MCCS Facility Assessment Dashboard
A tool for assessing Marine Corps Community Service facilities and driving targeted portfolio investment world-wide. Across the world, the Marine Corps Community Services organization operates more than 3,000 facilities responsible for providing food, recreation, and support services to Marine Corps servicemembers and their families. These facilities are operated and maintained using a combination of appropriated funds from Congress and non-appropriated…
144 Addison Street
Integrating into a Community Arrowstreet has designed a new transit-oriented, multifamily residential development in East Boston. The project site, formerly an overflow lot for rental cars, presented an opportunity to improve current and future connections within the neighborhood while providing approximately 230 new housing units and 179 parking spaces. The Project also meets Boston’s Inclusionary Development Policy, creating over 30…
Dryft
Dryft is a new dining hotspot located along one of New England’s most vibrant public beaches. Situated within a new multi-family residential development, 500 Ocean Avenue, the restaurant’s interior design celebrates its connection to the water and has become a popular destination for locals and beachgoers alike. Drawing inspiration from its oceanfront setting, the design of Dryft is imbued with…
Ora Seaport
A Vibrant Waterfront Development in Boston’s Seaport District Arrowstreet is the master planner and architect for this vibrant, waterfront development in Boston’s Innovation District. Ora Seaport features sweeping water views from an array of unit types, including “innovation units,” studios, and one- and two-bedroom apartments. A central, shared courtyard connects residents, workers, and visitors. This sustainable development is LEED Silver….
Partnered Research Publications
Multilevel Impacts of Emerging Technologies on City Form and Development, 2020 Arrowstreet partnered with Urbanism Next and the Sustainable Cities Initiative on a National Science Foundation Grant to develop research related to the impacts of new technologies, particularly mobility-oriented technologies like autonomous vehicles, on our cities. The partnership resulted in an extensive 168-page report documenting the findings. …
Hourglass Boston
Data-driven customer engagement Hourglass is a self-described “weird little arty pop-up concept thing in Boston” that is constantly evolving through changing locations, sizes, configurations and collaborations with artist and customers. Built around “art and self-love” and making time and space for those, it is run by Nicole Fichera, an artist and designer with ten years of experience creating spaces to…
m-pac Assessment Tool
A tool for assessing military base planning strategies and their impacts on community success and future development. As part of an initiative called Creating Active Communities and Healthy Environments (CACHE), Arrowstreet partnered with the Army Public Health Command to develop a tool to measure and track how well a military installation’s physical environment is performing against various health outcome metrics….
Boston Housing Density and Demographic Research
Exploring the impact of student population density on neighborhood character. With a full 34% of its population between the ages of 20 and 34, Boston has the highest concentration of millennials among the 25 largest U.S. cities. From that, the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a bachelor’s degree or higher grew from 52% in 2000 to 65% in 2015….
Salem State University Commuter Rail Impact Study
Identifying the opportunities and challenges of expanding transit infrastructure and its anticipated impacts on campus life. Arrowstreet was hired by Salem State University to prepare an impact study regarding the university’s regional transit infrastructure. Arrowstreet structured this study with Salem State University to provide research and recommendations to the University leadership and offer additional resources to supplement the past work…
500 Ocean Avenue Staging
Arrowstreet is responsible for the interior design, furniture, and staging of a new, 305-unit apartment building in Revere, MA near Wonderland Station. Interior amenity spaces are designed to facilitate a co-working concept, merging flexible indoor and outdoor social spaces for residents to work, dine, and lounge by the pool. The resident experience revolves around a youthful, urban boardwalk interior decor…