KIPP Construction on Track

KIPP Boston is on schedule to open for the new school year in the late summer of 2016. Thanks to the warm weather, we were able to move quickly along with the construction of the main building. We currently are working on plumbing and electrical on the interior, and on the exterior we are finalizing masonry and installing windows throughout….

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Housing Group Visits Ocean 650

Recently, Arrowstreet’s internal housing group went on the first of two site visits to Ocean 650 in Revere to see how construction was coming along. Ocean 650 is a part of Arrowstreet’s Waterfront Square at Revere Beach masterplan—a transit-oriented, mixed use development adjacent to the Wonderland T station. The 230-unit high-rise building is podium construction—a three-hour fire rated horizontal assembly…

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Update from CitySquare

At Arrowstreet, many of our complex projects develop over a long period of time.  Our work on CitySquare in Worcester, which is taking shape now with the development of a public garage, housing and hotel, began in 2004.  As the master planner and architect for the 20-acre revitalization project, our involvement has continued through the latest phases with the design…

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Brooklyn Boulders Queensbridge, NY Opens

Brooklyn Boulders (BKB) has opened their fourth location in Queensbridge, New York, joining the other locations in Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; and Somerville, MA. Queensbridge has Brooklyn Boulders traditional climbing and bouldering walls, personal training facilities, and Active Collaborative Workspace, but takes things one step further as the first to be located in a luxury, high-rise apartment building. At BKB…

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Aerial Views of Greybarn Phase 1

Last week we received new aerial photos of the construction of our Greybarn Residential Development on Long Island. This new, mixed-use neighborhood in Amityville, New York, is located at the prominent intersection of Sunrise Highway and Route 110 and will contain 500-residential units and retail, spread over eight shingle-style buildings with gambrel roofs. We are currently in the first of five…

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Research Leads to Design

This is part II in a series on the design of the Logan Airport Central Parking Expansion. Please find part I here. Once the design team and Massport came to a consensus on the idea of the artful screen on the expansion of the Central Garage, it was time for the team to start thinking about how to make it…

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Fenway High Opening

This week, the Arrowstreet schools team attended a celebratory Open House of the Fenway High School, where we completed renovations for the start of the school year. The Open House was a chance for faculty and staff, administrators, student ambassadors, parents, and neighbors to celebrate the potential of the space and speak about the future of school buildings and students education….

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Finding Inspiration at Logan Airport

Arrowstreet is currently installing a large kinetic wall on the new Logan Airport garage in East Boston (an expansion of the Central Parking garage). From the onset of the project, the design team worked with Massport to find ways to capitalize on the garage’s visibility and its proximity to the Hilton Hotel. The request for “screening” of the garage led…

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Construction Update: Ocean 650

As you can see from the above site photos, construction is well underway on Ocean 650. This residential development is part of Arrowstreet’s Waterfront Square at Revere Beach masterplan—a transit-oriented, mixed use development adjacent to the Wonderland T station. The 230-unit high-rise building is podium construction—a three-hour fire rated assembly will separate the cast in place concrete parking garage from…

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New Photos: Greybarn Phase I Construction Underway

Gambrel roofs, shingle-style, home-like—these are what comes to mind when describing the design of the new Greybarn Residential Development. Currently being built on Long Island, Greybarn is off to a good start. The project was conceived as a walkable development on a site convenient to commuter options and located less than a mile from the Long Island Rail Road. Construction…

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