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Interview Series: Justin DiCristofalo
As a part of an ongoing series, the following is an interview to dig a little bit deeper and learn what makes our team tick, what fascinates us about the design industry, and what is most important to us right now. Justin is an Associate with a background in design and construction management. He is has been BIM Manager extraordinaire…
USGBC Green Breakfast Club
On July 30th, I spoke at the Green Breakfast Club at the USGBC MA chapter. The theme of this breakfast was green building advocacy. I discussed two topics at the event, Net Zero Energy Building Codes and PACE Financing. The purpose of this breakfast was to educate about the specifics of each topic and the chapter’s position on how the…
Interview Series: Jessica Bessette
As a part of an ongoing series, the following is an interview to dig a little bit deeper and learn what makes our team tick, what fascinates us about the design industry, and what is most important to us right now. Jessica is a Senior Associate on the Arrowstreet schools team. She plays a significant role in the office’s staffing…
Omnichannel Retailing Brings the Right Mix
The biggest change in the retail landscape in the last 15 years has obviously been online buying. In the last 3 to 5 years, the conversation around it has approached a fever pitch. Worried about the “Death of the Mall” and even Main Street mom and pop stores, the International Council of Shopping Centers has lobbied Congress to level the…
Green Building Policy Forum
As the Advocacy Co-Chair of the USGBC MA Chapter, I participated in the Green Building Policy Forum at the Massachusetts State House this June. My remarks focused on Net Zero Energy (NZE); specifically its importance and a proposed NZE building code for the Commonwealth. We cannot address climate change without addressing carbon pollution from the building sector, which contributes nearly half of U.S….
Honoring Our Newest RAs
Congrats to Arrowstreet’s newest registered architects: Matt Byrnes-Jacobsen and Katie Ferrier! To acknowledge our new RAs, Arrowstreet honors them with $1,000 bonuses…and while it’s not in our office manual, today’s honorees also received a bottle of Veuve Clicquot.
Touring the BPL Graphics Project
Lions and libraries and signage, oh my! As the new intern for the Arrowstreet graphics department, I was excited to join a small group of Arrowstreeters on a tour of the large volume of completed graphics and wayfinding work at the Boston Public Library. Over the course of the project, Bob Lowe, Lauren Haggerty, and Jen Hoerig have filled many roles…
Hitting the Links with AST
On June 16th Arrowstreet employees and their families designed and played our in-office golf course for the annual Arrowstreet Mini-Golf Tournament. Each year, Arrowstreeter’s sign-up to design one of nine holes around the office using whatever they can find, leading to some very interesting holes. This year we had a Vermont-themed farm with Cabot cheese and maple flavored treats, an anti-Patriots…
450 Kendall Debut
Recently, Arrowstreet attended the Grand Opening of our completed project at 450 Kendall Street. The event was hosted by owner, BioMed Realty Trust, and tenant, MPM Capital. Many thanks are due to our gracious hosts and the guests who showed up to celebrate this great accomplishment. The weather allowed partygoers the opportunity to take in astonishing views of the Boston…
BioMed’s Sidney Research Campus
Arrowstreet is currently developing designs for the newly-dubbed “Sidney Research Campus” in Kendall Square for BioMed Realty Trust. The campus is comprised of the recently vacated Vertex Pharmaceuticals space at 200 Sidney, 40 Erie, and 21 Erie Streets. Check out the Boston Business Journal’s coverage of the project and their interview with BioMed’s Bill Kane, VP of Leasing and Development.