Boston Landing

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Located in a former industrial area, Boston Landing is a 15.1-acre mixed-use development anchored by New Balance's five-story headquarters. It also includes practice facilities for the NHL's Boston Bruins and the NBA's Boston Celtics; office and lab space; the 295-apartment Lantera residences; a world-class track and training center with seating for 5,000; retail and restaurants; 1.4 acres of public open space; and a planned 170-key hotel. 

Join us for this tour to explore how these related uses connect and create community via a vibrant ground floor, improved streetscape, and public plazas.
 

Learning Objectives

1. See a dynamic example of how to design a resilient, accessible, equitable, and sustainable district in an underutilized area within an established neighborhood.
2. Learn how community input can play a role in the design of a district as a valuable public resource.
3. Delve into the process of reinventing an industrial district into a neighborhood of public and private uses centered around a core of health, performance, and innovation.
4. Discover how maximizing proximity to urban rail transformed transportation options for neighborhood residents, increasing accessibility to the urban core and raising land values for the neighbors.

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