Offices Begin Relocation to 129 Lake St.

Adding to the daytime population of the Brighton Campus and another sign of the execution of the Institutional Master Plan, the Human Resources, Finance, and Auxiliary Services divisions are relocating to the newly renovated administration building at 129 Lake Street.

The move of some 120 employees currently working in St. Thomas More and Rubenstein Halls to the 129 Lake St. building commenced on Friday with the move of the Office of the Financial Vice President and Finance and Human Resource Technology Consultants. Offices will continue to relocate this week with the treasury and budget offices moving to the building today. Auxiliary Services, Dining Services Administration, Transportation and Parking, and Financial Management Systems will transfer their administrative offices to the building on Tuesday and Wednesday. The last function to move to the property will be the Human Resources Service Center and Human Resources Information Technology on Nov. 16.

The new location will provide the departments with centralized space for administrative personnel, as well as improve workflow and enhance existing services for the University's 3,200 employees.

"Our overall goal was to provide a new and efficient work space for administrators and staff, without allowing any reduction in services," said Peter McKenzie, Financial Vice President and Treasurer in a statement. "Some of the departments will be moved during weekends to avoid disruptions to the BC community."

In addition to the centralized administrative operations, the facility has designated office space for Metropolitan Life, TIAA-CREF and Fidelity Investments representatives who interact frequently with University employees. The representatives had previously shared conference space on the third floor of More Hall. The administrative facility will also feature a new dining facility: Cafe 129. The cafe will serve breakfast and lunch on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

129 Lake Street will have designated 15-minute visitor parking spots for BC employees to conduct business with human resources, cash services, accounts payable, or benefits administration. The building will also be accessible to BC employees via the BC shuttle bus service. The shuttle service will include two stops on the Brighton Campus every 30 minutes.

"This is a win-win situation for these departments and for the University employees who interact with them," said Leo Sullivan, Vice President for Human Resources, in a statement. "We look forward to making this transition as seamless as possible, and to enjoying the benefits of new office space for many years to come."

The opening of 129 Lake Street will be followed by the opening of the 2121 Commonwealth Avenue building in March. 2121 will house the operations of the University Advancement division and complete the relocation of offices in More Hall to the Brighton Campus. More Hall, constructed in 1955, is slated to be razed in the fall of 2012 to make way for a new 490-bed residence hall that will be constructed beginning in the spring of 2013. The new residence hall will be the first major building constructed in Boston under the University's Institutional Master Plan.