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$3B Fan Pier Under Way After 20-Year Delay

BOSTON-The three-million-sf waterfront complex overcomes lawsuits and economic dips thanks to new ownership.

By Joe Clements | Updated on September 26, 2007

BOSTON-The human mannequins posing as prospective future occupants proved that no expense was spared for yesterday’s Fan Pier complex groundbreaking here on the city’s waterfront, and few of the dozen or so speakers held back, either. Mayor Thomas Menino declared the three-million-sf project “the most exciting thing that will happen in Boston in our lifetime,” as he joined others lionizing veteran developer Joseph Fallon for getting the mixed-use venture under way after two decades of frustrating setbacks.

Indeed, while the hyperbole flowed freely throughout the mid-morning event, it might be difficult to underestimate the significance of the ceremony, one marking the start of a 500,000-sf speculative office building that will kick off the commercial portion of Fan Pier’s ambitious platform. The site does have one building open, with the Institute for Contemporary Art a beneficiary of the master-planned development’s civic benefits package. Now, however, Fallon is moving ahead on such elements as 1.5 million sf of office space; a five-star, 175-room hotel; high-end retail and luxury condominiums that some observers predict will set new pricing records for the market.

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