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In 2003, Crosstown Developers LLC and the Boston Redevelopment Authority won the "Brownfields Project of the Year Award and the Environment Justice Award," presented by the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC), for their work on Crosstown Center. Crosstown Center is a hotel, restaurant and retail project on the site of a former lead paint factory in Roxbury. In reclaiming a "brownfield", or contaminated real estate site, the Crosstown project had to overcome many social, economic, technical and institutional challenges imposed by the reuse of brownfields. The $65 million project created 200 new permanent jobs and other economic opportunities for residents of Boston, with 93% of hotel employees people of color and 43% women. Crosstown consists of:
- 10-story, 175-room boutique hotel
- 22,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space
- 650-space parking garage
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