1. BOSTON
Innovation District – South Boston Waterfront
Richard McGuinness
Deputy Director for Planning
Boston Redevelopment Authority

3. Population Growth
City
2000-2010
Boston 4.8% Boston 2010
Cambridge 3.8 Population
San Francisco 3.7 City 617,594
Metro 4,552,402
Hartford 2.6
Providence 2.5
New York City 2.1
Newark 1.3
Philadelphia .06
Baltimore -4.6
Chicago -6.9
Pittsburgh -8.6

4. Bachelor’s Degree or
Metro Area
Higher
Boston 39.16%
Washington DC 37.22
103,895
young people ages 18-34
San Francisco 35.59 with a bachelor’s degree or
San Jose 35.22 higher in the City of Boston
Madison 34.81
New York City 33.12 41.5%
Minneapolis 32.22 of the City of Boston’s young
population with a bachelor’s
Norwalk 31.55 degree or higher
Raleigh 30.84
Des Moines 30.80

11. New Parks

12. South Boston
Waterfront
Innovation District

13. Boston New York

14. Boston New York

15. 1630 Shoreline

16. Transit System

17. Highway and Expressway

19. Government
Center
Copley Square

22. 2005 2040

23. 2005 2050
1999-2009 7.7M sq ft Built Projected Additional Build-out 19M sq ft
Office: 2.6M sq ft Office: 6M sq ft
Residential: 1,000 units Residential: 6,000 units
Hotel: 1,750 rooms Hotel: 5,000 rooms
Civic/Cultural: 2.2M sq ft Retail: 2M sq ft

24. Overall District Land Use Mix
Existing Planned Innovation
Residential 8% 22% 33% +
Office 28% 28% 13% -
Hotel 9% 14% 13% o
Retail 2% 8% 3% -
Cultural/Edu 1% 2% 8% +
R&D 0% 0% 14% +
Exhibition 11% 7% 7% o
Industrial 42% 20% 9% -

25. industrial heritage transportation/transit public realm infrastructure
uses/activity institution housing character/diversity

26. Innovation District Housing
1.1M sq ft

27. 49-63 Melcher Street
1.1M sq ft

28. Pier 4
1.1M sq ft

29. Pier 4
1.1M sq ft

30. Seaport Square Innovation Center

31. Seaport Square Innovation Center

33. Seaport Square
Innovation Requirements
Residential 15% affordable
15% innovation/workforce
Office 20% innovation
Retail 20% innovation
Hotel 20% innovation

34. Fan Pier Parcel C Residences

35. BCEC Expansion
400K sq ft Exhibition+225K sq ft Meeting+5000 Seats Auditorium+1000 Rooms Hotel
Total over 2M sq ft

36. Planned Hotels
USPS
Westin
Expansion
Fan Pier / Pier 4 /
Seaport Square
Congress Street Hotel
Waterside Place