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Rates start at $325.
Allston’s first luxury hotel is open for business.
The Atlas Hotel, located at the entrance of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus (ERC) and steps from Harvard Business School, features 246 guest rooms, including 12 suites. It is a sustainable building with LEED Gold and Fitwel certification.
The boutique lifestyle hotel, designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects and INC Architecture & Design and operated by Highgate, “marks a new era for hospitality in Boston,” said Arnaldo Almonte, general manager, in a statement.
The hotel features a curated living room lobby, meeting and event spaces, a fitness center, and the ground-floor 180-seat restaurant Ama at The Atlas from the acclaimed team behind Comfort Kitchen in Dorchester.
A 7,000 square foot panoramic rooftop bar called Foxglove Terrace will open this spring, featuring cocktails and casual bites, as well as a retail space by The COOP, Harvard University’s student book store.
“Luxury hotels with classic New England elegance are commonplace,” said Almonte, in a statement. “We are proud to offer a fresh, modern and elevated experience that reflects the city’s innovation while honoring local heritage. The Atlas offers a social hub rooted in connection, culture, and community. We look forward to welcoming our first guests to this incredible neighborhood and serving as a welcome point to the ERC for locals and travelers.”
The “central pulse” of the hotel’s public space is the living room lobby, an all-day lounge space, according to the team.
The hotel’s public spaces are inspired by sociologist Ray Oldenburg’s concept of “third places,” or social hubs that exist between one’s home and work, according to the team.
The lobby, done in natural materials such as wood, stone, textile, and metal, bring warmth to the shared space, and the warm red glow of whimsical mini mushroom lights bring a bohemian spirit.
Throughout the hotel lobby and front desk are carefully curated works from several Boston-affiliated contemporary artists such as Damien Hoar de Galvan, Lily Stockman, Crystalle Lacouture, Cicely Carew, Katrina Sánchez, and Laurel Sparks. The large-scale watercolor works of Massachusetts-based artist Jeff Perrott fill the guest room corridors.
The work of Boston photographer Edward Boches is featured inside the guest rooms, which have floor-to-ceiling windows. The rooms are done in grey and earthy tans and include layered lighting and tailored millwork, bullnose marble accent tables, and mossy green textiles inspired by the Allston greenway outside.
The hotel’s suites, designed as “personal sanctuaries,” have a private, residential feel and a warm color palette. Guests relax on serpentine leather seating before green marble coffee tables.
Travelers staying in the 982-square-foot Atlas Suite enjoy a dining room for six, butler pantry, and soaking tub overlooking views of the Charles River and Boston skyline.
The 794-square-foot Compass Suite features panoramic neighborhood views from the living and dining area.
The exclusive Terrace and Tower Suites offer more than 500 square feet of living space, as well as select rooms featuring private terraces.
Adjacent to The Atlas is Allstonway, with green space for community events and Harvard’s newly opened David Rubenstein Treehouse Convention Center.
The Atlas Hotel rates start at $325.
Guests can take advantage of a special package, The Atlas Arrives: Opening Offer, available through Feb. 28 for stays Feb. 1 through June 11. The package includes complimentary early check-in (based on availability), an in-room welcome amenity, a $100 daily dining credit, and a guaranteed reservation at Ama at The Atlas.
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