0 MIT Plans to Further Transform Kendall Square, Main Street

Office building in Cambridge on 1 main st

! Main Street, Cambridge

Changes in real estate keep coming, now MIT is elaborating on its plans for 1 Main Street in Kendall.

According to the Boston Globe, “University officials this week presented additional details of their plan for a reimagined Main Street, with new towers, wider sidewalks, welcoming open spaces, and clear signals to visitors that they have landed at MIT and in Kendall Square. The presentation before the city’s Planning Board on Tuesday night provided an overview of the $1.2 billion redevelopment project, which calls for converting six parking lots into offices, research space, hundreds of units of housing, and more than 100,000 square feet of retail. The six new buildings near Main would rise up to 300 feet tall.” The Globe article further explains, “City planners were largely supportive of MIT’s plan, though in a memo they expressed concern about “the scale and bulk” of some of the proposed buildings, warning that they might overwhelm pedestrians. Several members of the Planning Board agreed that the buildings appeared too imposing; some also called for more middle-class housing. But the board did certify that the plan met zoning and design guidelines.”

You can read the full article on the Boston Globe.

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0 Amazon Hiring for Echo in Cambridge

Amazon Echo

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Job openings are abundant at Amazon’s Echo in Cambridge at 101 Main Street in the Kendall Square.  Echo is a wireless gadget that doubles as a speaker and voice prompted remote control.

According to a BBJ article, “Amazon has an entire floor in its Kendall Square office dedicated to teams working on the Echo. The company has leased six floors at its 101 Main St. office in Cambridge with enough room for up to 800 employees.”

101 Cambridge Street is a 341,830 square foot 18 story building owned by RREEF.  Some of the tenants according to CoStar include:

  • Amazon
  • Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • CIC
  • CRICO Strategies
  • Endeca Technologies, Inc.
  • Computers/Data Processing
  • Amazon.com
  • Clarus Ventures
  • Matrix Partners
  • Lantos Technologies
  • Cambridge Consultants Inc.
  • Personal Services
  • Genentech
  • TiE Boston
  • Cafe on Main
  • Nextcode Health Usa, Inc
  • Park Square Execuitve Search, Llc
  • Capstone Financial Services
  • BP America Inc.
  • Quanticate Inc.
  • Gecko Health Innovations, Inc.
  • BioMed Realty Trust
  • Endeavour Partners Llc
  • Kinalco Inc.
  • Tatte Bakery & Cafe
  • Withings Inc.
  • Corporate Chefs
  • Cambridge Athletic Club Express
  • Matrix Capital Management Company Llc
  • Keryx Biopharmaceuticals
  • Cambridge Advisory To Family Enterprise
  • Lns Research