The Boston Herald's former longtime South End headquarters will be feted next month before crews start demolition for its next life as the "Ink Block," a 471-unit apartment complex anchored by a Whole Foods supermarket.
Newton-based National Development's plans for the April 11 groundbreaking ceremony will include a strong Herald presence.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino will remove a symbolic brick from the building for preservation, and Herald columnist Joe Fitzgerald will share memories of the paper's home base of 54 years before it moved to a more modern newsroom and offices in the Seaport District last year.
Herald publisher and owner Patrick J. Purcell sold the former 6.6-acre Herald site to National Development in 2007 for undisclosed terms. He retained a minority stake in the $200 million redevelopment, which also will include stores and restaurants and link the South End with Chinatown and the rest of the city.
"We're going to start taking the building down," said Ted Tye, managing partner of National Development. "We've been in predemolition now for several months, taking things out of the building."
In 2011, the Herald signed a 10-year lease for its new headquarters on Fargo Street, where it occupies two floors in the rapidly growing South Boston waterfront area.
Purcell said he's excited about the new quarters and how the newspaper has been evolving with both its print and online editions, and through video.
"And I'm really excited about what the development of the former Herald building will mean for the South End community," he said.
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