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Project Description
- Opened in 1928, the 1M-square-foot Sears Roebuck & Co. store, warehouse, and distribution center was a retail powerhouse until Sears abandoned the building in 1988.
- Now called 401 Park, the historic landmark is once again a neighborhood cornerstone, paying homage to the Fenway’s legacy while serving as a dynamic day/night destination for visitors, workers, and residents.
- The mixed-use hub links Boston’s Fenway and Longwood Medical neighborhoods by activating common areas on the garage level, ground-floor lobby, and second-floor atria and lobby as well as the exterior realm.
- Design solutions include creating a new social entry space, stripping interiors to reveal the building’s authentic character, creating a custom railing with Boston-centric names and places, creating a space for the 25,000-sf Time Out Market food hall, and introducing public art inside and out.
Photos: © Robert Benson and Connie Zhou
![Large windows open to the outdoors and connect with outdoor seating that opens to the new park](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Spotlight_401Park_TimeOutTerraceWithEntry_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![Towering exposed concrete columns and dark metal accents accentuate the building's industrial roots](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Spotlight_401Park_AtriumFromAbove_ConnieZhou.jpg)
AWARDS
Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Design Honor Award
![Architects created a grand atrium at 401 Park but cutting away sections of floor plate and revealing the building's industrial character](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gallery1_401Park_AtriumWithStair_©RobertBenson.jpg)
![The three-level iron staircase leads from the ground-floor lobby up to the second level lobby with two office atria, or down to underground parking.](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gallery3_401Park_Stair-ThreeLevels_©ConnieZhou-scaled.jpg)
![Stairwell in atrium at 401 Park](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gallery2_401Park_StairToParking_RobertBenson.jpg)
![An extension of the second level lobby overlooks the constant activity in Time Out Market, as does the office space on the right-hand side.](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gallery4_401Park_ViewOverTimeOut_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![The project's one-acre community park—"The Green"—is a transformed parking lot. A green oasis that welcomes the public, artist Nicole Eisenman's playful outdoor sculpture, "Sketch for a Fountain," anchors a corner, while Time Out Market's outdoor terrace enlivens the building edge.](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gallery5_401Park_NicoleEisenman_ParkFountainSculpture_©CharlesMayerPhotography.jpg)