Monday, March 19, 2018
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority approves the budget of $2.2 million to study the possibility of expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, which have been on hold for 3 years.
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority approved a contract valued at up to $2.2 million for a team led by Kansas City, Mo.-based architectural firm Populous to craft a campus master plan and to study the feasibility of future expansion options.
The local partners on the job will include CBT (architecture), Goulston & Storrs (legal), and Howard Stein Hudson (transportation engineering).
The main goal of Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is to figure out the best way for the MCCA to use 30 undeveloped acres behind the sprawling South Boston complex, in what has become one of the country’s hottest urban real estate markets. It’s unlikely that the populous team will recommend an approach that’s as ambitious as the $1 billion project that Governor Charlie Baker put on hold in 2015.
The hopes for an expansion were lifted last year when Omni agreed to build a 1,054-room hotel across the street.
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