Breaking ground on May 8, General Electric Co.’s new $200-million global headquarters will rise on Boston’s Fort Point Channel. Two historic brick buildings will be joined into one structure and connect via a bridge and pedestrian walkway to a new 12-story building. The campus will house approximately 800 employees in nearly 400,000 sq ft.
Suffolk Construction was selected to build the new building in December, while GE announced at the ground breaking ceremony on May 8 that Consigli Construction Co. Inc. was picked to build the brick buildings. Owned by the state’s economic development and finance agency, the brick buildings were bid publicly. Todd Dundon, principal for project architect Gensler, said working with two contractors complicates logistics and scheduling, but he is confident the two contractors will “work hand in hand together with GE to make it work.”