3. GOALS
Formally launch our search
Create shared context of the
search
Generate some aspirational
thinking
4. 1.CONTEXT
• Artisan’s Asylum’s lease with current landlord ends August 31, 2021
• Efforts to extend our lease on current terms have not yielded results
• Longest possible extension would be 2 years, to August 31, 2023
• In two and half or in four and a half years, Artisan’s will need to
move
* Artisan’s current monthly rent obligation is $63,000 all in, or about
$750,000 per year ($19/sf triple net).
ORGANIZATION
5. 1.CONTEXT
• New zoning identifies 10 Tyler Street within a “Fabrication”
overlay
• Fabrication overlay will enable commercial buildings to
reach 4 stories
• Landlord has signaled that 10 Tyler Street is nearing “end
of useful life.”
• Landlord has signaled that 10 Tyler Street is likely to be
redeveloped in 2023
PROPERTY
7. 1.CONTEXT
• Multiple competing development projects happening across Somerville
• 1.3M of commercial property development coming online over next 5
years
• Existing plan has a 5 percent for the arts requirement built in, or 65,000
sf
• Phase 1 of Union Square completed in 2021, ~800,000 sf commercial
development
• Property values and rent are expected to increase significantly after this
• Construction moves to Phase 2, additional 500,000 sf of commercial
development between 2021 and 2023
LOCAL
35. RISKS
Short-term development timeline
Need to sublet current home
$2M fundraising requirement
$106,000mo rent liability
Increased utility, CAM expenses
Uncertain option after 10 years