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Children's Hospital Boston is moving forward on the development of Two and Four Brookline Place in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Scheduled for completion in 2011, the new property will be used for Children's administrative offices and clinical office space.

The property currently consists of a 34,000-square-foot office and retail building. The hospital plans to demolish the building in 2009, to be followed by environmental remediation work.

Children's has received approval from the Town of Brookline Planning Board and are about to launch into the next phase of regulatory and permit process with the Zoning Board of Appeals this winter.

Plans for the new property include:
  • eight stories, plus mechanical space (115 feet tall)
  • 228,000 square feet of space
  • retail uses for ground floor
  • administrative offices and clinical office space on the upper floors
  • five-level underground parking garage
2 and 4 Brookline Place site illustration
Looking toward the southeast corner of the building. Click to enlarge.
Design
A design for the new building is being created by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, a noted Boston architecture firm. The new building will include several green building elements and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification will be sought. The landscaping and pedestrian walkways for the site will be designed by Halvorson Design, a well-known Boston landscape architecture firm.
Construction Time Line
Construction will begin mid-year 2009 and will be completed in approximately 36 months.

2009

  • Mobilization on the site
  • Asbestos removal
  • Demolition of current building
  • Slurry wall construction
  • Excavate for garage

    2010

  • Garage construction
  • Structural steel framing
  • Landscaping
  • Exterior framing

    2011

  • Interior finishes
  • Completion
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    2 and 4 Brookline Place landscape illustration
    The landscaping plan includes trees, shrubs, flowers and pedestrian walkways. Click to enlarge.
    Image Developing Brookline Place
    Children's CEO--and Brookline resident--Jim Mandell, MD, talks about Children's plans for improving and enlivening the area.
    Useful links:

    Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
    Building designer

    Halvorson Design
    Lanscape architect

    Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
    Building contractor
    Questions about the project?
    Contact William Ivey, Director of Major Capital Projects at 857-218-3570.
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