2.0 EXISTING CAMPUS. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Campus Description Campus

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1 2.0 EXISTING CAMPUS 2.1 Introduction This chapter presents a summary of the history of Berklee College of Music and its campus, a description of its existing facilities, including owned and leased properties, as well as a description of properties not included in the IMP. 2.2 Campus Description Campus Berklee has never occupied a defined and consolidated campus. It has filled its space needs reactively, leasing or buying as opportunities have arisen in the open market. This approach has fundamentally shaped the way the campus has developed. The heart of the campus is in the vicinity of the corner of Massachusetts and Boylston Street (see Figure 1-1). Many campus uses are found along Massachusetts in the four blocks south of the intersection, and much of the remainder lies within the first few blocks of Boylston Street to the intersection s east and west. In aggregate, the college owns and leases approximately 765,000 sf of space in the Fenway and Back Bay neighborhoods, and owns a 20,000-sf dedicated practice/rehearsal building in Allston/Brighton for a total of approximately 785,000 sf. Berklee s residence halls house approximately 800 students. The college also operates a 250-seat dining hall and provides limited student life space. Highlights among the existing academic facilities include 13 professionally equipped recording studios, 250 workstations and hundreds of synthesizers in the Learning Center and the Electronic Production and Design Labs, the Professional Writing Lab, the Professional Education Technology Lab, and the Professional Performance Technology Lab. The Film Scoring Department houses five fully equipped film/videoscoring and editing labs. The recently completed renovation at 7 Haviland Street has also provided the college with dedicated space for a Writing Center, English as a Second Language instruction, Africana Studies, and a home for Heavy Rotation Records, a Berklee music label operated by Music Business majors at the college. The college presents more than 1,000 faculty and/or student concerts annually in three recital halls, plus more than 150 student and/or faculty concerts in the 1,200-seat Berklee Performance Center. The performance center also hosts approximately 100 high-profile shows produced by major concert promoters each year. Café 939, a student-run venue, books approximately 200 shows per year including performances by students, faculty, staff, alumni, local artists, and national touring acts. In addition, the Berklee cafeteria is host to three or four caf shows per week, which are performances by students that are open to the public. 2798/Berklee/IMP/PNF 2-1 Existing Campus

2 Berklee students have access to 40 ensemble rooms and more than 250 private practice rooms, including approximately 50 rooms in Allston/Brighton at 25 Fordham Road. The Genko Uchida Building at 921 Boylston Street, to date Berklee s only purpose-built facility, houses many student-service functions, classrooms, and a recital venue. Administrative and faculty offices (including the President s Office on the sixth floor of 1140 Boylston Street) are accommodated where and as space has become available in the three clusters described above, i.e., the Boylston Street/Massachusetts intersection, along Massachusetts in the blocks immediately south of the intersection, and along Boylston Street in the blocks just east and west of the intersection Facilities Berklee owns 15 buildings that are proximate to the intersection of Boylston Street and Massachusetts, as well as one building in Allston/Brighton. Berklee also leases space in a number of properties in Boston. Figure 2-1 identifies buildings that are owned by Berklee and buildings where Berklee leases space. These locations are described further below Owned Facilities At present, Berklee College of Music owns 16 buildings consisting of approximately 700,000 sf. Table 2-1 provides information about each building. Loading and Trash Facilities Berklee does not currently have off-street loading facilities. For deliveries to 130, 136, and 150 Massachusetts, trucks either pull up into a designated loading zone on Saint Cecilia Street, or onto the southern side of Belvidere Street next to 168 Massachusetts. Smaller facilities are serviced by adjacent commercial loading areas or alleys. The largest trash storage facility at Berklee currently is located on Cambria Street behind 130 Massachusetts, where there are dumpsters, a trash compactor, and recycling bins. The trash compactor is emptied one to two times per week. Smaller facilities have dedicated trash dumpsters located in public alleys. Parking Berklee currently provides only a small number of parking spaces for its executives in a variety of locations around campus. Berklee has no other dedicated parking. Other staff who wish to park in the neighborhood typically use commercial garages near the Prudential Center and Symphony Hall. 2798/Berklee/IMP/PNF 2-2 Existing Campus

3 Master Plan Figure 2-1 Owned and Leased Properties

4 Table 2-1 Berklee-Owned Facilities Berklee-owned Facilities Year Built Tenure Principal Uses 130 Massachusetts Administration, classrooms Berklee Performance Center-136 Massachusetts 150 Massachusetts Concert hall, classrooms, ensemble rooms, studios Administration, library, dining hall, academic, residential 921 Boylston Street Classrooms, performance space, administration Floors Above / Below Grade Square Feet Parking Condition Proposed 2/2 20,000 0 Good See Proposed 4/2 37,560 0 Good See Proposed 6/2 240,000 0 Good/Fair Convert existing cafeteria to additional music technology space 6/1 58,000 0 Good No Proposed 1108 Boylston Street Leased to others 3/2 21,000 3 Fair Convert basement to institutional uses 1140 Boylston Street Administration, classrooms, recital halls 22 The Fenway Administration, classrooms, recital hall Commonwealth 1882, 1883, /1 80,000 0 Good No Proposed 4/2 15,000 2 Fair Convert administrative space into two new classrooms 1990 Residential 6/1 60,000 6 Fair No Proposed 25 Fordham Road* Unknown 2000 Practice rooms 2/0 20,000 5 Good No Proposed 98 Hemenway Street Residential 5/1 35,000 0 Good No Proposed 2798/Berklee/IMP/PNF 2-4 Existing Campus

5 Table 2-1 Berklee-Owned Facilities (continued) 1096 Boylston Street Administration, retail, apartment 3/1 6,636 1 Good No Proposed 155 Massachusetts Retail, administration, classrooms 4/1 26,564 0 Good Convert basement to institutional uses 161 Massachusetts Retail, leased commercial 4/1 30,283 0 Fair See Proposed 171 Massachusetts Retail, practice rooms, leased commercial 3/1 18,970 3 Fair See Proposed 7 Haviland Street Classrooms and faculty offices 3/0 18,000 0 Good Completed conversion to academic uses 168 Massachusetts /9 Belvidere Street Retail, administration, classrooms 1/1 15,000 0 Fair See Proposed TOTAL 702, *25 Fordham Road is located in Allston and thus outside the immediate area of the Berklee campus. Berklee owns only 15 parking spaces in the Back Bay and Fenway neighborhoods. 2798/Berklee/IMP/PNF 2-5 Existing Campus

6 Leased Facilities At present, Berklee College of Music leases approximately 83,000 sf in nine buildings. Table 2-2 provides information on leased space. Table 2-2 Leased Space Address Uses Square Feet Tenure Lease Expiration 100 Massachusetts General education 3,476 9/30/08 5/6/ Massachusetts Administration 17,623 1/1/06 12/31/ Boylston Street Administration 28,178 1/1/05 12/31/ Boylston Street Administration 7,109 12/1/02 6/30/ Boylston Street Administration, academic, retail 13,720 8/1/06 7/31/ Boylston Street Retail 5,700 12/1/93 11/30/ Boylston Street Bookstore 5,325 4/1/08 7/31/ Boylston Street Retail 1,650 2/1/08 1/31/ Belvidere Street General education 1,680 9/18/07 7/31/13 Total Leased Space 82, /Berklee/IMP/PNF 2-6 Existing Campus