Kenmore Hotel

New Plans Call for 300' Hotel in Kenmore Square

Mark Development has released updated plans for the Kenmore Hotel at 560 Commonwealth Avenue. The new plans call for a 28 story tower (increased from 24) that would be just under 300 feet tall. The hotel would feature 389 rooms and 1,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The plan also calls for a new street behind the hotel to connect Comm. Avenue to Beacon Street before their current intersection in busy Kenmore Square. The new road would allow for shorter crosswalks and create a public plaza and new bike lanes.

The updated plans are now under official review with the City.

Two hotel towers proposed in Kenmore Square

Mark Development and Hotel Buckminster-owner Buckminster Annex Corporation propose to jointly develop two hotel towers in the heart of Kenmore Square. Together, the towers would contain 763 hotel rooms and 375,000 square feet of space. On property owned by Mark Development at 560-574 Commonwealth Avenue, a 24-story, 260-foot-tall tower would be built featuring 375 rooms with ground-floor retail. Across Beacon Street, on property owned by Buckminister Annex Corporation at 655-665 Beacon Street, a 19-story, 210-foot-tall tower would be built featuring 390 hotel rooms. Both buildings would feature active ground floors, and as part of the project, pedestrian-friendly streetscape improvements would be made. Mark and Buckminster have filed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to develop the towers with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) and will reveal additional information this Summer. The proponents will also seek to establish a Planned Development Area (PDA) across the sites in order to obtain necessary zoning relief.

Glass hotel tower with roof deck restaurant proposed for Kenmore Square

Mark Development has released a preliminary rendering of a new glass hotel tower planned for the heart of Kenmore Square. The tower would replace an existing single-story Citizens Bank building and would include ground-floor retail and a roof deck restaurant. Mark Development intends to file plans for the tower with the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) this fall. Developer Related Beal recently acquired nine buildings totaling approximately 335,000 square feet located across from Mark Development's proposed tower site for nearly $134 million.