High-Profile: Up-Front
December 2022
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NEI Underway on LGBTQ-Friendly Senior Housing Boston – NEI General Contracting announced it is converting the former William Barton Rogers School at 15 Everett Street in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood into The Pryde, New England’s first LGBTQ-friendly senior affordable housing complex. The project is a joint development by Pennrose and LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 17 and the project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023. NEI has been retained to convert the historic school into 74 units of housing, featuring a mix of studio, one-, and two-bedroom units. NEI is managing the entire historic renovation project which includes interior/ exterior selective demolition, the restoration of existing historic millwork details, and building two 3-story additions. The additions will both include an elevator and lobby area servicing the ground floor to level three. One addition features a new sunroom space on level one providing access to a courtyard, site amenities, and walking track. New mechanical, electrical, and life safety systems will be installed throughout the building. The housing units will be built within the current classroom walls. New walls will subdivide the current classroom spaces into an open living/dining/ kitchen area, a bedroom, bathroom,
an art gallery, classrooms for Life Long Learning programs, a large multipurpose room and a fitness room, as well as resident services coordinator and programming offices located in former classroom spaces on the ground floor. The project team for The Pryde also includes DiMella Shaffer, architect; Nitsch Engineering, civil engineer; LA
Fuess Partners, structural engineer; R.W. Sullivan Engineering, MEP/FP engineer; Mikyoung Kim Design, landscape architect; Innova, owner’s construction/design rep; Thornton Tomassetti, sustainability consultant; Terracon, geotechnical engineer; Hillman Environmental, environmental consultant; and Pennrose Management Company, property manager.
‘The Beam’ Tops Off The Pryde Rendering courtesy of DiMella Shaffer
and closet storage space. The secondfloor auditorium will be repurposed to serve as the resident community room, and the classroom on level four will be repurposed as a movie room. A living room, library, management office, toilet rooms, and floor laundry rooms will be constructed in current classrooms off the main hallways. The 2-story high school gymnasium on level zero will be renovated as a space programmed for activities such as yoga, large meetings, indoor pickle ball, and other activities for the current building residents and the nearby community. There will also be additional community amenities to be used by the building residents and the larger community such as an art space accompanied by
New London, CT – Callahan Construction Managers announced it has topped off at The Beam in New London. The project is being developed by RJ Development + Advisors with Svigals + Partners serving as the architect. The Beam will begin preleasing this winter. Located blocks away from the Thames River and Fort Trumbull state park, this development will consist of a 203-unit, 5-story building across a 178,000sf woodframed building. The unit mix includes studio, one-bedroom, one-bedroom + den, and two-bedroom floor plans. Resident amenities include a club room, fitness center, a work-from-home business center, and an outdoor grilling area with fire pit and lounge. The roof deck will feature views of the river and park. Breaking ground in September of 2021, this milestone marks the completion
Rendering courtesy of Svigals + Partners
of the vertical structure. The project includes 13 rammed aggregate piers installed for ground improvement and shallow foundations, and an emergency diesel generator and gas throughout the building supplies unit HVAC and ranges.
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