Now open, the 27-floor resort is the largest private, single-phase development in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and generated more than 5,000 jobs for the region thus far. Guiding the effort to build a five-star resort in one of the oldest and most densely populated U.S cities, our services included interfacing with local permitting authorities, adapting the design to the regional climate, implementing sustainable design with building systems that require half the typical usage, optimizing accessibility and coordinating with the construction efforts for an on time opening. The new 3.1 million square foot complex features a modern, bronze-glass hotel holding more than 671 key-luxury rooms, a 210,000 square foot casino, 37,000 square foot ballroom, conference spaces, fine dining restaurants, high end retail shops and a spa. Jacobs served as the executive architect for the casino resort, located on the river directly off the Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts. It’s the subject of the popular tune, “Over the River and Through the Wood,” a narrative driver in the novel “Mystic River” and later, the Clint Eastwood-directed film of the same name – and now, Mystic River is home to the new Encore Boston Harbor resort.
