Related Beal Reveals Plans for Kenmore Square North

Roger Ferris + Partners

An artist’s rendering of what will be called the Commonwealth Building.

Related Beal has revealed plans for their proposed Kenmore Square North Project. With the help of Roger Ferris + Partners, a Connecticut based architecture firm, the vision of the future structure has come to life. The Commonwealth Building, as it has been dubbed, will be an eight-story glass building, with portions of the top floors facing directly towards the famous Citgo sign. Related Beal has plans to add an additional office and retail building to the block as well.

According to the Boston Globe, the building will feature a stair-like design, with several floors set back in step-like fashion to ensure unobstructed views of the Citgo sign. The “steps” would also provide outdoor terrace space for office workers.

“We felt the corner building would stand out a little bit more on its own, and we wanted that to have a more modern feel,” said Patrick Sweeney, senior vice president at Related Beal. “Outdoor terraces [were included] to ensure from several locations that the view corridors were maintained, and to create an interesting building design that wasn’t a square or block, that had some context to it.”

The future property is planned to include 130,000 square-feet of office space and 10,000 square-feet of retail space and 60 underground parking spaces.

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