commercial real estate
The Not-So-Financial District
Arrowstreet’s office, and our mixed-use project, Congress Square, lie at the center of a big change that has been happening in Boston’s Financial District. Financial institutions, insurance companies, and law firms have been moving across the bridge into the Seaport, and start-ups and creative firms, like Arrowstreet, are moving into their old buildings. It all began when the Boston Convention…
Back to School with BPU, Part IV
This is the conclusion of a series of posts on the September 2015 presentation of Boston Properties University at the Broad Institute at MIT. Click here for Part I, Part II, and Part III in the series! Part IV: Waterkeepers After Arrowstreet’s involvement in the Boston ULI design charrette “Living with Water: The Urban Implications,” which was co-chaired by our…
Amy Korte: Design Manifesto
One of our principals, Amy Korte, was recently interviewed by Modelo Design Manifestos. Amy spoke to Modelo about her personal experiences in the field, describing the path that led her to architecture and the influences that inspire her design. Amy also discussed Arrowstreet’s view on research as a design tool, and about her personal experience in the field of research while…
Back to School with BPU, Part III
This post is part of a series on the September 2015 presentation of Boston Properties University at the Broad Institute at MIT. Click here for Part I and Part II in the series, and stay tuned for more! Part III: Demographics Dr. Joseph Coughlin, Director of MIT’s AgeLab told us that “the future is gray, it is delayed, it is…
Back to School with BPU, Part II
This post is part of a series on the September 2015 presentation of Boston Properties University at the Broad Institute at MIT. Click here to see Part I in the series, and stay tuned for more! Part II: Space Killers Robotic Furniture might seem like something you’d only see in a sci-fi movie, but for Hasier Larrea, it is very…
Back to School with BPU
I was happy to have the opportunity to attend Boston Properties University (BPU) at the Broad Institute at MIT earlier this week. BPU brings together a unique collection of people in the real estate, development, and brokerage community, and other relevant industries to “share knowledge on how to best create and foster Great Space and Place.” This year’s speakers were Roy…