BOSTON, MA – Mayor Martin J. Walsh celebrated the opening of the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in the heart of Dudley Square. The $125 million state-of-the-art facility is the new home of the Boston Public Schools headquarters with more than 500 employees, centralizing BPS administrative staff and improving organizational synergy and constituent interaction. The building also includes the Roxbury Innovation Center, 18,000 square feet of ground floor retail, and common community areas.

The City selected Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction as the project's CM at-Risk contractor. The Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building was the largest capital building project the City of Boston has managed since the construction of Boston City Hall. During today's grand opening of Bolling, Mayor Walsh praised Shawmut for their work on the project and their successful collaboration with the community. Councilman Tito Jackson went on thank Shawmut for "doing it the right way" by employing residents of Roxbury and completing the project on time and on budget.

Using the past to create the future, the Bruce C. Bolling Building preserves and incorporates the iconic Ferdinand Furniture Building, an emblem of the square's historic commercial vitality, along with the Curtis Block and the Waterman & Sons building. The six-story building totaling 215,000 square feet, features a collaborative, flexible work environment for BPS employees, who began the process of moving in February 2015. The overall layout of the energy-efficient building will foster collaboration amongst various BPS divisions and increase overall efficiency throughout the school district. The project was overseen by the City of Boston's Property and Construction Management Department.