More than 5,200 union jobs and 10 million labor hours were required to build the spectacular $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor, making the 27-floor, three-million-square-foot resort the largest private, single-phase development in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Īnd, the community impact only promises to grow. The opening of Encore Boston Harbor marked a significant transformation and economic resurgence of the Lower Broadway section of Everett and provided a boost to the region's already-strong international and domestic tourism markets.