Davis Square Partners, LLC - City of Somerville

AUTOGRAPH
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
An upscale luxury boutique hotel and restaurant
Location: Innovation District, Boston, Massachusetts
Client : Norwich Partners
Financing: Bank Financed
Construction Costs: Approximately $42.6 Million
Autograph hotel is set to be located in Boston’s innovation District in a gate way site to the Seaport that is currently a surface
parking lot. The hotel’s architecture is finely detailed and organized like a transparent jewel box partially contained
within a solid armature. The playfulness of the positive and negative facades allows for sprawling views of the City and
Harbor with framed views of the emerging Innovation District.
Modern use of time honored materials such as glass, metal, stone and wood ground the building to its historic site and
sets it off from its contemporary surroundings. Glass and steel signal the entrance to the hotel at street level while the
building’s massing identifies the pedestrian point of entry from afar. Innovative exterior lighting will dramatically bring the
boutique scale of the hotel to the foreground as seen from downtown Boston and its historic harbor.
The Hotel will house 136 guest rooms and have all of the luxury amenities you would expect an upscale boutique hotel to
have such as luxurious bathrooms, built in technology for the guest rooms, room service, upscale restaurant and a 5,000
SF rooftop bar / lounge. The design and furniture pieces within the hotel will set the property above its competitive set.
In addition the Project will also house the future location of the Fort Point Channel Arts Community Gallery and Visitors
Center.
The Autograph is currently in branding and design phase and is on schedule for permitting in late June 2013 or early July
2013, subject to B.R.A. Article 80. The Hotel is planned to receive a LEED silver rating and has worked with the City to reduce
parking counts, promote public and bicycle transportation and is also providing a Pedestrian Plaza that will connect
the Boston Harborwalk that is currently interrupted at this location.
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