Hamden, CT – KBE Building Corporation has started construction on Whitney Center’s Renaissance Project in Hamden. Whitney Center is a 30-year-old continuing care retirement community currently offering 204 residential units and 59 skilled nursing beds.
This comprehensive expansion of the existing community will further enhance the high quality of life that residents already enjoy. KBE is providing construction manager at risk services
The first phase of the renaissance project includes construction of a seven-story building providing 87 spacious independent living apartments, a new “Main Street” connector between the existing and new facility, a 120-car precast parking garage, and a maintenance facility. The new apartments will range form 1400 to 1800sf.
The Main Street corridor will re-organize the existing public spaces on the first floor to create a dynamic community setting that includes a cultural arts center, bistro, salon, upgraded fitness center, expanded library, and a resident business center. Phase I will also encompass renovations to the kitchen and dining facilities. A future phase will include construction of a four-story building with 32 new Assisted Living apartments and a new health and wellness center with 48 skilled nursing beds and memory loss program.
KBE recently completed a $2.6 million window replacement project at the existing facility, which upgraded all windows within the fully occupied building.
The Whitney Center project is designed by SFCS, Inc. of Roanoke, VA., which provided all architectural, structural engineering, and mechanical/electrical engineering services. Milone and McBroom of Cheshire, CT are providing Civil Engineering Services, and ART Engineering Corporation of Worcester, MA is providing engineering design services for security, data, and telecommunications. Eventus Strategic Properties of Philadelphia is the Development Manager.
