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Article: Owner of Historic Boston Wharf Plans Development.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 2, 2002
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By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 2--With new parks planned at the front door and a cleaned-up Fort Point Channel at the back, the owner of historic Russia Wharf is planning to build a $275 million complex that would include condominiums and apartments, a hotel, a nightclub, and a 31-story office tower.
Three 105-year-old buildings at Atlantic Avenue and Congress Street make up Russia Wharf. The Russia Building, designed by Peabody & Stearns, is the most prominent structure on the wharf and the only one that is to be kept intact.
The owner, Equity Office Properties, yesterday outlined the ...