RAND Corp., the Californian nonprofit research company opened its sixth U.S. office at The Park Plaza Office Building adjoining the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers to focus on healthcare research issues. Garrett Larivee from McCall & Almy represented the tenant while Lisa Saunders of the D.L. Saunders Real Estate Corp. represented the landlord.
The new office will be headed by Dr. Eric Schneider, an internist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. Schneider said Boston is attractive for its universities and research organizations. He expects the local office to grow rapidly and to include a cadre of highly-skilled scientists with expertise in health and other key areas of policy.
The new location of the RAND Corp. at 4,650 s/f will be on the 7th floor of The Park Plaza Office Building, which is approximately a 240,000 s/f building. This location is a first-class, full-service office building adjoining the Park Plaza Hotel & Towers in the Back Bay neighborhood. The professionally managed building features high-speed Internet w/ personal IP addresses and redundancy, video conferencing, The Park Plaza Executive Centre is located on the 4th floor with a plethora of restaurants, conference rooms, adjacent indoor parking, fitness center, and 24-hr security.