Assembly Square Mixed-Use Development
Somerville, MAVHB led a multidisciplinary design team that provided services from conceptual design and permitting to final design for the development of Assembly Square, which has been planned in multiple phases over the past ten to fifteen years. A Smart Growth project aiming to improve access to the Mystic River, employ transit-oriented planning methods, incorporate a fully mixed-use program, and implement a series of new pedestrian-oriented features that will encourage visitors and residents to live, work, and play in a previously under-performing river front district, the Assembly Square development is a major effort for the City of Somerville, with:
- Redevelopment of approximately 50.2 acres
- New MBTA Orange Line station
- Approximately 5 million square feet (sf) of total development, including 1.75 million sf office space, 852,000 sf retail space (including a proposed IKEA store, restaurants and cinema, 2,100 residential units, and a 200-room hotel)
- Six new and improved public open spaces comprised of approximately 172,000 SF including a 1.8 acre expansion of the Mystic River Reservation and connection with the Mystic River Reservation bike trail
- Continuous pedestrian walkways and interconnected bicycle lanes and paths
- Sustainable development emphasis, featuring transit-orientation, pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, brownfield remediation, high density, green roofs, and water quality improvements to the Mystic River
- High quality landscape and streetscape to create a unique sense of place
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