0 North Station Office Tower in Progress (first look)

Please have a look at Boston Properties new North Station development.

New North Station office tower on Causeway

Credit: BBJ

From the Boston Business Journal:

The Hub on Causeway’s office tower was originally approved to rise 420 feet and span 668,000 square feet. Boston Properties is seeking approval now to build a 24-story tower rising 495 feet at its highest occupiable point, spanning 651,500 square feet. The project’s architect is Gensler.

“The design team has made an effort to move away from a conventional glass clad tower,” the notice of project change filing states. “The overall massing of the building has been reshaped to respond not only to internal tenant needs but also to better integrate the structure with the scale and texture of its immediate surroundings.”

0 Is Boston Properties’ Recent Selling Activity Noteworthy?

Boston office building at 100 Federal Street

Credit: BBJ

Boston Properties is selling; should we be worried?  No, we are seeing may other institutional investors pouring dollars into the Boston Class A office market.

The Boston Business Journal offers some historical context on Boston Properties’ market activities, “A Bloomberg reporter recently noted that the last time this happened, the company cashed out of significant real estate holdings just before the 2008 crash…[however] In their Boston presentation to investors, Boston Properties executives sounded anything but alarmed about markets. An unofficial transcript made available by Bloomberg to subscribers quotes company leaders speaking effusively about the Cambridge and Waltham markets and positively, if in a more-reserved manner, about the Boston market for high-end tenants.”

The complete BBJ article is available, here.