840 Columbus Avenue
Update
09/16/22
Institutional Master Plan Approved for 840 Columbus Avenue
Northeastern University received approval for an institutional master plan for 840 Columbus Avenue in Roxbury.
Plans call for 468,500 SF, 25-story mixed-use building containing a five-story podium with an active community-focused ground floor and four stories of innovative teaching space. The tower will house approximately 810 beds for Northeastern students, and roughly 18,000 SF of the ground floor will be dedicated to community engagement space with the neighborhood of Roxbury.
Additionally, a renovation and 2,500 SF addition was approved for the Snell Library. The project area covers 138,000 SF of floorspace.