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(l-r): Marc Levin, president, development and construction, Chestnut Hill Realty; Mel Kleckner; Ed Zuker; Dan Rivera; and Chris Rodgers, VP of design and construction, Chestnut Hill Realty

Chestnut Hill, MA – On July 13, Chestnut Hill Realty held a ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony of the first phase of 175 units created under Chapter 40B.

The grand opening was held at Hancock Village in Brookline, led by Chestnut Hill Realty founder and CEO, Ed Zuker. The ceremony was attended by Chestnut Hill Realty real estate executives as well as local and state officials including Dan Rivera, president and CEO of MassDevelopment, and Mel Kleckner, Brookline town administrator.

MassDevelopment was the subsidizing agency for the development and provided the tax-exempt and taxable bonds to help finance the new housing community. The project, known as Residences of South Brookline at Hancock Village, are the first brand-new rental townhomes built at Hancock Village since the 1940s.

The new three-bedroom, two-anda-half bath units provide central AC, a utility room with washer and dryer, deluxe closet storage systems, quartz countertops, and a master bedroom suite with a custom closet and private bath. The units also include amenities such as a breakfast bar, stainless-steel GE Energy Star appliances, custom maple kitchen cabinets, recessed lighting, crown molding, hardwood floors, and an open floor plan.

Chapter 40B, the Commonwealth’s regional planning law, promotes responsible housing growth that meaningfully accommodates lowerincome households. The affordable apartments at this development are available to families who make less than 50% of the area median income. The law balances the regional need for affordable housing development with local public health, public safety, design, and environmental needs.

In honor of the occasion, a donation of $25,000 was made to the Brookline Teen Center.

Providence, RI – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Rhode Island (ACEC-RI) announced that the following new officers and directors have been elected for the coming year. • Dorothy S. Davison, executive director,

ACEC-RI • Jeff Lewis, P.E, president, Garofalo

Associates • Todd Ravanelle, P.E., vice president,

Gordon Archibald Associates • Joe Wanat, P.E., treasurer, VHB • Robert Smith, P.E., secretary,

McMahon Associates • Kenneth DeCosta, P.E., national director, Pare Corporation • Brendan Ennis, P.E., CDM-SMITH • Walter Heller, P.E., Stantec • Nicole Iannuzzi, P.E., BETA Group • Rachel McQuillen, P.E., CHA • Thomas Pechillo, P.E., BL Companies • Louis Ragozzino, P.E., Wright-Pierce • Patty Steere, P.E., past president, Steere

Engineering, Inc. • Robert Wright, P.E., AECOM ACEC-RI, established in 2016, is a member organization of the national American Council of Engineering Companies, based in Washington, D.C.

Members of SELT’s board of directors and building committee at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mathey Center for People and Nature Epping, NH – On June 16, the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire (SELT) held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of the Mathey Center for People and Nature at Burley Farms in Epping.

Seven years in the making, the new center will serve as SELT’s permanent headquarters and will feature office and programming space to increase its naturebased engagement. SELT is partnering with construction manager Chapman Construction/Design and Sheldon Pennoyer Architects on this 2-story wood-frame building. The center will be constructed using highperformance building practices and, once complete, will serve as an education and recreation resource for the surrounding community.

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Attending the ribbon cutting for The Village at Crafts Hill (l-r): Erin Cotton, office of Rep. Anne Kuster; McKenzie St. Germain, office of Sen. Maggie Hassan; Faye Grearson, Twin Pines Housing; Joe Kenney, NH Executive Council; Tim McNamara, Mayor of Lebanon, N.H.; Andrew Winter, Twin Pines Housing; Kevin Peterson, CDFA; Anthony Capone, USDA; Dave Kadlec, North Branch Construction; and Jennie Gibson, Twin Pines Housing

West Lebanon, NH – North Branch Construction, a multi-unit housing builder in New Hampshire, has completed renovations of six buildings and construction of a new community building at the Village at Crafts Hill in West Lebanon.

Twin Pines Housing, owner and operator of The Village at Crafts Hill, commemorated the completion of the renovations and celebrated the opening of the new community building with a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 17.

The project included the rehabilitation of the six buildings totaling 85,000sf, including common areas and the majority of individual apartments. Renovations included building envelope improvements; window and door replacements; energy efficiency upgrades; heating and ventilation system upgrades; electrical upgrades; and site, drainage, and paving improvements. Four units were converted to accessible units; accessible entrances were constructed for all five units in the complex.

North Branch Construction, working with Studio Nexus Architects, also completed a design-build project at the complex, building a 950sf community building. The ADA compliant building provides a community room, laundry facilities, restrooms and office space.

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The project team and project owners break ground on the new Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School in New London.

New London, CT – A groundbreaking was recently held to kick off the Bennie Dover Jackson Multi-Magnet Middle School project in New London.

The project includes a combination of renovation of the existing facility, selective demolition, and an addition which will culminate in a new 165,000sf facility. All new heating, cooling and ventilation will be installed in addition to new science space and classrooms. An interior courtyard will also be enlarged to accommodate outdoor programming.

Once completed, the new facility will be home to three modes of learning including a traditional middle school curriculum, a STEM program, and an International Baccalaureate program.

The O&G Building Group is the construction manager; Perkins Eastman is the project architect; and Colliers International is the owner’s project manager. The project is expected to be completed in fall of 2024.

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Attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony (l-r): Andrew Colbert; Kate Bennett, Boston Housing

Authority administrator; Chrystal Kornegay, MassHousing executive director; Gebregziabher

Ahmed, Harbor125 resident; Mayor Janey; Gilbert Winn, WinnCompanies CEO; his son, Rand Winn; and Sheila Dillon, chief of housing for the City of Boston Boston – Boston Mayor Kim Janey recently joined officials from the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), WinnCompanies, and MassHousing to formally open a $30.2 million development project that delivers 52 units of both rental and homeownership opportunities to households of all incomes along the East Boston waterfront.

The WinnDevelopment project demolished 20 units of obsolete public housing at the BHA property to build Harbor 125 Apartments, offering 22 modern apartment homes for low- and extremely low-income households, and Harborwalk Residences, featuring 30 condominiums to be sold to middle-income and market-rate households. The project is part of the BHA’s continuing effort to preserve, expand and modernize public housing in the city of Boston. The 22 rental apartments, built at a cost of $16 million, include one, two, three and four-bedroom units. The 30 condominiums, built at a cost of $14.2 million, provide unique home ownership opportunities, with the revenue from the sale of the 16 market-rate units helping to make the 14 remaining condos affordable for a range of incomes not otherwise being served by recent waterfront development.

Burnett Street Garden and Park

Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), Burnett Street Garden and Park, Inc., and local residents officially opened the Burnett Street Garden and Park in Jamaica Plain with a ribbon cutting.

The park was funded as part of the community benefits from a nearby BPDA-approved project at 3521-3529 Washington Street, the Flanagan and Seaton Development Project by SSG Development and Construction. The opening of this new green space marks the completion of 10 years of work and effort to bring the Flanagan and Seaton Development Project site back to life, after it was once considered to be one of the most contaminated sites in Jamaica Plain. Significant environmental remediation was necessary to reduce the contamination within the soil at the site, which was due to past industrial use.

“I am happy to finally see this project come to fruition and provide a community green space for Jamaica Plain’s Burnett Street neighborhood,” said BPDA director, Brian Golden. “To transform an area that had been blighted by contaminants, through development that includes both affordable housing and community space, is a win for this neighborhood and its residents.”

The project includes 11,600sf of park space and 2,800sf of garden space. Within that space are 28 raised garden beds, four of which are ADA accessible. Community benefits also included a community room in the self-storage building, and the funding of multiple neighborhood murals. The community garden is maintained by Burnett Street Garden and Park, Inc.

Harborwalk Residences (l) and Harbor125 Apartments

Located one block from the MBTA Blue Line station at Maverick, the oneacre property provides the neighborhood with a quarter-mile view corridor to the waterfront and pedestrian access to the Harborwalk. The two-building development includes 3,384sf of groundlevel retail space, a management office, a bicycle storage room, and a 1,000sf community room for use by residents and East Boston groups.

“This development fully remediated contaminated soil and building debris and raised the height of the site several feet to make the community resilient to sea level rise,’’ said Andrew Colbert, WinnDevelopment senior project director.

Cranshaw Construction of Newton served as the general contractor for the project, working off designs by The Architectural Team of Chelsea. The Harbor125 property is managed by WinnResidential, the property management arm of WinnCompanies. BRIGS, a property management company based in Boston, manages Harborwalk Residences for the homeowner’s association.

Both of the new buildings achieved LEED Gold certification through U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes (Version 4) program, including Energy Star certification and EPA’s Indoor airPLUS label for high indoor air quality. Construction for the project created 500 jobs, with minorities, women, and local workers providing 50% of labor hours.

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HMTX Industries’ world headquarters rendering

Norwalk, CT – On June 20, HMTX Industries celebrated the topping off of its new world headquarters in Norwalk. The 4-story, 24,000sf project is on track to become the greenest building in the state, with completion slated for 2022.

The building is designed to become the first Living Building Challenge Petal Certified project in the state of Connecticut. The world’s most stringent green building rating system promotes the concept of regenerative design to create spaces that give more than they take. When complete, the building will be energy positive, with over 100% of the building’s power demand coming from on-site PV panels.

As a living building, the HMTX facility is intended to be largely selfsufficient, with ultra-efficient envelope and mechanical systems that create a positive impact on the people and natural systems that surround it while producing zero carbon emissions.

Architectural rendering of Red Oak at 409 Elm Street

Manchester, NH – Red Oak Apartment Homes recently held a groundbreaking celebration at the site of the Red Oak at 409 Elm Street project in Manchester.

The mixed-use development will include 90 market rate multi-unit housing units, the corporate headquarters of Red Oak Apartment Homes, and coworking offices spaces. The property features 96,250sf over a 6-story podium construction with structural steel, concrete and metal stud framing from basement to the second floor deck and wood framing in the upper five floors.

The ground floor will include Red Oak’s headquarters, 16 co-work office suites and shared office space, a conference room, fully-equipped business center, resident mailboxes, package lockers, and a resident-only entrance and lobby. Apartments will include energy efficient features, such as LED lighting, Energy Star-rated appliances, rooftop solar panels, and electric vehicle charging stations.

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Shawmut Design and Construction completes the steel structure of what will be HMTX Industries’ all-new world headquarters. / Photo by Richard Bonenfant

“This is an exciting milestone for a transformational project, one that embodies the leading-edge capabilities of sustainable, green design,” said Kevin Sullivan, executive VP at Shawmut Design and Construction. “In partnership with McLennan Design, we’re creating a global model for Living Building Challenge projects that will set a precedent for sustainable building for generations to come.”

The final beam that was raised into place during a topping-off ceremony for HMTX’s world headquarters / Photo by Richard Bonenfant

At the groundbreaking for Red Oak at 409 Elm Street (l-r): Alderman Will Stewart; Ed Rimm, North Branch Construction; Dennis Mires, The Architects; Paul Chisholm and Matt Peterson, Keach-Nordstrom Associates; Gerry Dupont, Ron Dupont, and Mark Guilmain, Red Oak Apartment Homes; Manchester Mayor Craig; Joseph H. Campbell, North Branch Construction; Alderman Pat Long; Lono Hunter, The Architects; and Robert McNulty, North Branch Construction

pleased to have been selected as the construction manager for the project,” said Joseph H. Campbell, North Branch president.

At the celebration, Owner and Marketing Director Gerry Dupont, master of ceremonies; Ron Dupont, president of Red Oak Apartment Homes; Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig; Ward 3 Alderman Pat Long; and Ward 2 Alderman and executive director of Stay Work Play New Hampshire, Will Stewart; all provided brief comments on the project.

The project team included Dennis Mires P.A., The Architects of Manchester, architectural design; KeachNordstrom Associates, Inc. of Bedford, civil engineering; JSN Associates of Portsmouth, structural engineering; Design Day Mechanicals, Inc. of New Ipswich, mechanical and plumbing services; and Electrical Systems Engineering, Inc. of Derry, electrical engineering.

Completion is scheduled for fall 2022.