Avison Young has brokered an office lease at 101 Summer St. The Avison Young team led by principal Karyn McFarland and vice president Matt Twombly represented the tenant, ICON architecture, inc. There was no landlord representation.
ICON architecture, inc., a women-owned firm with 35 staff, provides award-winning work focused on sustainable urban development, housing, and education architecture. Their housing projects create new paradigms for city living ranging from infill transit-oriented development to innovative adaptive reuse. The projects mix uses—high-end market housing with workforce/affordable units, artist live/work communities with retail and office incubator environments, and collegiate facilities engaging their neighborhood edges.
"A creative company like ICON architecture, inc. needed a specific type of collaborative space and we were glad to work with them to meet that need," said McFarland.
101 Summer St. is a 5-story, class B office building with ground floor retail located in Downtown Crossing. The building is 100% leased.