Multi Residential
Manchester Firm Awarded Roof Replacement Project
Manchester, NH – Brookstone Builders, Inc., construction managers and general contractors headquartered in Manchester, recently announced they have been awarded a roof replacement project by Hillsborough County of New Hampshire. Mark Brockelman will serve as Brookstone Builders’ project manager. The scope of work will involve replacing 23,000sf of existing shingle roofs on three buildings at […]
Amenta Emma Completes Renovation
Small Projects Can Result in Big Changes Southington, CT – Amenta Emma has completed the renovation of Southington Care Center’s second floor reception area and nurses’ station. Southington Care is a 130-bed skilled rehabilitation and long-term nursing facility. The 1,620sf space was previously anchored by a bulky, institutional desk where nurses and staff monitored patients and […]
Continuing the Conversation On Senior Living
by The Construction Institute Editorial Committee The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to nearly double from 52 million in 2018 to 95 million by 2060, and the 65-and-older age group’s share of the total population will rise from 16% to 23%. Along with an increase in […]
TFMoran Provides Services for New Facility
Bedford, NH – TFMoran provided civil/site engineering, permitting, traffic engineering and landscape architecture services for Bowman Place at Olde Bedford, a new three-story senior living residence. The 95,000sf, 150-bed facility developed by Senior Living of Bedford will provide 105 apartments, including 69 assisted living apartments and 36 memory care apartments with numerous amenities and 24-hour […]
Maugel Designs Housing in Lakeville
Lakeville, MA – Maugel Architects announced construction has begun on the new 66-unit Long Point senior housing development in Lakeville. Developed by Jon Delli Priscoli of First Colony Development, the Big House style development is sited on a high bluff overlooking cranberry bogs and Pocksha Pond on Betty’s Neck peninsula. Team members include Stantec for […]
The Added Value of Resident Services in Housing
by Doreen Bushashia Throughout this time in our history, one of the many lessons we’re learning is that it’s hard to be alone. And another lesson (which many of us have already known), is that our vulnerable populations, including those older generations or those with underlying medical conditions, can quickly become even more vulnerable in […]
Kaplan Wraps Up Three Multi-Family Projects
Boston – Kaplan Construction, a WBE general contractor and construction management firm in Boston, announced that it has recently completed construction on three multi-family projects in Boston and Brookline which have brought 87 new residential units to market. Fenway’s Audobon Circle After demolishing an existing two-story building, Kaplan oversaw the construction of a new 55,665sf, five-story […]
MassHousing Finances Colonial Village Apartments
Boston – MassHousing has closed on $9.9 million in affordable housing financing to an affiliate of Pennant Housing Group for the acquisition, renovation and preservation of the Colonial Village Apartments, which is home to low-income senior citizens, in Weymouth. The transaction resolves an expired long-term affordability restriction and preserves affordability at the 89-unit property for […]
Shingle by Shingle
by Brent Maugel Eric Bibb, a blues artist, wrote a song called “Shingle by Shingle” and sings, “I’m fixing up the roof, shingle by shingle… got water in the well and I’m grateful.” We can be grateful that for most designers in New England, our pipelines are full, our own “water in the well.” But […]
Three Affordable Housing Projects Receive Loans
Providence, RI – Citizens Bank announced that its Community Development Group has provided $24.2 million in construction loans for three separate affordable housing projects in Massachusetts. Citizens is providing an $11.7 million loan to RHW Development LLC, whose sponsors are EA Fish Development and Planning Office for Urban Affairs, for the new construction of 64 […]
