Porter Square is a vibrant neighborhood of Cambridge, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares. Porter Square station serves as a central transportation of the MBTA Red Line and the Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line. Porter Square is home to a major part of the Lesley University campus, the Boston Arts Center, the Porter Square Shopping Center and more.

Hathaway Lofts is located two blocks from the MBTA Red Line and commuter rail at the Porter Square Station; three blocks from the Porter Square Shopping Center, two minutes to Lesley University and the newly opened Boston Arts Center, eight minutes to Harvard Law School and twelve to Harvard Square. Residents of the community will enjoy the close proximity to restaurants, nightlife, grocery stores, bakeries, coffee shops, salons and spas, local parks and bike trails, Harvard University, Tufts University, MIT and other local attractions in the Cambridge area.