NE Quarterly: Q4, 2023

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Update: NEI Southwest NEI recently completed renovations to its Missouri City, TX office. The space features a lobby, conference room, office space, a café, and warehouse space.

In addition to ongoing efforts in Texas, NEI has three more projects underway.

Recently Completed Project: Morton Station Village Morton Station Village is a new mixed-use development with 40 units of housing at the intersection of Morton Street and the Fairmount MBTA line in Mattapan, MA.

2023: A Year in Review Check out all of the biggest moments from the last year!

A Miracle on Clarendon Street

Transforming the Iconic Back Bay YWCA Building Into a New Beacon of Hope in Boston Partnering with Beacon Communities, NEI converted the YWCA building into 210 critically needed studio and one-bedroom apartments. With 111 of those units dedicated to supporting individuals experiencing homelessness, this project reflects our deep-rooted belief that construction goes beyond structures; it's about turning spaces into homes and uplifting communities.

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NEI Southwest

Missouri City Office Undergoes Renovations The NEI Southwest Office remodel included a completely new floorplan with an expanded lobby, glass wall conference space, perimeter offices with centralized open work centers, and a modern café with team seating, stainless steel appliances, and adjustable LED lighting throughout the building. The warehouse space updates included new high bay LED lighting, industrial storage systems, and a completely remodeled warehouse office featuring a printing work center and conditioned storage.

In addition to ongoing efforts in Texas, NEI has three more projects underway, Including Thomas Square Apartments, Castleglen Place Apartments, and Serenity at Dallas. The renovation scope ranges from mod-rehab to full rehab and includes kitchen and bath upfits, mechanical/electrical upgrades, and refreshed common areas.

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Recently Completed

Thank You to the Team OWNER: Planning Office of Urban Affairs ARCHITECT: Davis Square Architects LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: RBLA Design LLC NEI PROJECT TEAM: PX: Marc Marcelli. PM: Ken Calder, Dan Ren. GENERAL SUPT: Chris Burke. SUPT: Kevin Moran. ASST SUPT: Elijah Rooks. ADMIN: Grace CostaOliver. COMPLIANCE: Shanice Marshall. RISK: Tiffany Stahl.

ENGINEERING: PLUMBING: Superior Plumbing Inc. ELECTRICAL: Outkast Electrical Contractors, Inc. HVAC: Monahan Technologies, Inc. FP: Meridian Fire Protection, Inc. CIVIL: Genesis Utilities Corporation.

PHIUS RATER/VERIFIER: New Ecology, R. J. Kenney Associates, Inc. WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM: MassHousing, Massachusetts Housing Partnership, DHCD, City of Boston, CEDAC, Bank of America

Morton Station Village Mattapan, MA | 40 units Morton Station Village is a 27,170 SF lot project at the intersection of Morton Street and the Fairmount MBTA line in Mattapan, MA. The site plan included a new driveway, a new building structure, landscaping and retaining walls, and outdoor seating areas. The mixed-use building provides 40 units of housing (31 affordable rental and 9 homeownership market rate), an integrated parking structure for 30 cars, tenant common spaces, a community room, and other amenities.

The new development also includes the new 8,000 SF Steven P. Odom Serenity Garden, honoring the late 13-year-old Dorchester resident.

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PROJECTS COMPLETED

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2,654 SENIORS HOUSED

NEI completed 34 projects in 2023 across the U.S. including Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas.

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2,654 families and seniors have a new, safe place to call home.

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JULY

NEI was recognized with a Real Leaders Impact Collaborative Award.

NEI celebrated 25 years in business.

NEI made the ENR Top 400.

NEI was named one of Massachusetts' Top Charitable Contributors by Boston Business Journal.

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STEVE JONCAS: NEI Senior Project Manager, Steve Joncas celebrated his 25th anniversary with NEI as the company's longest-tenured employee.

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NEI Southeast moved into a new 25,000 SF office space.

NEI partnered with NeighborWorks Housing solutions and donated welcome baskets for new residents of Maple on Franklin in Holbrook.

NEI was named one of Boston's Best and Brightest Companies to work For® for the seventh year in a row.

André Barbour: NEI Diversity and Inclusion Director, André Barbour was named one of ENR's National Top 20 Under 40.

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COVER STORY

Leung, Shirley. “A miracle on Clarendon Street: How a Back Bay building became apartments for homeless people.” The Boston Globe.

A Miracle on Clarendon Street Call it the Miracle on Clarendon Street, born of a pandemic that led one developer to back out and another (Beacon Communities) to step in with the improbable idea of converting a historic building in the Back Bay into affordable housing.

Projects like these typically take years to pull together, but this one took just a little over a year from the filing of its plan to the start of renovations.

In a region desperate for affordable housing, 140 Clarendon stands out for how public and private sectors came together, cobbling together 15 sources of government funding and financing from MassHousing, the Boston Housing Authority, and other agencies. Then a neighborhood threw its support behind the project, welcoming people coming out of homelessness into its backyard.

The 13-story building sits a couple of blocks from Copley Square, a neighborhood of glitzy condos and glassy skyscrapers. Turns out it’s also an ideal place for 210 units of affordable rental housing, with access to public transit (the Back Bay T station is next door) and amenities such as the Boston Public Library, churches, and grocery stores.

For close to a century, YW Boston — the former YWCA — owned the Clarendon Street property. The nonprofit’s administrative office is there, and the Lyric Stage Theatre is on the second floor. Boston Public Schools’ Snowden International occupies the basement. There was even a small 66-room hotel (run by the YW), as well as more than 100 subsidized rentals.

In 2019, the board of YW decided to sell the property because owning and managing it was taking away from its core mission of empowering women and fighting racism. The board also wanted to capitalize on a hot real estate market and use the proceeds to finance YW programs for decades to come.

Beacon’s plan called for the hotel section to be converted into studio and onebedroom units, doubling the number of apartments in the building to 210. To

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qualify for the units, which are subsidized under the federal Section 8 housing program, tenants can’t earn more than $51,950, or 50 percent of the median-area income for a single person.

When Beacon called Pine Street Inn about providing services at 140 Clarendon, Jan Griffin, the nonprofit’s vice president of housing development, couldn’t believe her ears.

“This was a cold call. We have done some projects [like this], but this is the first time a for-profit developer called and said, ‘We have a project we want you to get involved in,’” recalled Griffin. “Of course, we jumped at it.”

The transformation of the 100-year-old 13-story building involved converting the 66-room hotel and 118 apartments into a total of 210 units and 163,810 SF.

Thank You to the Team OWNER: Beacon Communities, LLC with Pine Street Inn ARCHITECT: Prellwitz Chilinski Associates, Inc OPM: WaypointKLA NEI PROJECT TEAM: PX: Antonio Tenreiro. SPM: Brandon Seaman. APM: Jean Delisca. GENERAL SUPT: Bill Young.

SR. SUPT: Eric Dinsmore. SUPT: Mike Roman. ASST SUPT: Dante Flori. ADMIN: Donna Clough. COMPLIANCE: Jordan Pomare. RISK: Tiffany Stahl.

ENGINEERING: MEP/FP: Petersen Engineering. CIVIL: Nitsch Engineering. GEOTECHNICAL: McPhail Associates.

STRUCTURAL: Odeh Engineering.

HISTORICAL CONSULTANT: Ryan, LLC WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM: MassHousing, Massachusetts Housing Partnership, Bank of America, DHCD, BlueHub Loan Fund, Inc.

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