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NorthPoint
Boston/Cambridge/
Somerville, MA
5,200,000 SF
Residential, office, hotel, parking
CBT is providing master planning services to Spaulding and Slye and Guildford Transportation for the creation of a new transit-oriented 5.2 million square foot mixed-use neighborhood on a 45-acre parcel located in the municipalities of Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville in Massachusetts. Its planning demonstrates a vision for a unique 21st century mixed-use neighborhood that includes great architectural variety and form, social diversity, sustainability, and strategies for a smart growth and transit oriented development. Adjacent to Cambridge, Charlestown, and Somerville, the plan includes a significant new park network and creation of a new T stop at Lechmere Square. Up to 2,700 new dwelling units, 2.2 million square feet of employment space, a hotel, and local retail and neighborhood amenities will be created on the NorthPoint site. A pattern of 21 small, pedestrian-friendly urban blocks (in keeping with the scale of the adjacent Cambridge neighborhood) frames a central green space consisting of a central park of over 6 acres and a linear Boulevard with a central landscaped median. Smaller "finger" parks extend perpendicularly from the central park. The green spaces lead into a substantial existing metropolitan trail system that extends west to Davis Square and east to the Charles River Basin. Parking areas along the eight northernmost parcels create a buffer between the development and existing MBTA engine facilities. The development will be served by two transit lines. Ground floor commercial uses are clustered at transit points to enhance pedestrian experience and extend the First Street shopping precinct into the site.
Somerville, MA
5,200,000 SF
Residential, office, hotel, parking
CBT is providing master planning services to Spaulding and Slye and Guildford Transportation for the creation of a new transit-oriented 5.2 million square foot mixed-use neighborhood on a 45-acre parcel located in the municipalities of Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville in Massachusetts. Its planning demonstrates a vision for a unique 21st century mixed-use neighborhood that includes great architectural variety and form, social diversity, sustainability, and strategies for a smart growth and transit oriented development. Adjacent to Cambridge, Charlestown, and Somerville, the plan includes a significant new park network and creation of a new T stop at Lechmere Square. Up to 2,700 new dwelling units, 2.2 million square feet of employment space, a hotel, and local retail and neighborhood amenities will be created on the NorthPoint site. A pattern of 21 small, pedestrian-friendly urban blocks (in keeping with the scale of the adjacent Cambridge neighborhood) frames a central green space consisting of a central park of over 6 acres and a linear Boulevard with a central landscaped median. Smaller "finger" parks extend perpendicularly from the central park. The green spaces lead into a substantial existing metropolitan trail system that extends west to Davis Square and east to the Charles River Basin. Parking areas along the eight northernmost parcels create a buffer between the development and existing MBTA engine facilities. The development will be served by two transit lines. Ground floor commercial uses are clustered at transit points to enhance pedestrian experience and extend the First Street shopping precinct into the site.