Boston Mayor Walsh, state and city officials, and community members came together to celebrate the opening of Clippership Wharf, a new mixed-use residential development that is transforming East Boston’s historic waterfront.
Touted as one of the most resilient projects on Boston Harbor, Clippership Wharf was developed by Lendlease with buildings by The Architectural Team and landscape design by Halvorson. The 7-acre site features a first-of-its-kind “living shoreline” with natural plantings, salt marshes, rocky beaches and wildlife habitats. It also adds a key stretch of the East Boston Harborwalk enhanced with welcoming new gathering spaces, public art and climate-resilient features.
“Clippership sets a strong standard in how to create high-quality, sustainable development along our waterfront. In the City of Boston we’re developing neighborhood solutions to coastal flooding—and that’s exactly what Clippership Wharf does through its resilient design,” said Mayor Walsh.
Located near Maverick Square, this walkable transit-oriented development boasts the city’s most spectacular views of the Boston skyline and the shortest commute to downtown Boston, via the Blue Line or water taxi. The development has achieved USGBC LEED Silver certification for Neighborhood Development, which is awarded to developments that help create a more sustainable and well-connected neighborhood.
“Clippership Wharf’s forward-thinking design has elevated living space in an effort to prevent future flooding while creating living shorelines that help connect the community with coastal habitats,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides.
This is the first development project in Boston for Lendlease, a leading international property and infrastructure group. “We are incredibly proud of what we are creating on East Boston’s waterfront at Clippership Wharf,” said Nicholas Iselin, general manager of development for Lendlease Boston. “We challenged ourselves to push forward new sustainability and resiliency standards, while also focusing on how to create a destination that encourages the broader community to utilize our public space and access the waterfront for generations to come.”
Read more coverage of the opening via the East Boston Times-Free Press, Boston Real Estate Times, Curbed Boston, the New England Real Estate Journal, and Multi-Housing News.