Portman Holdings looks to be the first out with new office space Uptown 

Being built on top of the Westin Hotel parking garage (277 and College) is Portman Holdings’ newest office tower. Standing at 19 floors (on top of the deck, about 300 feet) this office tower will provide Uptown with 371,000 sqft of office space.

Travis Garland of Portman Holdings states the building will “offer incredible views and a branding opportunity to the interstate.” There will also be a direct connection to the Stonewall Station light rail platform and the future Whole Foods.

Having an attached (and huge) hotel will be an advantage for Portman as they hope to attract office tenants. The highway access doesn’t hurt either.

Why do you care?

Unless you are working in the building there may not be too much for you. However, there will be 2,500-3,500 sqft of retail space available along College St.

This is also a really nice looking building and will greatly improve the street presence on College St coming into the city from South End.

If you work in one of the floors with a terrace, there will be about 2,000 sqft of space to enjoy outside.

There will be one main terrace (the connection between the building and light rail) that will total around 8,000 sqft.

When can you use it?

Minor construction work has been done and Portman hopes to have it opened by February of 2017.

Photos via Portman Holdings.