Development in the Boston area has shifted toward mega-projects outside the downtown core, a recent Boston Business Journal article explains, and VHB is at the forefront of this new and highly impactful phase of development. Our professionals are bringing developers the critical services, understanding of local context and regulations, and know-how needed to advance nine of these 10 transformative projects described below.
- Suffolk Downs, a 16-million-square-foot redevelopment of the former Suffolk Downs racetrack—and largest of the mega-projects—will create 10,000 housing units along with offices and hotels. VHB is providing permitting, resiliency, and transportation services.
- Dorchester Bay City will remake the approximately 36-acre former Bayside Expo Center site and neighboring properties, creating 19.7 acres of public open space and 21 buildings. VHB is providing resiliency, site/civil engineering, and transportation services.
- Cambridge Crossing will reimagine a 43-acre neighborhood in East Cambridge with 4.5 million square feet of mixed-use space. VHB is providing services for offsite improvements.
- On the Dot will redevelop 21-plus acres of land along South Boston’s Dorchester Avenue corridor, creating 11 residential and commercial buildings. VHB is providing permitting, site engineering, and roadway design services.
- 425 Medford will develop the 25.5-acre former Domino Sugar site for mixed use, reconnecting the public to 46 acres of Charlestown’s Mystic River waterfront and addressing flood resiliency. VHB is providing permitting and transportation services.
- 776 Summer will transform the former Edison power plant in South Boston into 1.68 million square feet of mixed-use space. VHB is providing transportation permitting, site/civil engineering, and environmental services.
- Allston Yards will create a 1.23-million-square-foot mixed-use development offering 1,000 residences and a one-acre community green. VHB is providing roadway design, permitting, transportation, and site/civil engineering services.
- Iron Works will recreate more than one million square feet of a South Boston neighborhood with four mixed-use buildings. VHB is providing permitting, civil engineering, and survey services.
- Harvard Enterprise Research Campus will help bring the University’s Allston innovation corridor vision to life with a nine-acre mixed-use development. VHB is providing transportation planning services.
Through VHB’s work on these projects, our team of professionals will help advance the region’s goals of increasing affordable housing, addressing resiliency, and repositioning existing assets to meet the community’s current needs—all efforts that align with VHB’s values of creating a sustainable future.
Contact Mark Junghans to discover how VHB can help you reach your land development goals.