Union Square Station (US2) Associates, Magellan Development Group, and Mesirow Financial Real Estate are interested in developing a property located at 153 Lowell Street in Somerville, MA from 1978. They describe themselves as being organized to collaborate with local and national perspectives from Chicago and Boston. Their team has experience with a variety of development projects including offices, retail, community centers, historic hotels, public spaces, mixed-use/housing, and more. They excel at master development and community building by engaging communities to drive success. They are seeking to collaborate with the city to shape Union Square's future through place-making that creates social, economic, and environmental value by prioritizing people over buildings.

1. Union Square Station (US2) Associates
Magellan Development Group
Mesirow Financial Real Estate
11 March 2014
153 Lowell Street
Somerville, MA
1978

3. 153 Lowell Street
Somerville, MA
1978

5. An exceptional opportunity

7. We are different
Organized to Collaborate
DREW LEFF
CAROL GLADSTONE

8. CHICAGO, IL
Collaborate with us: we meld
local and national perspectives
CHICAGO, IL
BOSTON, MA
Community
Engagement
Transit
Advisory
Market
Construction
Legal
Sustainability
& Engineering BOSTON, MA

9. Our team meets and exceeds the
RFQ’s specific evaluation criteria

10. We have created large projects…

11. …in a variety of urban contexts…

12. Office
Retail
Community CenterHistoric Hotel
Public SpaceMixed-use/housing
…with a variety of land uses

13. We excel as master developers and
community builders
University Village: Before
University Village: After

14. Winner Lakeshore East
We have demonstrated how
community engagement
drives success

15. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE WINNERThe Glen
We know that transit and
infrastructure are the foundation…

16. Public Art
Programmed
Public Spaces
Sustainable
Approaches
Economic
Development
Streetscape
…and that the details and programs
are critical to lasting vibrancy

17. Collaborate with US2 to shape
Union Square’s future
Our urban design philosophy will
guide our way

18. “Urban design is
about place-
making that
creates social,
economic, and
environmental
value”

19. “Urban design is
about place-
making that
creates social,
economic, and
environmental
value”

20. “If it doesn’t include
us, it is not about us.”

21. People, then place,
then buildings. The
other way around
never works.

22. “Homogeneity is
our enemy.”

23. Starting with people…interviews

24. And keep checking back in…

25. UNION

26. UNION

27. T

28. Workshops
• Messages from SomerVision
• 2+ million square feet as a tool for
community building
• Managing impacts

29. Choices: How can 2million SF
build community?

30. Public realm + benefit choices
Sketch #1 (existing; sketch)
Replace with existing
conditions photo

31. Public realm + benefit choices

32. Public realm + benefit choices

33. Public realm + benefit choices

34. Public realm choices

35. Meet the design team

37. Collaborate with US2 to plan a
diverse environment