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Boston Design Center is the epicenter of design in New England, featuring more than 350,000 square feet of home and contract showrooms representing the best in both domestic and international product lines. With our vibrant design community, inspiring

DE S IG N DE S T I NAT ION • Located in Boston’s bustling Seaport District • 70+ showrooms featuring the

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destination for luxury interior furnishings. Our patrons are affluent and fashion conscious—and we offer a proven platform to bring these customers to your door. TRADITIONAL TRADE MEETS T E C H N O L O G Y A N D I N N O VAT I O N . Boston Design Center is a progressive, all-inclusive design resource that is quickly becoming a leader in a fast-changing industry. We’re expanding beyond the traditional design-trade-only model to embrace technology, improve consumer access, co-locate with related industries, and provide on-site manufacturing, event space and innovative programming—all with one goal in mind: creating an environment that helps you sell. The Innovation and Design Building and its anchor, Boston Design Center, are steadily attracting Boston’s brightest designers, skilled makers, specialty manufacturers, and home and contract furnishings showrooms.

• Recently renovated common areas featuring finishes and furniture from BDC showrooms, seating and work tables, and free WiFi • Wholesale showroom suites, small boutiques and ground floor retail locations available • Flexible event spaces and innovative year-round programming targeting both trade and consumer audiences • Robust marketing & advertising program • Dedicated designer lounge • VIP designer loyalty program • Concierge service to welcome and assist customers

Join us. Visit BostonDesign.com to learn more.

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C O-L O C ATE WITH BOSTON’S C R EATIVE BUSINESSES

The Boston Design Center is located in the Innovation and Design Building, a 1.4 million sq. ft. mixed-use complex located in Boston’s bustling Seaport District. Anchoring the western end of the complex, our 350,000 sq. ft. center is the place where New England’s design community comes together. Since assuming ownership of the center in 2013, Jamestown has begun introducing new on-site amenities to support our showrooms and their customers. These include improved event spaces, on-site programming and redesigned common areas that will facilitate new business and help you recruit talented employees.

BU I L D B -T O -B R E L AT ION S H I P S Join the IDB’s expanding community of designers, architects, makers, manufacturers, technologists and more.

• Silverman Trykowski Associates

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• FastCAP Systems • Oasys Water • ChoiceStream • And others...

• 5 MBTA Silver Line stations on site • 1.2 miles from South Station and two

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complemented by our inspiring common areas which are steeped in New England tradition featuring classic materials juxtaposed with bold patterns. Our recent $13 million interior renovation marks the first major update to Boston Design Center since it opened its doors in 1985 and represents a bold new vision for a modern design center. AN EXCEPTIONAL MARKETPLACE Boston Design Center’s recently renovated second floor will soon house a high-end antiques market, boutique showroom spaces, a bookstore devoted to design and architecture, seasonal market events and pop-up dining experiences. Boutique spaces feature 14-foot ceilings and are surrounded by floor to ceiling windows offering spectacular views of the Boston waterfront and city skyline.

M ARKET STALLS

Market Stalls at Boston Design Center is a brand new marketplace that embodies the shift of this once designtrade-only building into a progressive, all-inclusive design resource. The recently renovated second floor west wing will soon house a 10,000 square foot boutiquestyle market featuring high-quality antiques sourced from around the globe. Dedicated space is reserved for individual dealers representing an eclectic mix of period furniture, lighting, and art from the 17th to 20th centuries appealing to interior designers, architects, and design enthusiasts. In addition to the dealers located in the Market Stalls, Boston Design Center is also home to several other antique showrooms located throughout the building.

For more information, please email [email protected].

ATTEN T ION-GETTING AMENITIE S

Imagine: a beautiful space to showcase your products. Robust marketing that creates awareness, interest, and sales. A community of like-minded brands and businesses. And a hub of inspired amenity retailers, from a coffee shop to a bike storage kiosk, that are here to serve our showrooms, their employees and their customers. It all comes together here. S P E N D T H E D AY I N O U R D E D I C AT E D D E S I G N E R L O U N G E BDC’s Designer Lounge is a private space for designers to use for quiet work, meetings, and even small events. Designers and their clients may purchase a membership or day pass to access this WiFi-enabled club, which offers work stations, seating, dining areas with catering capabilities, and two conference rooms that are available by appointment. DESIGNER ON CALL We make it easy for consumers to find your products. Our Designer

OPENING SUMMER 2015: THE PROMENADE

On Call referral service connects prospective clients with a vetted

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group of interior design professionals and all of the exclusive brands

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R E WA R D YO U R B E S T C U S T O M E R S BDC offers a VIP Designer Program that puts our most loyal customers front and center and gives them preferential marketing consideration. We’re frequently asked to recommend designers for media opportunities, and highlighting our VIPs is our way of thanking their loyal patronage of Boston Design Center showrooms. EVENT SPACE FOR THE INDUSTRY Host your next tenant meeting, expert panel discussion, designer presentation, or social gathering in our recently renovated Seminar Room. Located on the 5th floor of the BDC, the room can accommodate up to 300 guests.

• Enhanced pedestrian streetscape with communal seating and gathering places • Regular exhibitions and programming • Coffee bar, food purveyors, sundry shop, florist and more • Ground floor suites reoriented to face the Promenade for greater visibility and consumer accessibility

DIST INCT IV E BR ANDING A N D E VE N T S

BE TOP OF MIND FOR THE WHO’S WHO OF DESIGN Visitors to Boston Design Center include interior designers, architects, and affluent homeowners with an interest in high-end products. But foot traffic is not the only way we help you connect; Boston Design Center’s creative and marketing team helps you achieve the widest reach by establishing a timeless, unified brand and experience for the Boston Design Center. Our team implements BDC’s distinctive brand identity through the creation of compelling collateral, production of innovative event programming, and execution of targeted communication strategies. In addition to developing its own programming and placemaking strategies, Boston Design Center’s creative team consistently monitors the world’s most forward thinking industries - from retail and hospitality to art and design - to gather inspiration for BDC. By taking cues from some of the brightest minds in the business and combining them with Boston Design Center’s long legacy of design thought leadership, we are able to provide a consistently fresh and inspiring experience for visitors and customers. M E E T, M I NG L E , A N D S E L L MOR E W I T H C U R AT E D E V E N T S We’re excited by opportunities that bring like-minded design professionals and design enthusiasts together. We host regular events and exhibitions, partner with local organizations to activate underused spaces, and design our own programming, such as our lecture series, semiannual Sample Sales, Spring Showcase and our annual capstone event, Boston Design Market. Together, our 2014 event programming attracted more than 2,000 visitors to BDC — including interior designers, architects, consumers, tastemakers, and the media.

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ID BOSTON MAGAZINE

REINFORCE YOUR MARKET POSITION

ID Boston is the magazine of the Boston Design Center that focuses on design, style, culture and cuisine. The Boston Design Center’s audience is comprised of designers and design enthusiasts with an interest in high-end products. Our top brand engagers are affluent and fashion conscious, with an eye for wine, food, art, and culture. Our readership spans from Boston to New York and enjoys international travel. ID Boston is produced on a quarterly basis to promote thought leadership in the industry. Currently the magazine reaches over 10,000 designers through digital and print distribution. We offer advertising to all of our showrooms at a discounted rate and encourage showrooms to submit content ideas and product announcements to our editorial team.

• The BDC has a local PR firm on retainer to support our showrooms and design center news. • The BDC website receives more than 100,000 page views a month, resulting in nearly 1.5 million page views per year. Visitors to the site can view the latest events and news and can browse showrooms and product lines before visiting. • B DC has its own dedicated storefront on the Dering Hall website. Dering Hall is an innovative online marketplace that offers access to exclusive design products and portfolios. • The BDC executes a sophisticated and coordinated social media outreach program over Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Eventbrite, Vimeo, and FourSquare. We have nearly 10,000 followers on all of our networks combined.

BROADE N YOUR CUSTOM ER BASE

As the home furnishings industry evolves, we’ll continue to showcase our established to-the-trade showrooms and we’ll also open our ground floor to showrooms that reach both trade professionals and end consumers. Envision Boston Design Center as a front-end portal that connects design professionals, clients, trade and retail showrooms, and skilled craftspeople, giving the Design Center—and your brand—a competitive edge. INSPIRE AND ENGAGE WITH THE END CONSUMER Boston Design Center is pleased to introduce new first and second floor retail zones featuring showrooms that sell directly to the end consumer in addition to the design trade, expanding the center’s reach and visibility.

Get started! To learn more about Boston Design Center and available showroom spaces, please call 212.652.2142, email Leasing@ BostonDesign.com, or visit BostonDesign.com.

M EET JAM ESTOW N

Jamestown acquired Boston Design Center in 2013 and assumed management of the building in 2014. Founded in 1983 with headquarters in Atlanta, GA and Cologne, Germany, and offices in Boston, MA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, DC, Jamestown is a leader in acquisitions and value added management. For more than 30 years, Jamestown has generated approximately $9 billion in strategic investments, and the firm currently owns several prominent assets, including Chelsea Market and One Times Square in New York City, Ponce City Market and Westside Provisions District in Atlanta, GA, the Georgetown Renaissance Portfolio and Cady’s Alley in Washington DC and the Newbury Collection portfolio, located in the heart of Boston’s historic Back Bay district. Jamestown is more than a traditional real estate private equity firm focused on allocating capital. Rather, Jamestown is a full service, vertically-integrated real estate operating platform with a multi-disciplinary team WESTSIDE PROVISIONS DISTRICT BOSTON DESIGN CENTER

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of professionals in acquisitions, capital markets, construction and development, leasing, design, marketing, property management, asset management, sustainability, risk management, and portfolio management. The Jamestown team collaborates from acquisition through disposition to maximize opportunities and cultivate a unique sense of place in the communities in which it works. With Jamestown’s thoughtful stewardship and plans for revitalization, Boston Design Center at the Innovation and Design Building is poised to impact global trends and become an unparalleled industry model.

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B OS TO N D E S I G N C E N T E R

Regional Leasing Director 212.652.2142 [email protected]

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