Project Description

160 Massachusetts Avenue, formerly called 168, is a mixed-use development being constructed on a 13,350 SF lot on the east side of Massachusetts Avenue one block south of Boylston Street. This new 155,000 ± SF, 16-story building will include 370 beds of student housing, enabling the college to house all of its entering students for the first time. These students will share two-story community rooms, practice and ensemble rooms and a small fitness center.

The project also will include a 400-seat dining hall and evening performance venue, ground floor retail space, and recording studios and other music technology spaces located on two levels below grade.

Designed by the award-winning firm of William Rawn Associates, Architects of Boston, the lower three levels of the building will feature dramatic, floor-to-ceiling glass, giving passersby views of student activity and music performances within the building. The upper floors will feature large, loft-type windows and a distinctive, tinted stainless steel façade.