James J. Szymanski

A skilled planner and designer of mixed-use, commercial office, market-rate and affordable housing, adaptive reuse, and waterfront projects, Jay has earned a reputation as one of the firm’s most versatile architects in his 30 years at TAT. Valued for his open and collaborative design approach and seen as a driving force behind many of TAT’s complex projects, Jay’s portfolio includes Battery Wharf, a 480,000 square foot waterfront development with a 150-room hotel, luxury condominiums, and retail space; Bower, a new mixed-use, two-building air-rights development with 312 residential units and 40,000 square feet of commercial space next to Boston’s historic Fenway Park; Lovejoy Wharf, an award-winning Boston waterfront development combining adaptive reuse with extensive new public space and an addition housing corporate headquarters for clothing brand Converse; Building 114, the adaptive reuse of a former naval facility as a new biomedical research facility for Massachusetts General Hospital; the decade-plus long redevelopment of The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony, one of the country’s oldest federal public housing communities, now with nearly 600 LEED Gold or Passive House Certified homes; and The Archer Residences, a complex transformation of two former university buildings into a 62-unit luxury condominium property regarded as one of Boston’s most desirable new addresses.

Frequently quoted in the media on topics ranging from affordable housing trends to best practices in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and large-scale planning, Jay is recognized as a valuable resource on many of the building industry’s most important and timely subjects. His multifamily commercial and hospitality projects have won design awards and have been published at both the local and national level. Jay is active in a number of advisory groups including the Urban Land Institute and participates on the board of directors for Caritas Communities. A graduate of the Wentworth Institute of Technology, he is a registered architect in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, and a LEED Accredited Professional.