See GE's Boston Headquarters Design: Slideshow

BOSTON, MA — General Electric unveiled designs for its soon-to-be global headquarters in Fort Point Monday.

The 2.4-acre campus would open in two phases in 2018 and ultimately house about 800 GE employees, as well as entrepreneurs and others, according to a company press release.

GE would rehabilitate two historic brick buildings and construct a new 12-story building connected by a bridge and a pedestrian-only walkway, the release said. Gensler is the project architect.

According to GE, it the campus will include:

• Maker space for GE employees and collaborators, as well as hands-on classroom workspace
• Presentations and events space for GE and the community
• Community co-working lounge
• Laboratory space for between six and 12 early-stage life sciences to collaborate with GE
• Innovation and exploration center highlighting the past, present, and future of GE
• Employee community space including a cafeteria and other amenities
• Public coffee bar and bistro-style restaurants
• 1.5-acre public outdoor space/expanded Harborwalk

You can submit your thoughts on GE's proposal to the Boston Redevelopment Authority here.

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