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Gilbane Selected as Construction Manager for 225 Wyman Hobbs Brook Management has selcted Gilbane to provide preconstruction and construction management services for the 500,000-square foot speculative building at 225 Wyman St. in Waltham’s Hobbs Brook Office Park. The building will offer the largest contiguous block of class A space in the area. Construction on the 5-story, lab-capable building designed by Gensler will begin in August and be completed in 2021. The project will also include a new parking garage within the Hobbs Brook Office Park to accommodate parking needs for the complex. “We selected Gilbane for their extensive expertise in planning and building laboratory facilities,” Hobbs Brook Management principal architect Brad Cardoso said in a statement. “Gilbane has previously worked with Gensler on projects of this size and they are well-positioned for a successful project.”

Worcester Red Sox and City to Break Ground on Polar Park Stadium July 11 The city and future Worcester Red Sox team brass will break ground on the Canal District stadium on July 11, officials announced at the city’s Independence Day celebration. A 10,000-seat ballpark, slated to cost upwards of $86 million, will house the Triple-A team, which will play its first game at the beginning of the 2021 season. Construction of the stadium will spark a massive transformation of the city’s Canal District. And, the team and city have just fewer than two years to complete the project before the team starts playing. Along with the ballpark will be a surrounding development, including at least 225 residences, hotels, restaurants, retail and an office building overlooking the field. Denis Dowdle of Madison Downtown Holdings is spearheading much of that development, and previously told MassLive his work, which is on the opposite side of Madison Street from the ballpark, will begin sometime after the ballpark groundbreaking. Renderings for the stadium have not been released, however, designers Janet Marie Smith and Pawtucket Red Sox Chairman Larry Lucchino have said the ballpark will have lots of open space for fans to gather. While the stadium is planned to hold 10,000 fans, not all will sit in traditional seats. Roughly 7,000 seats will be traditional, with other areas open for fans to mingle during the game. via MassLive.com

Project Updates for The Rio Grande Presented to Impact Advisory Group Earlier this month, the development team behind the proposed Rio Grande Project in Roxbury presented project updates to the Impact Advisory Group. The plans for the 26 story tower include 241 apartments along with 15,500 square feet of retail space and 28,555 square feet of office. The presentation also included the three-pronged financing strategy that will see The AFL/ CIO funding the debt for the residential component while also seeking equity investors and public funding through housing and other tax credits.  The construction, to be handled by Gilbane & Janey Construction Management, is expected to last 26 months once the building permit is received and will be completed in phases to allow for early renovation of existing historic structures.  

Demolition Nearly Complete at 225 Wyman Street in Waltham Demo is wrapping up at 225 Wyman St. in the Hobbs Brook Office Park in Waltham to make way for a new construction, 500,000+ square foot project. Located along 128, in the busy tech/life-science corridor, the floor plates of the building are designed to accommodate office and lab space. On-site amenities will include a cafe, fitness center, and conference space. 225 Wyman is expected to be ready for tenant-fit out in Q1 2021.

Life Sciences Building at 99 A Street Officially Under Review The proposed new 6-story life sciences building at 99 A Street in South Boston is now under review. The Elkus Manfredi designed project would include 210,000 square feet of life science and technical office space. A basement-level parking garage would hold around 76 vehicles and there could also be a small retail space on the A Street side of the building. Construction is anticipated to start in 2020 with completion by 2022. 

Alexandria Submits LOI for South Boston Life Sciences Development Alexandria Real Estate Equities has submitted a letter of intent for a new life sciences development at 99 A Street in South Boston, MA. The development would have a height of approximately 6 stories and 95 feet to the top of its roof, with a floor area of approximately 210,000 square feet, a first-level loading dock, and basement-level parking for approximately 75 vehicles.

Certificate of Occupancy Issued for Wentworth's New Academic Building A Certificate of Occupancy has been issued for the new academic building at Wentworth Institute of Technology.  An official ribbon cutting is scheduled for next week.  The four-story building features 78,000sf of academic space. The state of the art space is designed to accommodate new lab and innovation space for the school's engineering and science departments. 

New Renderings of Polar Park in Worcester via Masslive Fans will have to wait three years to step foot inside Polar Park, the 10,000-seat stadium that will house the Worcester Red Sox. But for now, new renderings released by the city give a glimpse into what the stadium and its surrounding development will look like. The renderings, available online in a master plan packet, imagine a park with brick detailing, surrounded by public space for guests to mingle. Adjacent to the park is room for a diner. Polar Park, estimated to cost between $86 and $90 million, is part of the overall $240 million development plan that will transform Worcester's Canal District. Along with the stadium will be a 150-room hotel; a 100-room boutique hotel overlooking the ballpark; 250 market rate apartments; and 65,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Additionally, MassDOT will oversee a complete reconstruction of the notorious Kelley Square intersection. Construction is set to begin in 2019, renderings below:        

The City of Boston Celebrates Dearborn STEM Academy Opening The City of Boston is celebrating the opening of the $73 million new school, Dearborn STEM Academy in Roxbury. The project, which was completed by Gilbane is the cornerstone of Mayor Marty Walsh's plan to modernize Boston Public Schools. The property features a 4-story, 120,000 square-foot school building located in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. The building will serve students grade 6-12 and features collaborative spaces, advanced technologies, and a commitment to community engagement.

Pawtucket Red Sox Move Sparks $240 Million Development With the Triple-A affiliate baseball team, Pawtucket Red Sox planning a move to Worcester, the brand new stadium (Polar Park) is igniting a $240 million development. The team plans to be renamed the Worcester Red Sox. In an announcement on Friday (8/17), officials from the city of Worcester, the state of Massachusetts and the Pawtucket Red Sox unveiled plans for a $240 million project to construct a ballpark, two hotels, shops and restaurant space on a vacant lot in the city's Canal District. At the press conference Friday, Larry Lucchino, chairman of the board of the Pawtucket Red Sox announced the new stadium would be called Polar Park, after the city's iconic Polar Beverages. 

Wentworth tops off $55 million Multipurpose Academic Building in Mission Hill A topping-off ceremony was held today for the Wentworth Institute of Technology’s new $55 million Multipurpose Academic Building in Mission Hill. Wentworth’s first new academic building in over 45 years, the 78,000-square-foot Multipurpose Academic Building will support the school's engineering, science and innovation programs and is anticipated to open in Spring 2019. With the final steel beam of the building’s four-story superstructure now in place, the construction team will begin installing the building’s facade, which will be comprised of zinc panels, glass and an aluminum curtain wall, allowing for abundant natural lighting. The superstructure has required 493 tons of steel, and 14,127 cubic yards of concrete have been used to construct the building’s foundation and floors. The following is a video of the building’s topping off: Topping https://t.co/ugMlb5I48A— Gilbane New England (@GilbaneNewEng) February 8, 2018

Shire leases 220,000 square feet at new-construction 75 | 125 Binney Street in Kendall Square Shire, a leading rare disease-focused biotech firm headquartered in Ireland, has subleased 220,000 square feet from Ariad Pharmaceuticals at 75 | 125 Binney Street, a newly built 380,000-square lab/office building in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. Shire, Massachusetts’ second-largest life sciences employer, expects to move into the building in the first half of 2018, with fit out currently underway. The 220,000-square-foot space was vacated by Ariad, a cancer drug developer, earlier this year after Ariad was acquired by Takeda. Completed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities in 2016, 75 | 125 Binney Street is also home to IBM, who leases 160,000 square feet. Shire’s sublease continues the trend of growth in Boston’s Life Science sector, which boasts higher investment than that of any other United States region. Per the Avison Young Q3 2017 Life Science Report, overall life sciences vacancy rates have fallen to just 2.6% and 2.5% in Cambridge and Boston, respectively. Notable life sciences transactions this year have included Synlogic taking 41,000 square feet at 301 Binney Street and Roche Diagnostics and Proteostasis Therapeutics each taking 29,000 square feet at 80 Guest Street at Boston Landing in Brighton.