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Portal Warehousing opens new location at 75 Kneeland St. in downtown Boston

Boston, MA Portal Warehousing (Portal), a leading, vertically integrated micro-bay platform, is expanding with the opening of a new versatile workspace at 75 Kneeland St. in downtown. Operated under a management agreement, Portal Boston brings its flexible workspace model to the Hudson Building, a 12-story office tower. Its addition to Portal’s portfolio builds on the company’s growing national footprint, which includes locations in New York, Raleigh, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Orlando, and Salt Lake City, serving tenants ranging from e-commerce brands and enterprises to small businesses, trades, technology, and creative entrepreneurs.

“Boston is a great example of how adaptable our model really is,” said Alex Morrison, CEO of Portal Warehousing. “This isn’t a ground-up industrial building, it’s an office tower in the heart of the city that we’ve reimagined into an agile, move-in-ready space for growing businesses. It shows that our platform isn’t limited to traditional warehouse products; we can bring the Portal experience to nearly any building type, in any market.”

Portal Boston joins a second Mass. location in Medford, an industrial facility opening in September 2026. Both locations reflect a strategic shift in how Portal is scaling: rather than acquiring every building outright, Portal entered into a management agreement with each building’s owner, operating the space and delivering its full suite of services without the overhead of ownership. The arrangement allows Portal to expand its footprint by partnering with property owners who want to convert underutilized space into multi-use, high-demand workspaces.

Portal Boston offers private units ranging from 250 to 2,000 rentable s/f with short-term, flexible agreements. 

The building includes a central loading area, a freight elevator, daily carrier pickups, and dedicated shipping and receiving addresses, along with an on-site manager available to assist with inbound and outbound shipments. All-inclusive pricing covers utilities, high-speed internet, security, reception services, and coworking space, with lease terms spanning six to 18 months and move-in-ready units that allow tenants to be up and running the same day.

Located steps from the Orange Line at Tufts Medical Center Station and a short walk from South Station, with connections to the Red Line, commuter rail, and Amtrak, Portal Boston offers tenants access to public transit and quick highway access to I-90 and I-93 for drivers.

Portal Medford offers the company’s core micro-bay product, including private industrial units with the same all-inclusive services, flexible terms, and move-in-ready convenience, to businesses seeking small warehouse space in the Greater Boston area. Pre-leasing for the location is now underway.

Portal’s portfolio covers over 450,000 s/f across 10 locations, with future expansion under development. The Boston and Medford openings, in particular, come as Portal continues to grow its management-based model, with an additional partnership recently signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania slated to open in September 2026.

“We are actively growing this segment of our business and see enormous opportunity in partnerships like these,” said Morrison. “These new Portal locations demonstrate the versatility of our model, and its ability to turn any asset into a thriving, in-demand workspace. We welcome property owners interested in exploring what a Portal partnership could look like to reach out to our team.”

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