University Park at MIT

Format
Full

City
Cambridge

State/Province
MA

Country
USA

Metro Area
Boston

Project Type
Mixed Use

Location Type
Suburban Business District

Land Uses
Conference Center
Hotel
Mixed Use--Three Uses or More
Multifamily Rental Housing
Open space
Research and Development
Restaurant
Retail
Structured Parking

Keywords
Affordable housing
Brownfield
Historic preservation
Mixed-income housing
Pedestrian-friendly design
Public-private partnership

Site Size
27 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
1987

Date Opened
1987

University Park at MIT is a 27-acre, mixed-use research and development (R&D) park, adjacent to the campus, that is integral to the long-range strategy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to foster technology transfer among the university’s students, graduates, faculty members, and the private sector. When completed, University Park at MIT will comprise a total of 2.3 million square feet and include at least 1.3 million square feet of office/R&D space, a 210-room hotel and executive conference center, up to 150,000 square feet of retail space and restaurants, 650 rental housing units, four structured parking facilities for 2,800 cars, and seven acres of parkland.

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World Region: North America
Developer(s): Forest City Enterprises
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Designer(s): Arrowstreet Inc., Elkus/Manfredi Architects Ltd., Koetter, Kim & Associates, Inc., Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Inc., The Halvorson Company
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