Developers reveal plans for new office building overlooking Fenway’s Green Monster

The building is slated to rise on Lansdowne Street between Cask N’ Flagon and the House of Blues.

Courtesy of WS Development

June 4, 2025

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The view behind the Green Monster may soon change forever if plans to build an office building along Lansdowne Street become a reality.

At a Boston Planning and Development meeting Monday, WS Development unveiled renderings of its proposed project. It includes a seven-story, 129-foot building containing up to 250,000 square feet and an underground parking garage for 130 cars.

The project is part of the Fenway Corners Project, which is slated to include a mix of eight buildings comprising office, research and development, commercial, residential, restaurant, and retail spaces alongside Fenway Park.

WS Development is partners in the venture with Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Red Sox, and Twins Enterprises.

“While a formal agreement is still in progress, the current plan is for the building to serve primarily as the future home of the Red Sox and Fenway Sports Group’s main offices, who are expected to occupy the majority of the space,” a Fenway Corners spokesperson told the Boston Globe via email.

Developers will build the new office building on the site of Lansdowne Garage and Fenway Park’s storage facility, between the Cask N’ Flagon and the House of Blues.

The proposed building has two floors of retail space, and office space up to the seventh floor. The developers will dedicate the penthouse to event and restaurant space.

Plans include a pass-through from Lansdowne Street up to the second level on the northern side of the block, which could connect a future air rights project that will go over the turnpike.

A mechanical box on the top will have a digital screen, where renderings show it rooting for the Red Sox.

A view of the proposed 55 Lansdowne Street project from the Turnpike. *Courtesy of WS Development*

Designers intend the brick on the back side of the building, facing the rail corridor and the turnpike, to embrace Boston’s grittier character, echoing the graffiti that currently covers the rear of the existing parking garage.

“Although some may see lawlessness or urban blight, I think viewed through a different lens — I think a more progressive lens — there’s also something quite beautiful about this,” said Yanni Tsipis of WS Development during the meeting.

In addition to being visible above the Green Monster, the building could affect views of the historic Citgo sign from certain areas of the park, the Fenway Corners spokesperson told the Globe.

The proposed project at 55 Lansdowne St. — which could start construction in 2026 and take several years to complete — is the only project in this section of the Fenway Corners planning process. The Planning Board already approved the other buildings west of Jersey Street in July 2024.

Editor’s note: John Henry, principal owner of Fenway Sports Group, also owns Boston Globe Media, parent company of Boston.com.