District Hall

Welcome to District Hall, Boston’s New Home for Innovation. This is a very unique building: the first of its kind in the world!

District Hall is a dedicated civic space where the innovation community can gather and exchange ideas. Inside you’ll find open workspace, classrooms, assembly space, flexible use ‘pods’, and writable surfaces everywhere! Also stop by for a coffee or food at Brew and Gather.

District Hall is the result of a very collaborative public-private partnership. When Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced his vision for the Innovation District, he called for a gathering space for innovators to get together and share ideas. The building was then privately funded and built by Boston Global Investors, as the first project in their twenty-three acres master plan for Seaport Square. Events and programming are run by the Venture Cafe Foundation, a not-for-profit sister organization to the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). Our hospitality partners are Gather and Brew, both operated by The Briar Group. The building and the restaurant were designed by Hacin + Associates.