campus hotels, while John will share the developer’s perspective…
-
"Doppelbock" means "double goat"! -
Arrowstreet'ers enjoying Chinese New Year celebrations -
Traditional red envelopes for Chinese New Year
Who knew Doppelbock translates into “double goat”? On the first day of the 2012 Chinese New Year, a group of Arrowstreeters discovered this fact as we attended a beer tasting together at our local Not Your Average Joe’s. We sampled a Doppelbock-style beer called Fisherman’s Navigator, brewed by Massachusett’s own Cape Ann Brewing Co, and celebrated the start of the Chinese New Year by handing out lucky red envelopes. Traditionally given out during the Lunar New Year, each envelope contained dollar bills- but the luckiest of us, David Flajnik, found a $25 gift certificate to Changsho, a favorite buffet restaurant, in his red envelope. Stephanie and I each took home a Navigator pint glass to remember the evening; good drinks, good food, and good times were enjoyed by all.
In a talk that touched on Washington gridlock, the MBTA Green Line extension, and the Main Street Fairness Act, Congressman Michael Capuano spoke at the kick-off of the Somerville Chamber of Commerce’s new monthly “Government Affairs Breakfast Series”. The late January event was held in the Mount Vernon Restaurant, a short distance away from the new Assembly Row development and the future Orange Line T stop…
-
Theater from the street // Photo by Tim Greenway -
Guests mingling in the theater lobby // Photo by Tim Greenway -
Guests mingling in the theater lobby // Photo by Tim Greenway -
Interior of new theater // Photo by Tim Greenway
After over a year of hard work, the Nordica Theater at Freeport Village recently opened. John, Sean, and I were able to attend on Arrowstreet’s behalf, joining our friends Al Yebba and Mike Murphy of Berenson Associates and Mark Benvenuto from Belmont Capital. It’s always satisfying to see a building we designed in use, and this was no exception- though this was the first opening I’d been to that involved watching movie previews in 3-D! Nordica Theater is a success and a great addition to Freeport.
-
Entrance with new donor wall // Photo by Ed Wonsek -
Entrance with new wraparound bench // Photo by Ed Wonsek -
Dining space with improved lighting and seating // Photo by Ed Wonsek -
Dining space featuring exposed brick arches // Photo by Ed Wonsek -
Completely renovated kitchen with new appliances // Photo by Ed Wonsek -
Reading room with new built-in shelving // Photo by Ed Wonsek -
Resource center with information for shelter guests // Photo by Ed Wonsek
Recently, Ed Wonsek and I headed down to the Women’s Lunch Place to photograph the finished space. The last time I’d been to WLP was in late November, when Scott Pollack and I were painting the bookshelves he and a few other Arrowstreet’ers built in the reading room. At that point, the renovations to the kitchen and dining area were complete, but WLP hadn’t quite finished unpacking their bags and occupying the space. On this trip, though, everything was complete- and what an incredible difference…
-
Rendering by Arrowstreet -
Construction at Chestnut Hill site
After more than a decade of work with New England Development to master plan, design, and permit the redevelopment of the former Omni Foods site on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill, MA, we can finally announce that the project is under construction. Demolition, blasting and removal of rock, and site excavation are well underway in preparation for the construction of this mixed-use development that includes retail, restaurants, a Wegman’s grocery store, health club, office, and a parking garage as part of the first phase. Stay tuned for more updates as the structures begin to take shape!
-
New canopy at entrance to AFH -
Pat Cornelison participating in canopy design charrette -
New canopy at entrance to AFH -
New canopy at entrance to AFH -
New canopy at entrance to AFH
Artists for Humanity has a new entry canopy, which has just won an award from 3-Form. The original design of the building included structural points of support, but at the time of its construction there was not enough funding to build a canopy. Now, just in time for their 20th anniversary, they’ve got one, funded by the Brown Fund and design/built by the AFH students, under guidance by a group of MassArt students taught by Sam Batchelor. Pat Cornelison and I helped in the design charrettes and supported the project in various other ways.
-
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair -
Photo courtesy of Icelandair
We recently received new photos of the beautiful Reykjavik Natura hotel, which just re-opened this June after renovations…
Jim Batchelor will be presenting work on Photovolatic Installations at the Brookline Climate Week 2012 in a panel on Saturday, January 28th. His focus will be on partnerships between non-profit and for-profit providers to accomplish PV installations. For more information on the conference, go to http://climatechangeactionbrookline.org/calendar.php.
-
Historic structures in old Jeddah -
Historic structures in old Jeddah
In December I went with Rasem Badran of Jordan to meet with a prospective client in Jeddah. The client, who is developing a new retail and mixed-use town center in Medinah, short-listed two finalists to come for an interview and charrette. Rasem has international stature for his work in restoring and building new construction in areas of Islamic heritage, and Arrowstreet has done several projects with his firm. While I was there, I snapped these photos of historic structures in old Jeddah.
-
Signing the beam before lifted into place -
Beam topped with American flag and evergreen tree -
Beam being lifted into place
Arrowstreet recently celebrated a big moment with the City of Worcester, Unum, and many others when the steel frame was finally topped off at the CitySquare Development’s newest office highrise on January 4th. It was a brutally cold day, but a well-attended and warmly welcomed milestone for the many people involved. The patriotically painted beam was signed and hoisted 120 feet up into the air to be placed in its final home. What an impressive sight: an evergreen tree on one side and the American flag on the other, flying up in the sky marking the building’s official presence in Worcester’s skyline…