Mixed-Use

1180 Boylston Street / Rendering by CBT Architects Brookline, MA – Demolition is complete and foundation work is underway as Nauset Construction begins the transformation of the site of a former gas station into 50 luxury apartments above 6,500sf of ground floor retail space for owner Chestnut Hill Investments, LLC.

Located at the corner of Boylston Street (Route 9) and Hammond Street, 1180 Boylston Street will be an upscale, transit-oriented, walkable residential community for residents aged 55 and older. Designed by CBT Architects, the six-story wood-frame structure will be constructed over a steel podium concrete slab on deck with two levels of below grade parking for 70 vehicles. The building, curved at the corner where Hammond and Boylston Streets intersect, will feature a metallic panel exterior facade with various finishes and custom colors. The ground floor will be adorned with Thermory real wood cladding. Designed with sustainability in mind,

Boston – RISE Together, a minorityowned and community-oriented development company in Boston, announced it has received Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board approval for a residential project located at 7-11 Curtis Street in East Boston.

The 33,512sf development will remove a dated structure and replace it will two new buildings and 17 spaces of below grade parking. The residential community will include 29 units, four of which will be income restricted.

As part of RISE Together’s mission, the team will be working with local organizations and investing back in the East Boston community. The team has committed $30,000 to the area surrounding the McLean Playground, improving the pedestrian experience near the MBTA Wood Island Station. The funds will also contribute to street infrastructure improvements.

The project is sustainably conscious, with a commitment to LEED standards in both design and construction. The team includes local architect Jonathan Garland Enterprises, a 100% Minority Business Enterprise certified company, and long time East Boston residents, Seth Williams and Michael Burri.

RISE Together also announced

86 Essex Street / Photo courtesy of Fishbrook Design Studio the approval of a residential project in downtown Haverhill, Mass. Located at 86 Essex Street, the project will restore the exterior of a 7-story industrial building in the downtown area, and renovate the interior to create a new residential community for the city.

The proposed mixed-use project is consistent with the building stock and reuse of mill structures in the surrounding neighborhood and represents the opportunity to have an infill mixed use project that will serve to bring additional stability to the area by improving conditions and property values. The development will encompass 42 residential units and ground floor commercial space. The project team also includes architect Fishbrook Design Studio. the residential portion consists of 50 apartments with all-electric appliances and a unit mix of 15 one-bedrooms, 33 two-bedrooms and 2 three-bedrooms. All units in the building are age-restricted (One resident in each unit must be 55 years or older.), and 20% of the units (10 total) will be available to households earning at or below 50% of Area Median Income.

Over 2,000sf of tenant amenity space will be located on the building’s ground floor, including a reception lounge featuring a common area with flexible seating options, a fireplace and access to the building mailroom and management office, as well as a clubhouse room with a fireplace, large screen, wet bar and space available for private functions.

The project presents multiple challenges, including implementing hydrostatic design provisions such as rock anchors due to the high water table and removal of ledge to allow for the installation of a complex foundation system comprised of both mini-piles and pipe piles providing structural support for the new mixed-use building.

Marr Scaffolding Company’s Scaffold Division is installing over 1,300 linear feet of sectional scaffold at Buildings 1400 and 700 at One Kendall Square.

Cambridge, MA – Located in the heart of Kendall Square in Cambridge, One Kendall Square is a mixed-use campus with lab, office and retail space that spans 676,000sf. Since May, Marr Scaffolding Company’s (MSC) Scaffold Division has been installing scaffolding at two locations – Building 1400 (The Genzyme Building) and Building 700 – for general contractor Wise Construction, Winchester.

Over the next six months, 900 linear feet of sectional scaffold at 74 feet high will be erected at Building 1400, while 400 linear feet of sectional scaffold built to a height of 80 feet will be erected at Building 700.

Due to the volume of scaffold product to be erected, a daily crew of up to 10 Marr scaffolders has been working in phases to install 200 linear feet at a time. As maintenance work on the facade is completed, crews dismantle and reinstall the scaffold, leapfrogging 100 feet to the next section. Debris netting has been installed alongside the scaffolding.

Throughout the project, Marr has worked carefully around numerous duct towers to provide full access to the facade of both buildings. At Building 1400, Marr has installed a sidewalk brow to provide

Marr installed a sidewalk brow at Building 1400 to provide overhead protection for pedestrian traffic on Binney Street.

overhead protection for pedestrian traffic, and has accommodated a high volume of vehicular traffic on busy Binney Street. At Building 600, overhead protection has also been built to protect a 30-foot-long AC unit and 30-foot-long main transformer at ground level.

Going forward, Marr will install scaffolding on a small portion of the front facade at Building 600 at One Kendall Square.

Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board recently approved five new development projects that will create 58 residential units. A minimum of 15 units will be designated income-restricted. The approved new development projects represent 668,978sf and will support 461 construction jobs and 479 direct jobs.

Faulkner Hospital’s inpatient addition and campus improvements

The approval of the Institutional Master Plan for Faulkner Hospital allows the hospital’s addition and campus improvements to move forward, including the inpatient addition consisting of approximately 98,000sf with 78 new inpatient beds, added parking, significant transit improvements and new bicycle facilities along Centre Street.

The project at 80-110 West Broadway will convert the ground floor of the

80-110 West Broadway existing 4-story building into a smaller restaurant/cafe space, while preserving the outer facade of the building. The remainder of the site will be redeveloped with a new 5-story mixed-use building. The new building totals 87,000sf. The entire site comprises 12 adjacent parcels and is made up of 21,700sf. Located in the Bay Village neighborhood, 25 Isabella Street will revitalize the vacant Our Lady of Victories Church to turn it into a multifamily homeownership development that will include 18 residential units, two of which will be income-restricted, 21 garaged parking spots, a bike room, and improvements to the surrounding sidewalks, landscaping, and open space. The overall building totals 39,785sf. The 4198-4206 Washington Street project would create a new 5-story mixeduse building, including 31 residential units, as well as retail space and space for a community theater. At least 13 of the 31 units will be income-restricted. Located in Charlestown’s Thompson Square, 1-2 Thompson Square will demolish the one-story addition on the west side of the Charlestown Savings Bank building and construct an approximately 23,826sf, five story, “L” shaped addition to the existing building that will include residential ownership units.

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Construction is underway at The Residences at Driftway Place mixed-use development in Scituate.

Scituate, MA – New England construction management firm, Dellbrook|JKS, has begun construction at the Residences at Driftway Place alongside architect Cube 3 studio and owner The Drew Company.

The new 110,000sf mixed-use project, located near the MBTA Greenbush station, consists of six buildings, five of which include podium construction with 160 parking spaces (exclusive of MBTA parking).

Phased construction includes four, 3-story residential buildings with 78 units, a 3-story mixed-use building, and a 8,914sf single story retail building. The residential units are evenly split between one and two bedrooms and include 11 affordable units.

New utilities will be installed throughout the site to support the new infrastructure and will be LEED Silver certifiable. This is Dellbrook|JKS’ fourth transit-oriented community situated near the MBTA commuter rail.

Gensler’s concept design for 11 Dartmouth Street Malden, MA – Quaker Lane Capital, a real estate development, investment, and advisory services company and certified minority business enterprise, along with Turnbridge Equities, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm, announced they have received Special Permit approval from Malden’s City Council for their newest project, 11 Dartmouth Street.

In 2019, Quaker Lane and Turnbridge Equities acquired both the 11 Dartmouth Street property and parcel along with 21 Pleasant Street, also known as the Granada Building, in the city of Malden, a designated Massachusetts gateway city. Located in an opportunity zone, the partnership envisions the 11 Dartmouth Street property as an ideal location for a Class A, mixed-use property with potential for life sciences in the core of the city’s central business district, just steps to a multi-modal subway, commuter rail, and bus hub within minutes to Downtown Boston and Cambridge. Quaker Lane enlisted Gensler as the architect to provide the concept design for the 9-story project which is slated to be Malden Center’s first LEED-certified office building targeted at innovation-driven tenants, including public and private sector organizations as well as entrepreneurial and research and development focused firms. Influenced by community feedback, Quaker Lane decreased the building 25% from its original proposed height, while also increasing parking significantly for a total of 145 spaces. The estimated completion date for 11 Dartmouth Street is as early as 2023.