Boston, Massachusetts
Cambria Hotel Boston Logan Airport
A 1911 shoe factory that sat boarded up for years becomes East Boston's newest hotel, minutes from Logan Airport
Open · 2024
Cambria Hotel Boston Logan Airport occupies the restored 1911 Engel-Cone Shoe Factory at 155 Porter Street in East Boston, less than a mile from Logan International Airport. The 123-room conversion, designed by Russell and Dawson with historic consultants Epsilon Associates, kept the building's industrial character (exposed concrete, tall ceilings and factory-scale windows) while pursuing LEED Silver certification and a National Historic Register listing.
The essentials
- Group
- Choice Hotels (Cambria Hotels)
- Opening
- 2024
- Rooms & suites
- 123 rooms
- Segment
- Upscale
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- NC
The place
The hotel occupies 155 Porter Street in East Boston, less than a mile from Logan International Airport. The cast-in-place concrete building has anchored the neighborhood's skyline since 1911, when it was built as the Engel-Cone Shoe Factory; it sat boarded up for years after an earlier conversion attempt, branded Loftel and proposed in 2016, stalled before construction began.
The concept
Architecture and engineering firm Russell and Dawson, working with historic consultants Epsilon Associates, converted the 65,200-square-foot factory into a 123-room hotel while keeping its industrial character on display: 13-foot ceilings, 10-foot windows and exposed structure throughout the loft-style rooms. The project secured National Park Service approval to add the building to the National Historic Register and was designed to meet LEED Silver accreditation and the City of Boston's climate-resiliency guidelines, at a stated project value of roughly $15 million.
Dining & wellness
A full-service restaurant, fitness area and conference rooms round out the amenities; no specific restaurant name or chef was confirmed in sources checked.
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