Thomson Place, a new retail and dining destination developed by Invesco Real Estate and Crosspoint Associates, opened in Boston’s Fort Point Channel. Designed by Margulies Perruzzi with landscape by Halvorson, the project involved the restoration and re-positioning of three historic buildings and the introduction of a new pedestrian plaza to activate the streetscape and create a new public amenity for the neighborhood.
Lynn Breaks Ground on New Waterfront Development
State and local officials turned out for the groundbreaking for a new waterfront development overlooking Lynn Harbor on the site of the former Beacon Chevrolet, which has been vacant more than thirty years. Breakwater North Harbor is being developed by Minco Corporation in partnership with the Dolben Company and will feature a two four-story mixed-use building designed by HDS Architecture with 331 market-rate apartments and amenity spaces as well as a two-acre waterfront park and new harborwalk designed by Halvorson.
Building Success: South Street Landing gains national recognition for property preservation
The Providence Monthly highlights the award-winning South Street Landing development by CV Properties and Wexford Science & Technology, which includes the adaptive reuse of the former Narragansett Electric power station by Tsoi Kobus Design, the new River House student residences designed by architects SGA, and landscape by Halvorson.
BAC Resiliency Studio Travels to The Netherlands
In September 2019, a group of students and faculty from the Boston Architectural College studio “Resiliency Designing for Change”—led by Arlen Stawasz and Tyler Hinkley of Perkins + Will and Rob Adams of Halvorson—visited The Netherlands to explore resilient strategies and understand how the country is living with water.
Group offers cool ideas for a hotter Boston in coming decades
Tim Logan of The Boston Globe discusses “Living With Heat” a new study released by the Boston/New England chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in collaboration with a team of planners and design professionals, including Perkins + Will, Arrowstreet, Halvorson, and several other experts in development, planning, architecture, and sustainability. The report identifies areas most at risk for extreme heat and outlines opportunities to protect the community from extreme heat.
Gables Seaport to open March 2020
Conceptual design for Nashua's riverfront plan includes floating dock, public boat launch, boardwalks
The New Hampshire Union Leader highlighted plans for the implementation of the Nashua Downtown Riverfront Development Plan, developed by Halvorson. Adopted by the City in 2017, Halvorson’s plan offers a variety of improvements to activate the riverfront, revitalize the parks and open spaces, and connect Main Street to the river and extended trail system.
Learn more via The Union Leader and read about the City’s first step in activating the river, through the introduction of two new water features.
Gables Seaport set to open in March 2020
Gables Seaport, the new 23-story, 307-unit apartment building going up at 501 Congress Street in the Seaport District will open March 2020, according to developers Gables Residential and Drew Company.
This transit-oriented apartment building has direct access to the Silver Line was designed by CBT Architects with Halvorson designing the roof deck and amenity spaces. The building will also feature a green roof designed to guide rainfall toward plantings and soil, “greatly reducing runoff.”
South Street Landing wins National Preservation Award
We’re pleased to announce that South Street Landing’s Turbine Hall, the stunning adaptive reuse by Tsoi Kobus Design with landscape architecture by Halvorson Design of the former Narragansett Electric Lighting Company plant, is one of this year’s recipients of the 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.