Boston—A new eight-story, 175 suite hotel featuring a rooftop terrace with partial views of Fenway Park, opened last month in Boston. Located at 125 Brookline Avenue near Fenway Park and Kenmore Square, the new Residence Inn Fenway is an extended-stay limited service property that will operate as a Marriott franchise. It is owned by Boylston Properties and managed by Pyramid Hotel Group. Group One Partners, Inc. served as architect and designer. The hotel features a custom lobby, indoor swimming pool on the rooftop terrace, fitness center, meeting room, extensive green roof, below grade parking for 50 cars, and 6,000sf of leased space occupied by Bar Louie and Dunkin Donuts. All studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom suites have fully equipped kitchens. Each guest room has a work desk, ergonomic chair, and complimentary high-speed internet/wireless access.
Residence Inn Fenway is the first hotel in Boston to use D-Beam and Girder-Slab Technology – composite steel and precast system supported by a conventional steel frame. This allowed for lower floor-to-floor heights and enabled Group One architects to design an additional floor. The indoor swimming pool was designed as a stainless steel vessel, which weighs up to 300 percent less than traditional Gunite or concrete and significantly reduces the structural requirements.
The eighth-floor roof terrace extends the length of the Brookline Avenue façade and has a custom designed aluminum pergola with retractable sun shades, a built-in composite
metal panel planter and glass guardrail at the perimeter, and concrete pavers on a pedestal system. A retractable glass wall system allows the roof terrace to be opened to the interior spaces including the indoor swimming pool. The hotel has been designed to achieve LEED Silver certification.