A law firm’s announced office move
The Boston City Properties report dated December 10, 2024 described Jones Day as the planned first tenant at South Station Tower, a Hines development. The firm was expected to lease roughly 41,000 square feet across the 23rd and 24th floors, with a lease beginning in 2025 and lasting about 15 years.
The account connected the proposed move with workplace collaboration, room for employees and access for clients. Those were reasons discussed at the announcement stage. This historical account does not confirm the firm’s present address, occupation of the space or current lease terms.
Office and residential uses in one project
The source described a 51-story mixed-use tower designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners. Its reported plans combined 680,000 square feet of offices with upper-floor residential space branded with Ritz-Carlton, plus shared or separately controlled amenity areas.
Mixed-use does not mean that office tenants, residents and the public have identical access. The report discussed a sky park, dining and club spaces, and a multi-level podium with elevators and shuttle lobbies. Any actual residence or office inquiry needs the appropriate entrance, access rights, facilities and charges for that space.
The station and its surroundings
South Station, which the article identified as opening in 1899, supplied the project’s transit setting and name. The source emphasized incorporating the historic station into the tower design and described proposed improvements to the transportation hub and surrounding streetscape.
Its accounts of station history, passenger totals and the amount of future transportation growth contained claims requiring separate verification. The useful location question is how an exact workplace or home connects with the routes a person needs, rather than assuming a transit-centered project produces a particular commute.
The organizations and the announcement’s limits
Hines was presented as the project’s real-estate investment manager and developer, while Jones Day was the office tenant. The law firm’s earlier entry into the Boston market and the developer’s construction financing were background to the announcement, not evidence of brokerage or legal services available through this article.
The original image was labeled “Rendering Courtesy of Hines.” A rendering records a proposed appearance, not an inspected completed building. Current residential sales, office leasing, project completion and facilities need current property-specific confirmation.
Original report: Boston City Properties