15 Channel Center Street

Midway Studios, Fort Point Channel
Owner: Midway Studios Associates, LLC
Developer: Fort Point Development Collaborative, a joint venture of Keen Development Corporation and Fort Point Cultural Coalition, Inc.
Architect: Spalding Tougias Architects, Inc.
Associated Architect: Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc.
Contractor: CWC Builders, Inc.

Midway Studios, three adjacent early twentieth-century warehouse buildings located in New England’s largest arts community, is a mixed-use development that houses 89 artist live/work studios on its upper floors and arts-related commercial spaces at street level. The historic restoration respects the unique and intimate character of Fort Point’s distinctive brick-and-beam architecture while renovating the buildings to accommodate the needs of today’s artists. For Fort Point Cultural Coalition, Midway Studios is a huge step towards its goal of creating 300 permanent studios in Fort Point. One of Keen Development’s last projects, Midway Studios embodies developer Bob Kuehn’s longstanding commitment to historic preservation, affordable housing, and the creation of permanent studios where artists can live and work. Bob Kuehn passed away in 2007.

Courtesy of Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc. / Credit: Chris Johnson