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Russia Wharf

Field	Value
name	Russia Wharf
Atlantic Wharf
image	Atlantic Wharf skyscraper Boston MA.jpg
location	503 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
coordinates
antenna_spire	436 ft
floor_count	32
start_date	2006
completion_date	2011
opening	2011
building_type	Office, Residential, Hotel
status	Complete
architect	CBT Architects
developer	Boston Properties
references

Atlantic Wharf

Russia Wharf is a high-rise building in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The building rises 436 ft and contains 32 floors. Construction began in 2006 and was finished in early 2011. It stands as one of the tallest buildings in Boston. As of 2009, developer Boston Properties began to refer to the building as Atlantic Wharf.

Description

The architectural firm that designed the building is Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc., of Boston. The civil engineer, also responsible for managing permitting (including Chapter 91 Licensing) was Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. of Watertown, Massachusetts. The mixed use project includes approximately 709000 sqft of class-A commercial office space and 65 residential units. The site consists of approximately 2.2 acre. From about 1897 to 2007, the site contained three low-rise mercantile buildings called the Russia, Graphic Arts, and Tufts Buildings. The office tower was constructed on the site of the Graphic Arts and Tufts Buildings.

The project was controversial because of the historic nature of the buildings and their prominent position on the edge of Fort Point Channel. The result was that the "Russia Building" fronting on Atlantic Avenue was retained in its entirety and the south and east facing historic brick facades of the Graphic Arts and Tufts Buildings were retained and restored. The interiors of these two buildings were destroyed and a new tower was built, rising 341 ft above the old facades. The building rises 32 stories above the street and extends six stories below.

In the fall of 2009, the project created additional controversy when its developer, Boston Properties, was accused by The Boston Harbor Association of reneging on public space requirements which Boston Properties agreed to in exchange for being allowed to exceed height restrictions.

The building opened in January 2011 and boasts multiple ground floor restaurants, an art gallery, multi-media center, channel concierges and is the new home of the Boston Society of Architects' BSA Space, all available to the public. This was the first LEED Platinum high-rise in Boston.

References

"Atlantic Wharf". SkyscraperPage.com.
Hillman, Michelle. (Fall 2009). "Boston Properties recasting Russia Wharf plan amid outcry". The Boston Business Journal.
"BSA Space".

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