Boston University’s Real Estate Plan Earns City Approval
The Boston Planning and Development Agency’s board has approved Boston University’s real estate plan for its Charles River campus through 2026, reported the Boston Business Journal. The plan includes major renovations to Warren Towers and Mugar Memorial Library and a new school of global studies.
The changes to Warren Towers, BU’s signature dormitories, include improved bathrooms and HVAC systems and repairs to the building envelope. The board also okayed a large lab complex on Wentworth Institute of Technology property a month after tabling the proposal, along with two office-to-housing conversions and Jones Street Investment Partners’ 236-unit apartment building behind the convention center in South Boston.
The BU approval is for the school’s institutional master plan, the Business Journal reported. The plans typically cover 10 years, but the university sought a stopgap version in order to give new BU President Mellisa Gilliam time to help determine her vision for the campus.
