I am guessing the 8 stories above podium are cold-formed steel framing (hard to tell), potentially Type IIB construction which might allow for this. Interesting strategy whatever the case is.
Took another walk around the Arsenal on the Charles campus this week. Looks like 3 buildings in total currently under construction with lots of ongoing landscaping work.
Really interesting facade material on the 'orange' finned building. Anyone know if this is copper? It appears to be getting...
I'm in Watertown pretty frequently and have been watching some of the new construction projects go up at the Arsenal on the Charles campus (ie. old(?) Athena campus)). Some pretty interesting stuff here...