Draft Project Impact Report - Boston Redevelopment Authority

Exeter Residences/888 Boylston
888 Boylston
Vehicle access to and from the nests will remain as currently in existence, and
residents will have direct elevator access from within the Exeter Residences to the
residential parking nests. Services for the building will be provided using the
existing Shaw’s Loading dock. This dock currently supports Shaw’s Supermarket
and the Gloucester residential building and has adequate capacity for the Exeter
Residences.
The proposed modification to the 888 Boylston building approved as part of the 1990
Development Plan will add six stories, for a total of 17 stories, with a height of 242
feet, consisting of approximately an additional 142,004 SF of office space, a decrease
of approximately 8,719 SF of retail space, and an increase of approximately 1,274 SF
of common area, for a total of approximately 134,559 SF of additional area than the
previously approved office building. This additional space will result in a total area
within Phase 4a of approximately 362,000 SF of office space, approximately 40,271 SF
of retail space, and approximately 19,781 SF of common area, for a total of
approximately 422,052 SF. Retail and lobby space will be located at the street and
plaza levels containing 42,000 SF. The space on the third and fourth floors may be
developed either as retail space or as office space, depending on market demand.
Accordingly, the retail space may range from 40,000 to 100,000 SF and the office
space may range from 304,000 to 362,000 SF. Figures relating to 888 Boylston can be
found at the end of Chapter 3, Urban Design.
Pedestrians will be able to access the street level retail from either the public plaza or
the Boylston Arcade. The street level entry will also provide access to the arcade
level retail. Both the office lobby and retail space have extensive glass exterior walls
to allow high visibility into the building interacting with the plaza street and
enhancing vitality along Boylston Street.
In order to provide parking for 888 Boylston, a mezzanine parking level will be
inserted into the existing Green level of the North Garage. Both the mezzanine
parking level and the Green level will be designed to accommodate managed
parking, thereby increasing the parking capacity of the garage within the 888
Boylston building footprint and within the existing confines of the garage. The
mezzanine deck will be valet accessible only and will be accessed via a ramp from
the Green level only, so that no additional access ramps or curb cuts from the street
will be required. Service for the building will be provided by the existing North
Loading dock which has capacity for 888 Boylston site.
Improvements to the Boylston Arcade, which is part of the area designated as Phase
4b under the Development Plan, is also proposed related to 888 Boylston. These
improvements will add 1,000 SF for a total of approximately 423,052 SF of
improvements to Phases 4a and 4b.
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