There is a warmer way to wait for the bus at Springfield’s Union Station. The PVTA bus shelters at the new station now have motion sensing heaters that help keep passengers warm while they wait for their bus. Riders said they started noticing the working heaters within the last week.
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Peter Pan Bus Lines has finalized a lease to temporarily move its corporate headquarters, with about 100 jobs, into Springfield’s Union Station during construction on its new headquarters at 31 Elm St.
The announcement was made in the grand concourse of the station. At the microphone is Peter A. Picknelly, Chairman and CEO of Peter Pan Bus Lines. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
The workers will move in the spring of 2018, Peter Picknelly, chairman and CEO of Peter Pan, said. The move brings the company’s offices back under the same roof as its bus passenger hub and clears the way for redevelopment at the old hub, around the corner at 1776 Main Street.
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Dietz & Co. Architects is doing business in 8,000 square feet of office space on an upper floor of Union Station.
And downstairs, Sixt Rental Car, a Subway sandwich shop, Dunkin’ Donuts, Commuter Variety newsstand, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Greyhound, the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and a few retail kiosks fill up some of the a available retail space.
There is more space available and the Springfield Redevelopment Authority is showing the property to prospective tenants.
Peter Picknelly of Peter Pan Bus Lines said he’s working on deals to bring both the company’s offices and a branch of the The Fort/Student Prince restaurant into Union Station.
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Kerry Dietz was asked about the circumstances that will bring the architecture firm she put her name on 32 years ago to the second floor of the recently renovated Union Station this summer, making her company the celebrated first tenant in the spacious office area of the landmark.
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Springfield will celebrate the future of Union Station at its grand reopening next month with a look at its past.
Of special interest will be a series of open house events June 25 inside the cavernous, long-shuttered depot.
Union Station’s reopening follows a $94 million floor-to-ceiling renovation and rehabilitation years in the making.
The facility was built in 1926 to replace earlier stations. But it has been mostly empty since the late 1970s, and was underused and decaying for decades prior to that, as interest in rail travel declined.
The new Union Station will offer service from Amtrak and Connecticut’s commuter rail system to New Haven and on to New York City beginning in 2018. It will have local bus service from the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and long-distance service from Peter Pan Bus Lines and its partner, Greyhound.
Dietz & Co. Architects have rented office space and retail tenants include a Subway sandwich shop, Dunkin’ Donuts, convenience store, sunglasses kiosk and cellphone kiosk.
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