19 January 2022
Dear Fellow Harvard Club of Boston Members:
I am writing to share an update on our work with Trinity Financial, our partner in redeveloping a portion of Harvard Club’s property.
As many of you are aware, last spring Trinity informed the city of its plans to propose two residential buildings (11 and 3 stories) with approximately 134 apartment homes; this project would be developed on the current parking lot footprint and in place of the current athletic building. Today, Trinity moved forward with the next step in the permitting process, filing an Expanded Project Notification Form (EPNF) with the city; this filing offers more details on the “415 Newbury Street” project.
We are pleased by this progress and delighted with the strong relationship we have built with Trinity over the past three years. The proposed project design allows us to conduct costly accessibility upgrades to both the main Clubhouse and the Newbury Street-facing athletic building. In addition, it offers us the opportunity to further modernize our facilities, with one of the buildings providing four floors of dedicated Harvard Club member and multi-use space, updated squash and fitness facilities, modern locker rooms, new childcare space, and storage resources. For more information on the project’s preliminary rendering and design, please click here.
As we have learned for projects of this magnitude, the approval process can be a lengthy one. Thankfully, it will offer plenty of opportunities for community input. During this period, we will continue to plan for limiting the impact of any future construction activities on our Club’s operations and our members’ experience.
Thank you for your continued support of our Club and our efforts to strengthen and prepare the Club for a promising future. We will continue to provide updates as this process continues.
Donec iterum, Veritas.
Matt Hegarty '82
President, Harvard Club of Boston
president@harvardclub.com