High-Profile: April 2022

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Multi-Residential and Senior/Assisted Living

The former St. Therese Parish in Everett, Mass. is being transformed into a new affordable senior housing development. / Rendering by The Architectural Team Full story page 21

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April 2022 Annual Supplement :

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Clara Wineberg

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Mike Hargrave

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Elizabeth Krol

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Grand Opening Held for MBTA Green Line Extension Lee Kennedy Promotes Four Moser Pilon Nelson Joins QA+M ReArch Earns Worksite Wellness Award Erland Completes Building for EMD Serono

Pictured above, The mechanical room at 530 Community Drive at Technology Park in South Burlington /photo by ReArch Company / Full story page 10

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BHB Announces Senior Housing Project

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Grand Opening Held for MBTA Green Line Extension

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Sections: Publisher’s Message...................................6 Up-Front.......................................................7 Multi-Residential.......................................13 Senior/Assisted Living..............................19 Mixed-Use................................................ 27 Life Sciences............................................. 29 Cannabis...................................................31 Healthcare................................................ 32 Corporate................................................. 33 Green........................................................ 35 Build Better Podcast................................. 36 Technology and Innovation.................... 37 Trends and Hot Topics...................... 38, 40 Community............................................... 39 J.E.D.I........................................................ 41 Awards...................................................... 42 People....................................................... 44 Calendar.................................................. 46

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Publisher’s Message artist work-live units “seek to ensure affordability and longterm stability giving burgeoning creators a place to establish a community among other graphic artists, painters, jewelry makers and sculpturers.”

Anastasia Barnes Home ownership has become increasingly more difficult to attain for many Americans. Additionally, rent prices in parts of the country (including Boston) have increased substantially in mere months. I’m proud that this issue features unique and innovative multi-residential and senior/assisted living developments that are providing much-needed affordable housing to neighborhoods throughout New England.

Clara Wineberg of Solomon Cordwell Buenz starts off our Multi-Residential section sharing her firm’s vision for an affordable housing development in Allston, Mass (pg. 13). She says the

Our cover story highlights the redevelopment of the former St. Therese Parish in Everett, Mass. Bald Hill Builders and The Architectural Team have teamed up for the project, which will include 77 affordable rental homes for seniors and incorporate architectural elements of the historic church building (pg. 21). w

Correction: On page 19 of High-Profile’s print edition of the 2022 Women in Construction supplement, Laureen Poulakis was incorrectly identified as the executive vice president of Brennan Consulting. Her correct title is president of Brennan Consulting.

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One of the more notable reads in this issue reveals the top 10 trends in senior living, which include inclusive environments, customizable amenities, and access to food delivery options (pg.

20). It’s nice to see this shift in trends for senior communities and facilities. We’re all aging, and I can’t help but notice that our culture often puts more emphasis on catering to younger generations than it does on setting up our elders for their golden years.

Our annual MEP and Building Energy supplement is included in this issue. Big congrats to Andrew DeAngelo for being named the newest executive director of The Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association. In the supplement, you’ll also read about how E.M. Duggan organized a clothing drive for the people of Ukraine, including designing custom T-shirts that read “Glory to Ukraine.”

Alex Mortorny, safety manager at E.M. Duggan, and Father Yarsoslav Nslysnyk of Christ of King Ukranian Church

Lastly, I recently attended the 10 World Trade groundbreaking ceremony in Boston. The project, four years in the making, is a joint venture with Boston Global Investors, The Cogsville Group, Bastion Companies, and EDGE. Sasaki’s vision for this parcel is remarkable, and I can’t wait for the project to be completed in 2024!

10 World Trade, located in Boston’s Seaport District / Rendering by Sasaki

Our next issue has a focus on landscape architecture and civil engineering, as well as technology and innovation. Calling all CRE tech companies, the May issue is for you.

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Up-Front Ground Broken on Senior Housing in Holbrook Holbrook, MA – NeighborWorks Housing Solutions recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of its newest housing development in Holbrook.

The property, located at 120 N. Franklin Street in Holbrook Center, will be the site of a 72-unit senior housing community. NeighborWorks Housing Solutions serves as developer of the project, with The Narrow Gate architecture, NEI General Contracting, and property manager Maloney Properties making up the project team.

Front row (l-r): Roger Herzog of CEDAC, Boston; State Senator John Keenan, Quincy; Tim Doherty of NHS, Norwood; Representative Mark Cusack, Braintree; House Speaker Ron Mariano, Quincy; Select Board Chair Lindsy Vayda, Holbrook; Select Board Member Daniel Lee, Holbrook; Housing Programs Manager Sherry Zou, Quincy; and NHS CEO, Robert Corley, West Roxbury. Back row: NHS board member, David Kilnapp, Pembroke, and Holbrook town administrator, Gregory Hanley, Dorchester

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This project has been five years in the making, with a variety of organizations involved in advocating

for the development as well as providing financial support. Speaker of the House Ronald Mariano, Senator John Keenan, and Representative Mark Cusack were all present at the groundbreaking celebration, as were Holbrook town administrator, Gregory Hanley; Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation executive director, Roger Herzog; and

representatives from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Quincy South Shore HOME Consortium, and construction lender Eastern Bank.

With the addition of these apartment homes for seniors, NHS now owns, operates or maintains nearly 1,000 units of housing in the region.

“It is a pleasure to announce the start of construction for this highly anticipated project,” shared Robert Corley, CEO of NeighborWorks Housing Solutions. “The need for affordable housing, especially senior housing, continues to grow. This type of housing will allow seniors to age in place, and continue to create housing opportunities for all.”

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Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences Celebrates Topping Off Boston – A topping off was recently held at Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences, part of the hospitality group Accor. Located at 430 Stuart Street, Raffles Boston joins Raffles’ collection of 17 properties located throughout the world, from Singapore to Paris, Bali to Phnom Penh, and Dubai to the Maldives.

The final beam was decorated with a Raffles flag and a Travelers’ Palm Tree, which signifies a welcoming oasis and is the inspiration for the Raffles brand logo. To commemorate the milestone, construction workers joined local developers Jordan Warshaw, The Noannet Group, and Gary Saunders, Saunders Hotel Group; their partners at Cain International, the privately held investment firm led by Jonathan Goldstein; Suffolk; The Architectural Team, Inc. (TAT); and Madison Realty Capital.

By securing the air rights over the adjoining University Club, Raffles Boston was able to build a 35-story building employing a cantilever structure designed

by Boston-based structural engineers, McNamara Salvia. TAT and McNamara Salvia created a structural system utilizing a combination of concrete superstructure and massive steel trusses, all supported by a series of 130 foot long concrete caissons anchored in bedrock. With the completion of the building’s structure, the project team will now finalize the installation

Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences Rendering courtesy of The Architectural Team, Binyan Studios

Sky Lobby / Rendering courtesy of Stonehill Taylor

Indoor pool / Rendering courtesy of Rockwell Group, Binyan Studios

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Targeting completion by early 2023, Raffles Boston will provide over $22 million in public benefits in total, including street and public realm improvements, seven on-site affordable housing units and a contribution of over $13 million that will support additional affordable housing in Boston.

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PROCON Celebrates Groundbreaking in Billerica Billerica, MA – Local officials in Billerica joined F.B. Billerica Realty Investors, LLC and design-builder PROCON at a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the redevelopment of the Billerica Mall.

The new mixed-use project, known as the Shoppes and Residences at Billerica, is located at 480 Boston Road.

The project will consist of a brand new, approximately 43,000sf national supermarket, replacing the former 84,000sf Kmart that has been vacant for many years. The retail portion of the project also includes 18,000sf of new retail space featuring two new restaurants. The current parking lot will undergo a major transformation with new and upgraded landscaping, lighting, and stormwater management systems.

The residential portion of the project, positioned on the Tower Farm Road section of the site, will consist of a new 200-unit modern apartment building that includes 10% affordable units with preferences for Billerica seniors and people with disabilities. The apartments will feature a dog park, pool, two landscaped courtyards, a club room, fitness center, and provisions for bike storage.

“This project signals that Billerica is once again open for business,” said Mike Riley, chairman of the Planning Board.

(l-r): Denise McClure, acting consultant for Town of Billerica; Kim Conway, member of the Select Board, Town of Billerica; Katie Mahoney; Gary DaSilva, Planning Board member and fireman, Town of Billerica; Matthew Battcock, vice chairman of Planning Board and fireman, Town of Billerica; Mike Riley, chairman of Planning Board; Dan Burns, chair of Select Board, Town of Billerica; Andrew Deslaurier, vice chair of Select Board, Town of Billerica; John Curran, town manager of Billerica; Mark Lombardo, state representative; Clancy Main, Town of Billerica; Eric Moran, RD Management; and John Stebbins, PROCON

“This mixed-use development located in the heart of town will totally transform this area, and attract new restaurants and businesses. It will also generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in new tax revenue and hundreds of new jobs for our community.”

John Curran, town manager, said, “We are excited for a project that will revitalize the mall property and offer amenities to the residents of Billerica. Congratulations to the mall development team and thanks to all our town staff that have helped to make it a better project along the way.”

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Grand Opening Held for MBTA Green Line Extension Boston – Balfour Beatty, as part of Green Line Extension (GLX) Constructors joint venture team, recently celebrated the grand opening of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line Extension light rail project’s Union Square line in Somerville. The completion was celebrated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT); MBTA; federal, state, local officials including U.S. Senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, and Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne; and community partners.

The completion of the Green Line Extension to Union Square is the first of two lines that will be developed on the 4.7-mile light rail project.

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GLX Constructors project team members delivered system elements including one traction power substation, four signal houses and a complete overhead contact system. The team also completed 13-track storage yards that are approximately two track miles, plaza areas around stations, a milelong viaduct, sound walls, fencing, one vehicle maintenance facility, and one transportation building, all built in environmentally sensitive areas.

The second line of the Green Line Extension rail system will feature the construction of five stations that will

be developed along the existing Lowell Commuter Rail corridor extending from Lechmere Station to College Avenue in Medford. This line is expected to be completed in late summer 2022.

Once complete, MBTA’s Green Line Extension project is expected to significantly reduce automobile congestion and related air emission. It will also provide communities with universal access and new stations that meet or exceed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. It is expected to support increased ridership of more than 50,000 passenger trips per day and reduce regional daily Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by 25,728 miles.

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demolition of the existing building will allow for construction of the new addition.

Two new elevators will be added, and extensive sitework including underground utilities, earthwork, and landscaping will be performed.

The building will serve as a learning center for special education students in Quincy. The project was designed by Wessling Architects.

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Focus: Multi-Residential Revitalizing a Cultural Corridor in Boston

by Clara Wineberg

Allston, Mass. is named after a largely forgotten 19th century Cambridge artist, Washington Allston. In his day, Allston earned praise for how he conveyed mood in his landscape works and now he is the namesake to one of only a handful of communities in the country named in honor of an artist.

As a Boston neighborhood of over 30,000 people, housing problems persist for both artists and the community at large. SCB’s Architects project at 449 Cambridge focuses on artist living, IDP housing units and smaller sized market rate units that provide more affordable unit options within the neighborhood.

The developments at 449 Cambridge and 2 Emery are a 167,000sf two apartment building complex composed of 152 units ranging from studio to two bedroom.

The project includes eight units designed as live-work artist units and 26 that will comply with Boston’s Inclusionary Policy.

While focused on affordable housing, the project replaces two underutilized and deteriorating properties along the Cambridge and Emery cultural corridor, revitalizing the streetscape and largely creating a public way that integrates active uses, artist vitrines, and bold building murals.

Allston, Mass. is named after a largely forgotten 19th century Cambridge artist, Washington Allston. In his day, Allston earned praise for how he conveyed mood in his landscape works and now he is the namesake to one of only a handful of communities in the country named in honor of an artist.

The two building design is inspired by the simplicity of mid-century buildings, carefully composed fenestration, a purposeful material palette and strong balcony expressions. The Cambridge Street frontage is activated by the lobby and retail storefronts, while the Emery Road elevations are more neighborhood focused with a masonry ground expression and residential scaled articulation and duplex unit access.

The artist work-live units seek to ensure affordability and longterm stability giving burgeoning creators a place to establish a community among other graphic artists, painters, jewelry makers and sculpturers.

The 449 Cambridge artists units have dedicated light filled work areas that are distinct from the living space. Each unit also has direct access or wider corridor paths from the building elevators to allow artist materials to be easily brought into the units. By integrating affordable housing for artists, 449 Cambridge is not only creating a new and fresh design for a multi-family project on largely forgotten parcels, it also seeks to become a core part of the neighborhood and contribute to its vitality and unique character through the

clustering of an artistic community.

Alongside the goal of integrating affordable housing and artist housing, the project is going beyond meeting Boston’s Article 37 requirements by integrating BDPA’s more expansive and progressive pilot energy initiatives. SCB Architecture & Interiors’ design for 449 Cambridge and 2 Emery focuses on careful design strategies that do not sacrifice affordability and contribute to neighborhood character.

Clara Wineberg, AIA, is a principal at Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) and the executive director of the firm’s Boston office.

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April 2022

Bond Issued for Affordable Housing in Roxbury Boston – MassDevelopment has issued a $15.8 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Dudley Crossing LLC, an affiliate of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation, which will use proceeds to build and preserve 47 units of affordable housing across three locations near Nubian Square in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Citizens Bank and Silicon Valley Bank purchased the bond.

As part of this project, dubbed Dudley Crossing, the organization will buy, renovate, and equip two buildings, located at 375-385 Dudley St. and 2-4 Dunmore St./205-210 Hampden St., which contain a combined 23 units of existing affordable housing that will be preserved. The organization will also demolish a building at 387-397 Dudley St., which contains 12 units of affordable housing, and build a larger, 28,000sf building containing 24 units of affordable housing in its place.

Renovations to 375-385 Dudley St. and 2-4 Dunmore St./205-210 Hampden St. will include installing new heating, ventilation, fire protection, and sprinkler systems; restoring kitchens and bathrooms; completing extensive masonry pointing and repair; installing new aluminum-clad wood windows and roofing; and adding new furniture, fixtures, and equipment. When complete,

Dudley Crossing / Rendering courtesy of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation

Dudley Crossing will consist of nine onebedroom units, 22 two-bedroom units, 11 three-bedroom units, and five fourbedroom units. Forty-two of the units will be rented to households earning up to

60% of the area median income and five units will be rented to households earning up to 80% of the area median income.

In addition to the tax-exempt bond, MassDevelopment assisted the

Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development with the approval of federal low-income housing tax credits that will provide approximately $10.8 million in equity for the project.

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CUBE 3 Designs Boston Waterfront Property

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Boston – CUBE 3 announced that a vacant, degraded urban waterfront site has been transformed into The Mark at DeNormandie Wharf, a mixed-use development at 99 Sumner Street in Boston. The newly completed property follows the water’s edge, completing East Boston’s Harbor Walk and bridging the gap between Carlton Wharf and LoPresti Park.

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features 107 well-appointed condominium residences.

Seven residences are designated affordable, and the property features 6,500sf of ground-floor publicly accessible waterfront workshare space.

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underneath the building and a total of 147 bicycle storage spaces are located on site.

The development also features views of Downtown Boston, the Seaport District, and Charlestown.

With a focus on sustainable design, the Mark at DeNormandie Wharf is equipped with efficient heating and cooling systems, light colored reflective roofing material, water reduction initiatives, and electric car charging stations for its tenants and

visitors. Future LEED goals for the property include LEED Green Building certification, LEED v4 for BD+C: New Construction and Major Renovation and LEED Silver certification (55 points).

The new 240-foot Harborwalk section along Boston Harbor includes native plantings and adds 34,500sf of public open space designed to welcome pedestrian engagement in the area.

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Mass. Firm Selected for Redevelopment Wareham Apartments Financed Organizations and Event Wareham, MA – MassHousing has closed on $6.5 million in financing to Dakota Partners, Inc. to support the continued development WoodlandWomen Cove Hartford, CT –ofThetheProfessional housing community in Wareham. in Construction Connecticut Chapter The CT) MassHousing financing will (PWC recently welcomed its new allow Dakota Partners to create 24 new board of directors for the 2021-2022 affordable rental homes, including 18 program year. workforce housing in theasthird and Patricia Bilottounits, returns chapter final phase of construction at Woodland president. She is the manager of marketing Cove.

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The 24 units will be contained in one 3-story building consisting of five onebedroom apartments, 16 two-bedroom apartments and three three-bedroom apartments. of the apartments will be Laurann Six Asklof, principal of Shipman restricted to households earning 80% & Goodwin, LLP, will serve on up thetoboard of the Area Median (AMI) and as vice president.

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Weymouth, MA – DJSA Architecture PC was recently selected by real estate investment firm Sawyer Realty Partners for an adaptive reuse project at 125 Broad Street in Weymouth, the site of the former Colonial Adult Day Care Health Center.

The existing 3-story, 77,000sf building, built in 1963, is currently under redesign by DJSA Architecture PC for development into an 80-unit apartment complex, complete with an exterior courtyard, amenity space, and ample parking.

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Dennis Swart, president of DJSA Architecture PC, said, “We’re pleased to work with Sawyer Realty Partners on this exciting project, one that will transform a near 60-year-old building into a modern attractive apartment complex. We’re proud that Sawyer entrusted us and our design partners with this important adaptive use undertaking.”

Jessica Rosenberg, principal at Sawyer Realty Partners, explained that this is her firm’s first major adaptive reuse development, with groundbreaking anticipated for later this spring and project construction completed and ready for lease-up some time in Q4 2023.

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Residential Leasing Launches at Darien Commons Darien, CT – Federal Realty Investment Trust announced the limited release of the first 25 residential homes for lease at Darien Commons in Darien.

The 122 luxury apartments in the new-construction development are slated for move-ins beginning this summer. The apartments are located above an array of new-to-market retailers and services and within steps of the Noroton Heights Metro-North train station.

The Darien Commons residences include one- and two-bedroom units.

Kitchens and baths feature quartz countertops and shaker cabinets alongside GE appliances and gas ranges, showers with glass enclosures, and in-home washers and dryers. All include ELFA customizable walk-in closets and contemporary woodstyle floors. Select homes feature upgrades such as private courtyard terraces and balconies, and double sink vanities.

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Brockton, MA – MassDevelopment has issued a $6 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Brockton Area Multi-Services, Inc. (BAMSI), a nonprofit human services organization that will use a portion of proceeds to buy and build two residential group homes for individuals with disabilities.

BAMSI will buy a 2,878sf residential group home at 552 Centre St. in Brockton, which the organization currently leases and operates, and build and equip a new 4,800sf ranch-style residential group home at 300 Foundry St. in Easton. The residential group homes are duplexes and will house eight residents each. Salem Five Bank purchased the bond, which will also be used to refinance previously issued debt BAMSI incurred to buy, build, and renovate eight other residential group homes.

“We are grateful for our ongoing partnership with MassDevelopment to increase housing options for members of our community with developmental disabilities,” said Brockton Area MultiServices Inc. president and CEO, Peter Evers. “These homes require specialized

design features to accommodate our residents while also providing a home atmosphere. We are fortunate to have a longstanding relationship with Global Property Services, which takes great care in building homes that allow for the safety and independence of the people we serve.”

“The Baker-Polito Administration is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have access to supportive congregate housing and high-quality care,” said Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy, who serves as chair of MassDevelopment’s board of directors. “MassDevelopment’s strong relationships with banks allows the agency to help nonprofit human service providers looking to buy or build these important facilities.”

“Salem Five is delighted to participate in this tax-exempt financing vehicle, which allows our valued customer to maintain its commitment to offering state of the art, fully handicap accessible homes to serve their clients,” said Salem Five Bank senior vice president, John Malloy.

Grant Awarded for Sober Housing Boston – MassHousing has awarded a total of $245,845 in grant funding to create 22 new affordable sober housing units and preserve an additional 45 sober homes for men, women, and families in five communities. The grants come from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations, Inc. (CCRI), a nonprofit subsidiary corporation of MassHousing that helps nonprofits create or preserve affordable sober housing in Massachusetts for individuals in recovery.

MassHousing awarded $23,845 to Steppingstone, Inc. to help upgrade a heating system and facilitate other renovations to preserve sober housing for 23 men in Fall River.

The $72,000 awarded to St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children will help support fire and safety improvements to preserve 12 units of affordable sober housing for young families in Boston.

MassHousing awarded $75,000 to NeighborWorks Housing Solutions to help create 22 new affordable sober efficiency apartments for men and women in Attleboro.

The $50,000 awarded to Housing Support, Inc. will help renovate 10 affordable sober efficiency apartments for women in Amesbury.

The $25,000 awarded to Coalition for a Better Acre will help establish a revolving loan fund to help residents in recovery maintain their housing in Lowell.

“Having a quality home in a sober setting is critical for the success of people overcoming addiction,” said MassHousing executive director, Chrystal Kornegay.

“MassHousing is pleased to provide these grants through CCRI to create and preserve this vital sober housing for men, women, and families in communities across the Commonwealth.”

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Focus: Senior/Assisted Living Report Explores 2022 Senior Housing Market on the past 12 months, identify trends, and provide a big picture analysis of what the industry looks like as 2022 unfolds.

Seniors Housing Occupancy begins the Road to Recovery

by Mike Hargrave and Orin Parvin

The following are excerpts from a recent Lument report.

The year 2021 was supposed to be all about recovery for the healthcare market, especially for the seniors housing and skilled nursing sectors, and in many ways it was: Facilities reopened, occupancy rates climbed, and processes were improved. The progress, however, was coupled with continued operating challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of variants, as well as rising costs due to labor shortages, all of which have had a stalling effect on the industry’s recovery. The outlook is complex and fluid, and to get a sense of where things are headed, we take a look at recent market data to shed light

Within the seniors housing sector, the occupancy rate reached an inflection point in 2021 and began rising from lows set in 2020. Fueling the occupancy rate rise was record absorption (the change in occupied

units) of over 24,000 units in 2021. While the occupancy rate is still low and has a way to go to reach pre-pandemic levels, the turnaround in 2021 was welcome news to many industry participants.

Welltower noted many bullish trends facing its portfolio and the seniors housing industry in general, such as rising occupancies, positive move-in trends, fewer expected forward seniors housing

construction volume concerns, and the imminent accelerating growth rates of the 80+ population within the U.S. As 2022 progresses, we can expect further occupancy gains for seniors housing operators. The tailwinds noted above are imminent and substantial and should help mitigate continuing challenges posed by emerging COVID variants.

Average Monthly Rent and REVPOR Hold Steady

Average monthly rent (AMR), rent growth, revenue per occupied room (REVPOR), and REVPOR growth all performed well in 2021. AMR and REVPOR should continue to improve in 2022 as rising occupancy rates should provide operators with further pricing power.

Occupancy Rises Across Skilled Nursing

The skilled nursing sector also registered occupancy gains in 2021. As we move into 2022, the skilled nursing sector should see further stabilization despite a continuingly challenging operating environment. In December 2021, the continued to page 26

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Report Reveals Trends in Senior Living Eugene, OR – SeniorTrade recently released The Top 10 Trend Report, written

by Nancy Griffin, founder of SeniorTrade Media and host of the weekly business podcast, Glowing Older.

The report is based on more than 100 expert interviews and feedback from the advisory board, and is sponsored by PS Salon & Spa, a national senior community salon and spa provider.

“When we ignite purpose in a senior living community, residents’ health improves, compliance with medical and therapy regimes increases, motivation is sustained, and culture thrives,” she says.

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Options include pop-up stores, farmers’ markets, ready-to-prepare meals, takeand-go, and delivery options. There will be stronger recognition of food and nutrition as essential components of fighting chronic disease and aging well.

Acceleration of Age-Tech

An influx of startups and investment capital is driving innovation in technologies for older adults.

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Aging in the RIGHT Place

Housing is recognized as a vital contributor to well-being. Nine out of ten older adults want to stay in their primary residence. Increasingly, the definition of aging in place will expand, with choices that combine the best of aging in place and senior living.

Senior Living as a Service

Senior Living as a Service (SLaaS) represents the uncoupling of services from housing to create custom solutions that meet older adults where they are. Senior living communities are well-positioned to offer personalized services that help older adults be healthier and engaged, wherever they live.

Solutions for the Forgotten Middle

“Cracking the code” to offer moderately priced housing solutions to those unable

Inclusivity

to afford private-pay senior living requires significant creativity and a longterm commitment from the top. Expect to see government incentives for affordable housing in the coming years.

Affinity Communities

Affinity communities intentionally bring together people who share common interests or identifying factors such as race, religion, or sexuality. Expect to see more senior living communities built around wellness and more wellness communities catering to older adults.

Intergenerational Living

New projects move beyond age-restricted housing to create community for people of every age. Creative cost-balancing includes younger residents receiving partial rent abatements for service hours for older adults, and older adults caring for children in the community.

Power of Purpose

Anna Hall with The Purpose Equation said in a recent SeniorTrade interview that senior living is missing critical elements that make purpose flourish.

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Exposing Ageism

Negative perceptions of aging undermine opportunities for senior living operators, staff, and residents. In time, both health care and the whole of society will have to shift perspective about the value of later life and those living it. Meanwhile, the senior living industry can embrace a more manageable objective: making sure older adults live in an affirming environment.

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Bald Hill Builders Announces Affordable Senior Housing Project Everett, MA – Bald Hill Builders (BHB) announced it is partnering with The Neighborhood Developers (TND) and The Architectural Team (TAT) on the St. Therese project in Everett, located at the site of the former St. Therese Parish.

St. Therese will include a new building on Broadway with 77 affordable rental homes for seniors aged 62 and older, with a new health center on the ground floor to serve building residents and members of the broader community. More than one-third of the homes will be restricted for households earning up to 30% AMI. The redevelopment will also include six new three-bedroom townhouse condominiums, which will be for sale at below-market prices: three homes restricted for households earning up to 80% AMI and three for households earning up to 120% AMI. Representatives of BHB say these homes will help fill a gap in the housing market in Everett, where there is a minimal supply of three-bedroom homes for sale and where housing prices continue to rise.

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center will operate the health center through its Neighborhood PACE program, which provides comprehensive care and support for seniors, including preventive care, specialist visits, prescription drug

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coverage, and health and wellness programs. Building amenities will include a community room, fitness room, on-site management office, laundry, and parking.

Additionally, redevelopment of a pocket park will be accessible to the residents and the public. It will incorporate architectural elements from the church building, as well as an exhibit to honor the history of the St. Therese Parish. The project is set to be completed in July.

From Bald Hill Builders (l-r): Nate Ploughman, senior project manager; Todd Small, senior superintendent; Brenda Laurenza, president; and Boateng Serebour, field assistant

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Construction Underway on Senior Housing Development in Dorchester Boston – Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC), a neighborhood-based MBE organization, and Hebrew SeniorLife, a nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities, have closed on financing and started construction of 9 Leyland, a 43-unit affordable senior housing building in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

The first senior affordable housing in Upham’s Corner will offer 41 onebedroom units and two two-bedroom units for seniors earning below 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI). Twentyfour units will be supported by projectbased rental vouchers of which 11 units will serve seniors earning up to 30% of AMI, including seniors transitioning from homelessness.

The development of 9 Leyland aligns with Dorchester Bay’s priority of equitable development without displacement. Ensuring that Dorchester’s senior residents can age in community

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and thrive in their neighborhood through fully accessible housing with services like health guidance, nutrition counseling, and social activities has been a focus for DBEDC. “Affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues in Upham’s Corner today. Quality affordable housing is a

fundamental component of building strong, stable communities and Dorchester Bay is proud to partner with Hebrew SeniorLife to bring much needed senior housing to the neighborhood,” said Perry B. Newman, CEO, Dorchester Bay. The project also aligns with Hebrew SeniorLife’s mission to help vulnerable

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Founded on Queen Street in Dorchester in 1903, and now headquartered in Roslindale, Hebrew SeniorLife is a vocal proponent of affordable senior communities with supportive services, and offers similar service-rich communities in Revere, Randolph, and Brookline.

“We have a special responsibility to make sure that seniors have access to care and resources that support their independence and desire to remain vital members of their communities,” said Lou Woolf, president and CEO, Hebrew SeniorLife. “We look forward to continuing our work with DBEDC and becoming actively involved in Upham’s Corner.”

“We are deeply grateful to the neighborhood residents who provided their strong support for 9 Leyland and participated in the many visioning, design and permitting meetings required to make this project a success,” said K. Beth O’Donnell, director of real estate development at DBEDC. The development at 9 Leyland Street was designed by Davis Square Architects and will be built by Kaplan Construction.

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Bond Issued for Putnam School Apartments Cambridge, MA – MassDevelopment has issued a $10,345,000 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Putnam School Apartments LLC, an affiliate of Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA), which will use proceeds to buy and renovate Putnam School Apartments, a 33-unit affordable housing facility serving seniors and individuals with disabilities. Silicon Valley Bank purchased the bond.

A historic schoolhouse built in 1890, the building was converted into the Putnam School Apartments in 1983; most of the housing units have not been updated since. Renovations will include reconfiguring units; addressing major systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and ventilation; installing new heating and central air conditioning; replacing hot/cold, sanitary, vent, and storm piping; replacing sewer mains to the street; extending the sprinkler system into apartments; and completing major upgrades to the fire alarm system and to kitchen and bath flooring, lighting, cabinets, counters, fixtures, and appliances. Bond proceeds will also be used to convert bathtubs to walk-in showers to support aging in place.

Putnam School Apartments currently includes 24 one-bedroom units and three congregate units (with three separate housing units per congregate unit). As

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“All residents of public housing, including seniors and people with disabilities, deserve facilities that provide a stable and supportive living environment,” said Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy, who serves as chair of MassDevelopment’s board of directors.

“This investment ensures that the Putnam School Apartments will remain a safe and accessible home for seniors and people with disabilities for years to come,” said MassDevelopment president and CEO, Dan Rivera.

In addition to the tax-exempt bond, MassDevelopment assisted the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development with the approval of federal low-income housing tax credits that will provide approximately $7 million in equity for the project.

“We are honored to once again collaborate with MassDevelopment, the Cambridge Housing Authority, Eastern Bank, Citizens Bank, and the other project financing partners to renovate this historic building and preserve it as affordable housing in Cambridge,” said Silicon Valley Bank managing director of community development, Peter Hollands.

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Benchmark Senior Living

Nashua, NH – South Coast Improvement Company (SCIC) recently began an out-of-ground construction project at Benchmark Senior Living at Nashua Crossings, located at 674 West Hollis Street in Nashua.

Benchmark Senior Living at Nashua Crossings is an assisted living community that also offers mind and memory care, as well as respite care. SCIC began the $4 million construction of a 2-story addition in November 2021 and will complete work this fall.

The new addition will feature 14 units, associated common space and a basement.

The project includes 12 one- and twobedroom suites (one unit designed for

the hearing-impaired); a new addition connected to an existing building; a new bistro and bistro bar; new activity room; new mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (including ERV units); and exterior work and additions, including landscaping and a fire pit on a new brick patio.

“Benchmark is a repeat client of ours for whom we’ve done renovation work at other Benchmark facilities,” said Henry Quinlan, SCIC president.

“While occupied space renovations at senior livings is our specialty, we’re excited to show our capabilities on this new construction, out-of-ground project; as always, with minimal disruption to Benchmark’s daily operations.”

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began releasing Phase 4 of provider relief funds, which should help buoy skilled nursing facilities’ (SNF) balance sheets, especially those smaller providers which may be experiencing the greatest operating challenges.

Challenges on the Labor Front

In addition to the issue of property performance, the seniors housing and care sector faces a separate but equally massive challenge in staffing. Many operators were reporting higher labor costs in 2021 due to a very competitive labor environment. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that assisted living and SNF wages grew in 2021 while the number of employees declined. This has undoubtedly led towards greater use of higher priced contract labor as new beds and units become occupied.

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While transaction volumes pulled back in 2020 during the pandemic, they showed signs of returning to normal levels in 2021. The NIC/RCA Transactions Report shows that seniors housing transaction volume for the nine months ending

September 30, 2021 was $10.1 billion, up 110% from the same period one year ago.

For the SNF sector, transaction volume was $3.8 billion, up 81% from $2.1 billion one year ago.

Pricing Remains Strong

Ventas boasted the largest transaction of the year through 3Q21, acquiring New Senior Investment Group for $2.3 billion in September 2021.

We might expect cap rates to be choppy in 2022. There is plenty of capital chasing seniors housing and skilled nursing assets which should mitigate perceived risks. Interest rates, which are forecast to rise in 2022, may impact exit cap rate expectations and the price investors are ultimately willing to pay for assets.

Those best positioned for success will be sure to stay on top of emerging trends throughout 2022 and collaborate with experienced partners to take advantage of market opportunities and navigate around potential risks.

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Mixed-Use Boston Firm Reimagines 10 Winthrop Square Boston – The property at 10 Winthrop Square in Boston has been reimagined by developer Chevron Partners as an office and retail destination.

With its now fully restored building facade, the 1900s, 6-story building has been rebranded as “10W” and sits across from the 1.8 million sq. ft. Winthrop Center, a development currently underway offering office space, luxury rental apartments and a public space known as The Connector.

Representatives of Chevron Partners say many companies are now desiring less square footage within a more comfortable, inviting, and collaborative environment. 10W accommodates five office tenants and two retail tenants with floor sizes ranging from 3,000 – 4,134sf.

The 30,000sf property includes ceiling heights ranging from 11-15 feet, a new HVAC system, and a 550sf common roof deck addition overlooking Winthrop Square and Winthrop Center. The lobby features Statuario marble, a grand staircase with handcrafted iron railings, plaster crown molding, a new custom elevator cab, a touchless entry system, and designer lighting and furniture by Adige Design.

Office tenants are given the opportunity

may be leased separately as one space at 2,913sf and another at 3,079sf or in a single combined retail space of 5,992sf.

The interior retail space features 15-foot ceilings, 10-foot windows, exposed brick and beams, and fluted cast iron columns.

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BPDA Approves New Developments Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board of directors recently approved six new development projects that represent approximately 410,018sf and will support approximately 376 construction jobs and 292 new permanent jobs.

The Dorchester Fieldhouse at 315 Mount Vernon Street in Dorchester will bring youth programming and employment opportunities to the neighborhood through the construction of a new 3-story recreation complex. The project, proposed jointly by the Boys and

Girls Club of Dorchester (BGCB) and the Martin Richard Foundation, will include an indoor athletic field and courts, track, fitness and training rooms, classrooms, teaching kitchen, event space, office space, and cafe.

The project at 90 Braintree St. will support the artist community in Allston by creating new housing, as well as new income-restricted artist live-work space.

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The project will fund streetscape improvements, and will contribute $100,000 toward measures identified through Climate Ready Dorchester including a deployable flood gate.

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The new Sweeney Field project includes the transformation of a 3.06 acre parking lot in Mission Hill into Wentworth Institute of Technology’s (WIT) new athletics home. The new turf field will be built over a parking level, of which 25% of the spaces will have EV charging stations.

The project will improve the streetscape and pedestrian areas along Parker, Station, Halleck and Prentiss Streets.

Additionally, the BPDA board approved space for a future Emergency Medical Services (EMS) station to serve the South Boston Waterfront. The space, which will be located in the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park (RLFMP) adjacent to Pier 10 on Dry Dock Avenue, will be leased to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) to provide necessary emergency services to the public.

The BPDA board also voted to allow The Anthem Group to continue to activate Shipyard Park in the Charlestown Navy Yard through 2025. The Anthem Group has been running the space at Shipyard Park since 2019 as “The Anchor,” a public gathering space that offers free community programming and events. Additionally, the Navy Yard will once again host an art exhibition on the Harborwalk titled “Of Many Minds,” made up of 20 sculptures and inspired by the experiences of Navy Yard workers.

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Life Sciences Erland Completes Building for EMD Serono

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Billerica, MA – Erland Construction, in collaboration with FMC, PM Group, and INTEC Group, Inc., has completed a new 149,000sf office and lab building on EMD Serono’s growing Research & Development campus in Billerica.

The team worked closely with BR+A, BSC Group, and LeMessurier to design and complete the project with an emphasis on reducing or eliminating occupational hazards and risks, an initiative known as “Prevention through Design.”

Dubbed the Horizon Building,

the 4-story facility is designed to provide EMD Serono employees with a vibrant environment to continue shaping the advancement of specialty pharmaceuticals. The building houses flexible lab and open-concept office spaces, conference rooms, huddle areas, and a new cafe for the campus.

“We’re incredibly proud to be involved in this exceptional project and look forward to seeing all the great projects that will be researched and developed in this building,” said Jay Sturdivant, Erland’s

Collaborative workspaces within EMD Serono’s Horizon Building Photos by Andy Caulfield Photography

advanced technology/life sciences group manager.

Representatives say the vision and purpose of the Horizon Building underscores the value EMD Serono places on fostering innovation and collaboration among its employees. Reflecting on EMD Serono’s commitment to the health and safety of its employees and its global sustainability strategy, the building has been designed and constructed to achieve LEED Gold and WELL Platinum certification.

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April 2022

DPS Group Completes Vibalogics Facility Office-to-Lab Conversion Underway Boxborough, MA – DPS Group announced it has completed work on a new, 118,000sf late-phase clinical and commercial manufacturing facility at 1414 Massachusetts Avenue in Boxborough for Vibalogics, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).

Specializing in the production of live viruses and viral vectors, Vibalogics’ GMP facility will accelerate market supply of process and analytical development, manufacturing, testing, and aseptic fillfinish services to oncolytic virus, viral vector gene therapy and vaccine drug development companies during early-tolate phase clinical trials and commercial market approval. Equipped with state-of the-art technology and ability to support a significant capacity increase, the $150 million facility is the home of Vibalogics’ global headquarters.

Through its novel therapies center of design excellence in Boston, DPS assisted Vibalogics with establishing a late phase/ commercial GMP facility in the U.S. to supplement its development and early phase manufacturing facilities in Germany. DPS provided architecture and engineering design services for concept design, basis of design, detailed design, and construction administration for this project.

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The facility will incorporate the use of traditional on-site construction methods alongside turnkey modular cleanrooms for the cGMP suites and associated MEP infrastructure. The site development will include office and administration space, QC/R&D laboratory space, warehousing space, GMP space, utility space, and parking to support 100 staff. Given the nature of starting materials and the substrates/agents being manufactured, these buildings will be built to meet the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for biosafety level 2 Large Scale (BSL-2LS).

The project team also included Lincoln Property Company, landlord; The Cardinal Group, pre-construction; and Germfree, modular cleanrooms.

Andover, MA – Celera Properties recently acquired 600 Federal St. in Andover, intending to convert the entire 120,000sf building, comprised of mostly office space, into lab-ready space. Celera hired Timberline Construction Corporation for the office-to-lab conversion.

Later this year, there will be two fully functional spec lab suites available with 50/50 office to lab space. The space is being outfitted with new supply and exhaust air handling units, pH neutralization facilities and connections, and a new boiler plant.

“We are thrilled to be delivering the first phase of our project in Andover, at 600 Federal St., later this year, and with our partner True North Management Group, have assembled a great project team,” says Brian Carlisle, principal and founder of Celera Properties. “We knew

Timberline would be able to navigate the current challenges of budgeting for, purchasing and scheduling equipment to deliver high-quality life science space.”

Recently, supply chain issues have made things like HVAC units and lab casework harder to get. “To progress the project along, while being faced with lead time issues around major equipment, we are working with Celera to accelerate fundamental project scope in order to uphold their timeline,” says Jim Davis, director of preconstruction at Timberline.

“We quickly focus on what we can get done versus waiting on the supply chain to catch up.”

The lab fit-out is being designed by Vivo Architecture, and AHA Engineers is the MEP partner on the project. JLL Boston is the leasing broker on the property. The project is expected to be completed this fall.

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Cannabis Vantage Builders Completes Cannabis Dispensaries St. Petersburg, FL – Vantage Builders, Inc. announced that it completed the build-out of four cannabis dispensaries for Sanctuary Medicinals in Florida.

The dispensaries, which offer premium, pharmaceutical-grade cannabis products for medical use, are located in Fort Pierce, Sebring, Dunedin and St. Petersburg.

The new dispensaries are the first projects that Vantage Builders has completed since launching its Florida operations in March 2021. The firm has also worked with Sanctuary on four dispensaries and a 36,000sf cultivation facility in Massachusetts. Vantage is also currently working on an additional six Florida dispensaries, which are scheduled to open in 2022. Sanctuary, which operates in Florida, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, currently has six medical dispensaries open in the Sunshine State.

“Our valued patients rely on Sanctuary Medicinals for both our knowledgeable and compassionate staff and our premium organic products,” said Jimmy Alex, president, Sanctuary Medicinals. “A key element of the Sanctuary experience is the comfortable, accommodating environment that we strive to establish in each of our locations. Vantage Builders’

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experienced team helped us create our new dispensaries with a patient focus that is emblematic of Sanctuary Medicinals.”

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by Caveney Architectural Collaborative in each project. The dispensaries all feature Sanctuary Medicinals’ distinct style and branding: wood walls, high-

end millwork, specialty ceilings and faux wood beams designed to create an inviting yet professional atmosphere.

Design elements include ample lighting to make the locations bright and welcoming, and an operational flow of the stores to help patients feel cared for and unhurried.

The dispensaries feature new MEP and HVAC systems, and Vantage Builders completed significant site work.

At the largest project, Vantage completely transformed a former Sunoco Mobil Mart into the Fort Pierce dispensary. Vantage constructed a two-and-a-half story tower, and the build required extensive structural improvements and new front windows, doors and roofing.

The Fort Pierce and St. Petersburg dispensaries are approximately 4,000sf, while Dunedin and Sebring are 2,300sf and 1,200sf, respectively. The stores are located at 5001 S US 1 in Fort Pierce, 3790 Tyrone Boulevard in St. Petersburg, 1352 Main Street in Dundedin, and 4208 US 27 South in Sebring.

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Healthcare Plans Unveiled for University of Rochester Healthcare Hub Rochester, NY – The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM), along with project partner and design architect Perkins&Will, recently unveiled plans for the new University of Rochester Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center.

Phase one of the outpatient campus will be located in a former Sears retail space at the Marketplace Mall in Henrietta. Once all phases of the project are complete, it will be one of the largest outpatient orthopaedics facilities in the Northeast.

SLAM representatives say the new facility reflects a convergence between the surge in e-commerce resulting in available retail spaces and a growing demand for more robust healthcare infrastructure across the country. “As healthcare facilities across the U.S. look to decentralize their services, the adaptive reuse of underutilized retail space represents a huge opportunity for institutions like the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) to expand their outpatient reach by moving to the mall,” says Scott Hansche, AIA, principal-in-charge at SLAM, who serves

University of Rochester Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center / Renderings courtesy of RM Studio/Bob Masulis

as architect of record for the project.

The full $227 million, 350,000sf facility includes a 210,000sf renovated space and a new 140,000sf outpatient clinical services building that will house 140 exam rooms for orthopaedic care.

Designed to be patient-oriented, the team brought daylight into the existing Sears footprint through a series of skylights and an internal courtyard that also functions as a rehabilitation space. Overall, the

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building’s sinuous facade is designed to represent the idea of movement, emblematic of the orthopaedic care provided within its walls.

According to SLAM representatives, the new facility reflects a current urgency to find design solutions that expand infrastructure into underserved regions, helping to address the country’s healthcare equity gaps. One of the goals for the design team was to foster a feeling of familiarity and accessibility. The focus on accessibility was amplified through a series of decentralized entry points and the addition of a dedicated bus stop outside of the outpatient facility along the mall’s usual route.

Hansche says breathing a second life into an expansive yet under-utilized retail complex also yields both economic and environmental benefits, allowing the design team to repurpose existing infrastructure and resources, while reducing costs and construction times.

“We broke ground in June 2021 and the renovated portion is expected to be complete and opened by 2022,” he says.

“This speed to market scenario is a win-win for our team and URMC. With no need for permitting or no new roads, for example, we were able to focus on the university’s vision of growing their orthopaedics practice and integrating outpatient radiology, surgery, and

treatment in one facility.”

The renovated portion of the project is 210,000sf of a surgical platform with three operating rooms, a three-room procedure suite, advanced imaging, clinical research, education, administration, physical therapy, and a human performance and injury prevention center.

University of Rochester Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center

The multiphase project will be complete by 2023. The first phase, relocating the orthopaedic administrative offices to an adjacent renovated lease space, was complete and occupied in the fall of 2021. The second phase, the conversion of the former Sears store to an outpatient surgical center, will be complete by fall 2022. This will be followed by a rehab and sports performance center in spring of 2023, and a 4-story, 144-bed clinic space in the fall of 2023.

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Corporate Metro Walls Becomes 100% Employee-Owned

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Manchester, NH – Metro Walls announced that, effective Jan. 1, it became a 100% employee-owned company. The existing shareholders sold 100% of their shares to the employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), allowing the company to stay independent and remain focused on its purpose and values.

The ESOP is a special retirement plan

that buys and holds stock for the benefit of the employees. With this structure, employees will share in the success and future growth of the company as they earn shares over time while working at Metro Walls. The ESOP announcement was made to Metro Walls employees at an all-company meeting on March 18.

“This transition is extremely exciting for Metro Walls, and we are thrilled to

offer this new benefit to our employees,” said president of Metro Walls, Bryan Hussey. “Becoming 100% employeeowned rewards our amazing team, keeps them invested and engaged, assists with attracting top talent and allows us to continue our growth and success well into the future.”

The firm also announced that Mike Dion, the former owner and president

of Metro Walls, stepped away from the day-to-day operations and moved into the role of chairman of Metro Walls’ board of directors. With that change, Bryan Hussey, former executive vice president and tenured 15-year Metro Walls employee, has been named the new president of Metro Walls. No other changes in management will take place.

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Moser Pilon Nelson Joins QA+M

April 2022

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Farmington, CT – Moser Pilon Nelson Architects, established in 1980 and based in Wethersfield, has officially merged with Farmington-based Quisenberry Arcari Malik, LLC (QA+M Architecture).

“This is an exciting time for QA+M Architecture.

Incorporating Moser Pilon Nelson’s team of highly respected, talented, and award-winning professionals into the QA+M family will increase our creative, technical, and planning resources. This merger will result in a stronger organization to better support our clients and the communities we serve,” said Principal Rusty Malik of QA+M Architecture.

From its inception, the QA+M Architecture founders structured the firm to be market diverse and innovative

in its approach to design and problem solving. The merger with Moser Pilon Nelson will allow the QA+M team to further cultivate its original vision and foster new opportunities in the higher education, healthcare, and institutional market sectors where Moser Pilon Nelson has received high recognition in the AE industry.

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“Support from our diverse group of industry partners empowers WoodWorks and, in turn, the AEC professionals and developers we support. The advancement of sustainable and innovative design is made possible through their investment in our mission and furthers the ongoing exchange of ideas, technologies, and expertise needed to produce highperforming buildings,” says Jennifer Cover, WoodWorks president and CEO. “Our team is excited to continue providing free project support and technical education for teams designing commercial and multi-family wood buildings, and to grow newer initiatives like the WoodWorks Innovation Network (WIN) and Mass Timber Construction Program, which foster collaboration and training in the industry.”

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Green Awardees Announced for Mass Timber Grant Program Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) and the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) announced the awardees for the Mass Timber Accelerator Program.

Mass timber, short for massive timber, is an umbrella term for structural wood products joined to form larger panels, It is considered to be an environmentally friendly alternative to carbon-intensive building materials like steel and concrete.

Launched in September 2021, through a grant funded by the USDA Forest Service, the Softwood Lumber Board and the ClimateWorks Foundation, the Mass Timber Accelerator Program is designed to promote mass timber building practices in Boston and the New England region.

Awardees will receive $25,000 of financial assistance as well as technical assistance from WoodWorks, a nonprofit committed to providing free resources and technical support around the use and advancement of mass timber. Awardees will investigate a range of mass timber building practice applications and assess related building design, construction, environmental and cost feasibility, and benefits.

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Selection Jury members include Kevin Naranjo, USDA Forest Service; Ricky McLain, PE, SE, WoodWorks; Jennifer Hardy AIA, BSA rep.; Richard McGuinness, BPDA deputy director for climate change and environmental planning; Barry Reaves, BPDA director of diversity, equity, inclusion; and John Dalzell, AIA, LEED fellow, BPDA senior architect for sustainability development.

Selected Projects:

• 110 Canal Street, Bulfinch Triangle – Quaker Lane Capital with CBT Architects: a 7-story commercial office building.

• Eliot Church, Roxbury – Leers Weinzapfel Assoc. Architects and

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Eliot Congregational Church: a 4-story affordable housing project.

• 401 Chelsea Street, East Boston – ThoughtCraft Architects: a proposed 6-story building that will include 40 units of mixed-income affordable housing with ground floor retail space.

• Mary Ellen McCormack, South Boston – Winn Development, Boston Housing Authority, and CBT Architects: a redevelopment of a public housing project in South Boston that will add 302 units of mixed-income affordable housing.

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• 150 Center Street, Dorchester – Trinity Financial and ICON Architecture: a transit-oriented development that will add 81 units of mixed-income affordable

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housing next to the Shawmut MBTA Station.

• Suffolk Downs B16, East Boston – Elkus Manfredi Architects and The HYM Investment Group: a planned 8-story building that will include market rate and affordable housing over ground floor retail space.

• Q Communities at Suffolk Downs, East Boston – DiMella Shaffer Assoc.

Architects and Project Q Communities: also part of the Suffolk Downs development, a proposed 8-story building that will have 215 units of senior and assisted living housing.

The selected projects are at various stages of review, including concept design, by the BPDA. A second round of funding to support additional projects will open later this year.

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Build Better Podcast Achieving Sustainability Goals with CLT Building Projects

by Emily Langner On season 2, episode 13 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia talked with Marc Perras, associate principal at Jones Architecture, and Jon Rossini, project manager at Bond Building Construction, about the new $23 million, 33,000sf building for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA), located on Main Street in Brockton, Mass.

The building is the Commonwealth’s first project of this scale, using only public funds, to use cross-laminated timber (CLT) in its construction. Perras and Rossini talked about the sustainable design elements of the DUA building, and how CLT can be used to achieve sustainability goals in a variety of construction projects.

Perras explained that CLT is two-byfours (or the metric equivalent) stacked perpendicular to each other which, he says, “gives it tremendous spanning strength.” This makes it a good choice for floor slabs, walls, and roof slabs. Rossini added that CLT is ideal for rectangular sites like the DUA building.

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A major goal of the project was to create a sustainable building, containing flexible workspaces, that increases the ambiance of what these work environments are typically like. The upgraded interior ambiance created by the natural look of the exposed wood adds to occupant wellbeing and employee retention, Perras said, essentially reinventing a prototype for office workspace in the Commonwealth.

According to Perras, CLT’s real asset is in embodied energy and carbon reduction.

The notable qualities of CLT are that it is inherently renewable (about one-third the embodied energy of steel and onefifth the embodied energy of concrete), and its reduced carbon footprint. Energy use reduction in the DUA building was

achieved through natural lighting and advanced mechanical systems.

Rossini commented that the success of this unique project was due in large part to the total buy in from all parties and the extensive planning and coordination process. The team’s research on this particular site in the early stages gave them confidence that CLT was a good fit for this project. He said the DUA building is already being used as an example of how CLT can be utilized in future sustainable building projects.

“It was really a team effort, Rossini said. “Everyone was pushing forward for the same goal and was excited to be a part of this and it really shone through in the final project.”

Perras said he noticed that, during construction, the consultants and engineers were intrigued by the challenge of designing their building systems to

work with the structural systems of the building. “There was something about the use of this new structural material – and I think that there’s a craftsmanship that goes along with it – that I have not experienced on other buildings,” he commented. “There was an enormous pride in the way this building went together.”

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Technology and Innovation Bluezone Air Cleaner Receives FDA Clearance Woburn, MA – Bluezone Products, Inc., a Massachusetts manufacturer of germicidal UV-C based air cleaning products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared its Bluezone Model 450 air cleaner as a Class II medical device.

The Bluezone Model 450 Air Purifier is a free standing, air purifying device utilizing ultraviolet light for the inactivation of viral aerosols in medical facilities and occupied spaces. With this clearance, the Bluezone Model 450 will now be offered as a medical device to hospitals, nursing homes, and medical and dental offices to mitigate risks associated with the coronavirus.

The FDA clearance was contingent on the extensive amount of testing conducted

by Bluezone Products Inc. to quantify the high-level performance of the Bluezone Model 450 in killing airborne viruses, bacteria and mold. Independent third-party testing in large, room-sized chambers demonstrated that the Model 450 achieved a 99.9995% kill of MS2 Bacteriophage, an accepted SARS-CoV-2 surrogate, as well as a 99.99% kill of mold and bacterial spores. In addition, to

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achieve this clearance, Bluezone Products, Inc. needed to demonstrate that the Model 450 met stringent safety standards.

“We are very pleased to have

successfully completed the 510(k) clearance process and to now offer a medical device to reduce viral load in the air,” said Karen Benedek, CEO of

Bluezone Products Inc. “There are few options to decrease the risk associated with airborne viruses that do not create some discomfort and discord. Air cleaning with germicidal UV-C is a proven, effective virus reduction method for all occupied spaces. The process of FDA clearance is exhaustive, and we are very pleased that the Model 450 has achieved this milestone.”

Currently available in the marketplace are the Bluezone highly effective, quiet, high-capacity air cleaners for K-12 schools, higher education, daycares, and office spaces. Bluezone Products, Inc. also partners with The Middleby Corporation to provide air cleaning products to restaurants and the food industry.

“The FDA clearance is important today, especially as mask mandates are ending and we all strive to maintain layers of virus protection in indoor spaces.

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Understanding the New ASTM E 1527-21 Phase I ESA Standard

by Elizabeth Krol 2022 is an important year for the environmental due diligence community.

For the past three years, a volunteer task group of more than 300 industry professionals met frequently to review and propose changes to the ASTM E1527-13 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) standard. The updated standard, E1527-21, was published by ASTM in December 2021. While much work has been done, review by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for purposes of complying with All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) is ongoing currently, and upon acceptance will be published in the Federal Register.

The primary goal of the standard is to reflect good commercial and customary practice in the Phase I ESA, the primary guidance document utilized by both

environmental professionals (EPs, or “Producers”), as well as potential buyers of commercial real estate (“Users”), who seek to conduct all appropriate inquiry to ensure liability protection during transactions. While the standard was last updated in 2013, some sections had not been reviewed during the last revision cycle, and did not reflect the current standard of care, such as the historical

confirming that PCB building materials are non-scope considerations. While the search distances have not changed, another improvement includes updating the names of state and federal databases.

One important clarification was to streamline the terminology used to define the Subject Property, which had been previously referred to as Site, Property, and Subject Property interchangeably.

For the past three years, a volunteer task group of more than 300 industry professionals met frequently to review and propose changes to the ASTM E1527-13 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) standard. The updated standard, E1527-21, was published by ASTM in December 2021. research section that had not changed substantially since the original standard was published in 1993.

A supplemental goal was to organize sections of the standard for clarity, thereby improving overall quality of Phase I assessments. Examples include incorporating site-specific sources into the physical setting, presenting photographs from the site reconnaissance, and

While there are no significant additions or deletions from 1527-13, there have been substantial efforts to improve the readability to streamline and illuminate guidance, primarily by clarifying language: • Adding new and notable definitions, such as the addition of a Significant Data Gap, which is has the potential to impact

the conclusions of the report.

• Defining new pathways to be considered for the Historic Recognized Environmental Condition (HREC).

• Evaluating if the conditions of a Controlled Recognized Environmental Condition (CREC) would currently satisfy the regulatory requirements.

• Confirming the “shelf life” of Activity and Use Limitations (AULs) and Environmental Liens obtained from title records.

• Substantially updating the Legal Appendix.

Users of Phase I ESAs should be aware that reports may have variable utility when conducted for different purposes, such as acquisition, financing, investment, or divestiture, based upon the user’s role as a lender, borrower, investor, or seller.

Understanding how quality due diligence enables your team to assess potential risk prior to completing a property transaction is the mightiest tool in the environmental management toolbox.

Elizabeth Krol is national client director at EBI Consulting.

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Community New Bedford Selected for NEFA’s ‘Making it Public’ Program New Bedford, MA – New Bedford Creative announced that the city of New Bedford has been selected as one of eight municipalities in Massachusetts for “Making it Public,” a training and development program by New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) in partnership with Forecast Public Art and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

Making it Public in MA is a dualtrack professional development series, designed and facilitated by Forecast to foster more equitable opportunities for public artmaking while also preparing more artists to respond to calls for public art across Massachusetts. New Bedford joins the following cities in the Spring 2022 Making it Public cohort: Amherst, Attleboro, Fitchburg, Lowell, Natick, Salem, and Watertown.

Mark Salinas, senior project manager at Forecast, explains, “Making It Public offers a cohesive arts industry workshop approach for artists and municipal arts administrators that informs and enhances the efforts and outcomes of public art opportunities in their communities.”

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Creative partnered with the City of New Bedford’s Department of City Planning to co-write the proposal and apply for this opportunity. Saulnier will participate in the training with Laura Ryan, staff planner for the City of New Bedford, and Jasmyn Baird, senior creative fellow for New Bedford Creative.

After the program concludes, Saulnier

says there will be an opportunity to utilize a $10,000 grant to do a temporary call for art, along with additional technical assistance support from Forecast and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

“Public art is a representation of our community values, so working with our local artists and the communities they live in will ultimately benefit all New

Bedford residents,” she says.

By training municipal staff across Massachusetts to better support public artmaking and cultivating more artists to respond to calls for public art, NEFA aims to support more diverse, inclusive, and equitable public artmaking happening in communities across the state. Learn more at nefa.org/MakingItPublic.

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Trends and Hot Topics

ULI, PwC Release Real Estate Report Washington – The Urban Land Institute and PwC recently released the 2022 Global Emerging Trends in Real Estate report.

Based on interviews with international real estate experts and investors, the forecast addresses top-of-mind issues, including worldwide apprehension following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the impact of surging global inflation on the industry, and the role of real estate in exacerbating climate change.

Experts note that despite conflict in Europe, rising construction costs, and the uncertainty of global supply chains, real estate tentatively remains an attractive target for investors, especially as a protection against inflation. Consensus also shows that capital is flowing toward efforts to make real estate more sustainable. The report examines how to best fund the move to net-zero.

Gareth Lewis, director, PwC Real Estate, comments, “Our research for this year’s Global Emerging Trends in Real Estate Report has highlighted some familiar themes to the last few years.

Coming out of the pandemic we were

NAIOP Releases Industrial Space Forecast

seeing generally high levels of confidence in the outlook for real estate investors, driven primarily by the availability of capital looking for yield. But along similar lines to previous years, ever present in the background are concerns around the lingering effects of the pandemic, the endurance of the extended real estate cycle and the impacts of the structural changes hitting the sector. The Ukraine crisis, however, has created a new and more sharply focused cause for immediate concern particularly around rising inflation and interest rates, giving rise to stresses that the real estate world has not had to grapple with in earnest for decades.”

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Washington – The industrial real estate market will continue to experience record levels of absorption through 2022 and 2023, according to the recently released Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP) Industrial Space Demand Forecast.

The report’s authors, Dr. Hany Guirguis and Dr. Michael Seiler, forecast that the total net absorption of industrial space in 2022 will be 401.4 million sq. ft. with a quarterly average of 100.4 million sq. ft. In 2023, the projected net absorption is 334.1 million sq. ft. with a quarterly average of 83.5 million sq. ft.

This is an upward revision of prior forecasts, largely due to retailers and manufacturers expanding inventories to avoid future supply shortages and fulfill increased demand through 2023. This reflects the U.S. economic transition from recovery to expansion, which is expected to support higher employment and a rising GDP. The report states that demand for space is currently outpacing the supply of new product. Rents have correspondingly increased rapidly, and many firms simply cannot find space to lease. The scarcity is so great that firms are getting creative

by renting properties that can be adapted to serve their purposes, locating facilities further away from their final destinations and building vertically.

According to the report, “Concerns over access to future space needs have even resulted in larger firms occupying extra space today to avoid problems in the future and signing leases on buildings long before they are built. This lowers current vacancy rates and worsens the problem in the short run. Smaller firms often do not have this ability and are finding it difficult to expand. In more densely populated areas, land is physically constrained and/or zoning prohibits the ability to add supply, leaving a true shortage with no obvious solution.”

“Even with inflationary pressures, consumer demand for goods remains strong, unemployment is leveling off and the overall prospects for the economy are positive. These factors are leading to unprecedented levels of demand for industrial real estate,” said Thomas J. Bisacquino, president and CEO of NAIOP.

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The J.E.D.I. section is designed to highlight the people, companies and organizations that are implementing principles to further justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in their workplaces and communities.

Women at Griffin Electric are Sharing Knowledge and Shaping the Future Submitted by Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. A leading electrical subcontractor throughout New England and the Southeast, Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. has seen firsthand the impact of women in leadership and recognizes the importance of fostering an environment in which women have access to education, support, and opportunities to be successful in the trades. Women of the Griffin Electric team are succeeding on all fronts and making significant contributions on the jobsite, in the office and in the classroom.

Griffin Electric visits vocational and traditional high schools, as well as many other minority, women’s, and veteran’s organizations to promote the apprenticeship option as a pathway to a rewarding career in the electrical trade.

“We offer an opportunity to both work and get an income while going to school and building a career towards becoming a journeyperson electrician. It’s a great start to a great career,” says Donna David, director of human resources.

“I was always pushed into thinking that college was the only route to have a fulfilling career, but it never really felt like what I should be doing,” says a Level 3 apprentice at Griffin who has been with the company for over two years. “Once I took the leap and started my career in the trades, I realized that this is what I should have been doing all along! Sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith.”

For over 25 years, Griffin Electric has prepared many for rewarding careers in the electrical trade through its free, in-house Apprenticeship Training Program. The program is accredited by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and designated as an approved training site by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Throughout the school year, classroom and hands-on instruction takes place in the 27,500sf of dedicated training space that is part of Griffin’s headquarters in Holliston, Mass., and on-site at each of the company’s regional offices in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. In addition to 600 hours of classroom instruction, apprentices benefit from on-the-job learning, where they earn excellent wages and benefits while gaining 8,000 hours of practical field experience under the supervision of a licensed journeyperson.

Understanding how critical it is to offer resources that employees can count on to continue to grow in their career, the company grants employees $2,000 in tuition reimbursement annually and

Licensed graduates of Griffin’s Apprenticeship Program have an opportunity to further their education through an Associate Degree Program with Wentworth Institute of Technology.

offers a mix of professional and personal improvement courses throughout the year. With most voluntary classes offered via remote video access, employees throughout all of Griffin’s regions have a chance to participate. The company has also proudly partnered with Wentworth Institute of Technology and offers licensed graduates of its Apprenticeship Program an opportunity to further their education through an associate degree program.

An underlying desire to work hard and a commitment to self-improvement and development are traits that will help women be successful in this industry.

“You don’t need to know everything, but you do need to be willing to learn,” says a project engineer from the Southeast region who has been with the company for almost 13 years. Women who adopt this mentality and are dedicated to their craft have opportunities to advance their careers at Griffin Electric. There is no cookie-cutter approach to the path that an employee must take, and the company strives to empower each individual to create her own future. Since its inception in 1978, women have grown with the company and have ascended into various leadership roles.

The experiences and collective accomplishments of the women of the Griffin team not only make a difference for the company, but change the trajectory for their families and offer a blueprint to the next generation of young girls considering a career in the trades.

“Seeing other women in this trade thrive and succeed is so important to the other little girls growing up. We have the power to change how society views construction

workers,” says the third-year apprentice.

Griffin Electric is proud to employ a team of strong and talented women who are leading the way for the next generation.

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Awards

Kaplan Construction Recognized

VT Firm Earns Worksite Wellness Award

Jordan Royer, Nicole Benton, Holly LeClair, Mary Ann Wood, and Ashley Jackson

South Burlington, VT – ReArch Company announced it has earned the 2022 Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness-Gold Level Award, the highest level of recognition, created by the Vermont Department of Health and the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

The Workplace Wellness Award program recognizes Vermont organizations that have demonstrated an established wellness strategy promoting healthy environments and supporting the well-being of their employees.

Holly LeClair, director of health, safety & risk management, started The ReArch Wellness Team in 2020 with Controller Mary Ann Wood. The team is now comprised of Holly LeClair, Mary

Ann Wood, Nicole Benton, Jordan Royer, and Ashley Jackson. The team promotes wellness to the staff in the office and the field, and has created several fun wellness challenges that everyone can participate in, incorporated daily office stretching, sent out monthly newsletters, and distributed health and wellness tips. They also spotlight one employee a month to highlight wellness activities.

LeClair comments, “It has been wonderful to see growth and participation from the team, both in the office and in the field.”

This Vermont Department of Health and Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports will be honoring award recipients later this year.

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2022 Champions of Change Awardees East Hartford, CT – The Construction Institute (CI) of East Hartford announced its 2022 Champions of Change awardees.

Each year, CI honors one woman and one man within the AEC/O industry for their contributions as role models who mentor and support women and others in the industry and whose personal dedication improves the industry. The awardees will be recognized at the 2022 Women Who Build Summit on April 1314 at UMass Amherst.

This year’s awardees are Judy Nitsch, PE, LEED AP, BD+C , founding principal of Nitsch Engineering (retired), and Michael Schrier, AIA, MBA, LEED Green Assoc., architect and director of design and STEM projects for the office of University Planning, Design & Construction at University of Connecticut.

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societies and Nitsch Engineering’s annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Nitsch has given back to the industry and the community through her work as president and chair of a number of prominent industry associations.

Schrier has been in his current role at the UConn Storrs campus since 2015.

He is responsible for implementing and managing the STEM portfolio and other assigned projects as part of the $1.5 billion NextGenCT capital program. Schrier is a teacher and mentor, and is committed to supporting women in the industry. He has been teaching workshops in project management for over 15 years.

Boston – Kaplan Construction ranked No. 12 on the Boston announced it was ranked Business Journal’s (BBJ) list of on Associated Builders and the 35 biggest women-owned Contractors (ABC) national businesses in Massachusetts. To 2022 Top Performers list, be considered for the list, the which recognizes ABC member Massachusetts-based business contractors in safety, quality, must be owned at least 51% by a diversity, project excellence, and woman or women. special designations, ranked In 2014, Jane Kaplan Peck Jane Kaplan Peck by work hours. To be eligible, became the majority owner and Kaplan demonstrated world-class safety chief operating officer (COO) of Kaplan performance by achieving Diamond status, Construction. Since then, the company the highest possible level, in ABC’s STEP has grown to $49.5 million in annual Safety Management System this year. revenue and 31 employees. “According Published as a supplement to Conto a recent report on the state of women struction Executive magazine, the ABC in construction in 2021, only 13% of Top Performers lists identify the Top 200 construction firms in the U.S. are owned Performers, Top 125 General Contractors, by women so it’s exciting to see three Top Trade Contractors, Top Electrical construction firms on the 2022 BBJ list of Contractors, Top Plumbing/HVAC Conwomen-owned businesses,” said Kaplan tractors, Top Specialty Contractors, and Peck. “At Kaplan, nearly one quarter of Top Performers by Market, all of which our employees are women, well above have earned the elite Accredited Quality the industry average of 10%. With the Contractor credential. The Top Performworkforce shortage being exacerbated by ers with Special Designations hold one or the pandemic, we believe that employing more special designations. and retaining female workers is more Kaplan also announced that it vital than ever for our firm and industry.”

JM Coull Wins Top General Contractor Maynard, MA – JM Coull announced it was ranked on Associated Builders and Contractors’ (ABC) national 2022 Top Performers list, which ranks its commercial and industrial contractor members who build long-lasting high quality construction projects, based on work hours.

As an ABC Top Performer, JM Coull demonstrated world-class safety performance by achieving Diamond Level in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System.

The listings highlight contractors that have earned ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential for their commitment to corporate responsibility in quality, safety, talent management (including inclusion, diversity and equity), education

and community relations; those that won national Excellence in Construction, Safety Excellence and Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Excellence awards; and those that hold designations awarded to diverse companies to help procure work from government and private entities.

“The 2022 list of just 125 construction firms contains some of the largest and most recognized names in the construction industry. To have separated ourselves from among the literally tens of thousands of construction companies is a testament to the people at JMC and their dedication to the key metrics by which the listed companies are measured, metrics that are woven into the very culture here at JM Coull,” stated Andy Coull, president of JM Coull.

Connolly Brothers Wins DBIA Award Beverly, MA – Connolly Brothers, Inc. recently won a Bronze Award from the New England chapter of the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA). At DBIA New England’s annual awards gala on March 3, the firm was lauded for its work on the new $16 million corporate headquarters for Harmonic Drive LLC. Connolly Brothers provided preconstruction, design and engineering, and construction management services for the 97,000sf office and manufacturing plant situated on a previously undeveloped sixacre site in the Dunham Ridge Business Park in Beverly.

At the DBIA-NE Awards Gala (l-r): Connolly’s Matthew Lawton and Thaddeus Minshall with DBIA-NE president, Emad Elsakka / Photo by John Cannon

Connolly’s project team included D&D Electrical, electrical; Pitt Pipeline, site work; Hayes Engineering, civil; and JSN Associates, structural.

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Winners Announced for 2022 Wood Design Awards Washington – WoodWorks – Wood Products Council has announced the winners of the 2022 Wood Design Awards, celebrating excellence and innovation in wood building design. The annual awards program recognizes building designers for their skill and ingenuity, and projects that demonstrate the attributes of wood that make it appealing.

“Wood stands the test of time as a nimble and sustainable building material. From a public library in D.C. to the first mass timber hotel in Texas to a ferry terminal in Washington, this year’s winning projects showcase wood’s flexibility on scales small and large,” said WoodWorks president and CEO, Jennifer Cover. “Beyond the technical innovations achieved in these buildings, they are simply beautiful to look at. They inspire tenants, passersby, and the industry at large while demonstrating how the design and construction community is responding to the need for more sustainable construction.”

Nominations from across the country were evaluated by an independent jury that included Jordan Komp, VP and office director, Thornton Tomasetti; Steve Durham, executive VP and director of collegiate, Kirksey Architects; and Thang Do, CEO/principal, Aedis Architects.

structural engineer; Town of Norwell, owner/developer; and M. O’Connor Contracting, contractor. Regional winners also include: • G.K. Butterfield Transportation Center, Greenville, NC • Hidden Creek Community Center, Hillsboro, OR • Moxy Oakland Downtown, Oakland, CA • Mystic Creek Clubhouse, El Dorado, AR • Poplar Hall, Appleton, WI • The Soto, San Antonio, TX • University of Denver Burwell Center for Career Achievement, Denver, CO Norwell Public Library in Norwell, Mass. / Photo by Chuck Choi Architectural Photography

National Winners

• Jury’s Choice: Adidas North American Headquarters, Portland, OR • Multi-Family Wood Design: Granville1500, Los Angeles, CA • Commercial Wood Design — Mid-Rise: 1 De Haro, San Francisco, CA • Commercial Wood Design — LowRise: Girl Scouts Camp Lakota, Frazier Park, CA • Wood in Schools: MSU STEM Teaching and Learning Facility, East Lansing, MI • Wood in Government Buildings: Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal, Mukilteo, WA

• Institutional Wood Design: Southwest Library, Washington, D.C. • Sustainable Wood Design: Hotel Magdalena, Austin, TX • Beauty of Wood: The Lighthouse, South San Fransisco, CA • Durable & Adaptable Wood Structures: Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater, Brooklyn, NY Regional Winners

The Norwell Public Library in Norwell, Mass. was named as a regional winner.

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People

ReArch Welcomes Fontaine, Promotes Biondo

Cresa Boston Hires Two Boston – The Boston office of real estate firm Cresa announced that Mitch Perez and Julia Ryan have joined the Cresa life sciences team as vice presidents.

Having worked with both innovative start-ups and large portfolio clients for many years, Perez and Ryan bring with them invaluable expertise and industry insights, according to representatives of Cresa. They are joining Cresa from T3 Advisors, A Savills Company, where they were managing directors. For the last several years, they have worked

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closely together to develop holistic and innovative real estate solutions for life science organizations.

Tecta America Welcomes Two North Billerica, MA – Tecta America New England announced that Rudy Williams has joined the company’s Billerica office as estimator/project manager, and Katie Hayes has joined Tecta America New England and WeatherGuard as human resources manager.

Williams has a master’s degree in project management and comes to the firm with prior project management experience. He is also OSHA 30 certified.

Hayes has a construction industry

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mating ReArch’s large scale and highly technical projects. He works in tandem with the firm’s president to produce estimates that represent ReArch’s cost-value services.

Biondo has been with ReArch for over five years. Representatives of the company say that his attention to detail, complete estimates, and ability to present to the project owners have set him up for success in his new role, and that his experience and relationship with vendors, subcontractors, and the firm’s project management team are invaluable to the estimating department’s advancement.

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South Burlington, VT – ReArch Company announced it hired Heather Fontaine as a project engineer, and promoted Phil Biondo from estimator to senior estimator.

Fontaine is responsible for ensuring project documents are maintained and communicated consistently. She maintains the project schedule by working with the project manager to control the flow of information from the design team to the field and back again. Her day-today responsibilities include contract administration, submittal review, document control, and assisting project managers with change management.

Fontaine has over a decade of experience in the construction industry and has had extensive training in preparing asbuilt documentation, feasibility studies, and construction documents. The firm’s representatives comment that she excels at outlining project schedules and deadlines and managing submittal reviews, shop drawings, and change orders.

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Chelmsford, MA – Alpine Environmental announced it recently welcomed Erica Racine as a client services administrator and Janet O’Hara as office manager.

Racine graduated from Norwich University with a Bachelor of Science in architectural studies. Coming from a retail management background most recently, she brings energy and attention to detail to Alpine as she supports sales in providing customer service by identifying client needs and providing complete and appropriate solutions for their projects.

In her role, O’Hara assists with corporate initiatives, supports in an HR

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capacity, and manages general company operations. She has a professional executive background and has worked as manager of executive operations at a local charter school, and manager of member services at a medical society.

TFMoran Hires Three Bedford, NH – TFMoran, Inc. announced it welcomed Matthew Routhier as a civil project manager in the Bedford office, Jonathan Rahilly as a survey technician in the Bedford office, and Gwynette Bayacal as an administrative assistant in the Portsmouth office.

Routhier has over 21 years of experience throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He is a licensed landscape architect in Maine and New Hampshire, and a licensed septic designer and certified septic evaluator in New Hampshire. He is currently pursuing his FAA commercial drone license with focus on photogrammetry.

Rahilly has three years of experience in CAD operations and land consulting in Southern New Hampshire. He also brings extensive experience in drafting and survey plan preparation.

Bayacal brings over 25 years of extensive experience as an administrative assistant and client liaison. Her new position involves providing backup support for reception, and administrative Bayacal support for the firm’s project managers and office manager.

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Pare Corp. Announces Leadership Advancements Lincoln, RI – Pare Corporation recently made several promotions and shifts in the firm’s leadership.

Pare president, Larry Riggs, stated, “Pare recently Riggs celebrated the 50th anniversary of the firm’s founding. Our strong legacy of serving the engineering needs of the Northeast United States was an impetus to continue preparing for our growth and to further develop succession planning for our next 50 years.”

Riggs, who has served as president and CEO since 1986, is transitioning his duties as CEO to John Shevlin. Riggs will continue in his role as president and serve as CFO and advisor to the

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firm. Shevlin will now be responsible for the coordinated management and administration of the firm’s day-to-day executive functions. Since 2004, Shevlin has served as senior vice president and manager of the Transportation division.

With Shevlin’s transition to CEO, Senior Vice President Walter Heller, who joined the firm in September 2021, stepped into the role of manager of Pare’s Transportation division.

JM Coull Welcomes Deleppo Maynard, MA – JM Coull Inc. avid interest in construction, announced that Mike Deleppo whether it be residential or has recently joined the firm as an commercial, and decided to assistant project manager. pursue construction management He started his career in real as the next step in his career. estate as a residential broker.

Deleppo remarked, “I’m reFrom there he branched out ally excited for the change in my into real estate consulting as career path and the opportunity to a commercial and residential learn from the incredibly knowlDeleppo property inspector. edgeable people at JMC. So far Deleppo says he has always had an everyone I have met has been great.”

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Ken DeCosta, who has held a leadership role at Pare for 28 years, has retired from the position of COO, which he held since 2019. He will be serving as an advisor to ensure a smooth transition in leadership. J. Matthew Bellisle has been named as the new COO. Bellisle joined Pare Corporation in 1997 and served as senior vice president and manager of the Geotechnical division from 2001 to 2021.

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With Bellisle’s transition to COO, Allen Orsi, who began his career at Pare in 1998, has been promoted to manager of the firm’s Geotechnical division. Senior Vice President George Palmisciano will be bringing his career at Pare, which started in 1982, to a close. While he will continue to serve as a technical and management advisor, he will be reducing his duties to enjoy retirement.

Chicoyne Joins Weston & Sampson Reading, MA – Weston & market strategy through strategic Sampson announced that Lori initiatives for future growth.

Chicoyne has joined the firm as She has been an active member director of market strategy. of the Women’s Transportation Chicoyne has nearly 30 years Seminar since 2005 and is also of experience in marketing, a member of American Council business development, and client of Engineering Companies, services in the New England CREW Boston, Boston Chapter AEC industry. She will be of PWC, Society for Marketing Chicoyne collaborating with leadership Professional Services, and the to develop and integrate a firm-wide Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Dietz & Company Welcomes Baitch

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Springfield, MA – Dietz & years of professional experience Company Architects, Inc. to the company, having announced the addition of previously worked for a small Brenden Baitch, LEED AP local architectural firm.

ND to its staff in the role of Representatives of Dietz & architectural associate.

Company say he brings a passion Baitch holds a Master of and knowledge for how the Architecture from the University built and natural environments of Massachusetts and a Master interact, and specializes in Baitch of Arts in urban planning from urban planning, landscape, and the University of Florida. He brings six geography.

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Representatives of Lee Kennedy say the firm is committed to a heavy focus on life sciences, as well as maintaining its market lead in special projects, commercial and institutional work, and that these promotions will bring a particular focus for each individual and will create upward mobility for the next future leaders.

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SMPS Boston

April 13 at 6:00 PM Sourced Global, Built Local: Supply Chain Disruption, the AEC Industries, and Sustainable Building Practices This event will feature a cross-disciplinary discussion with architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, and owner/ developers as they share how they are managing their current supply chain issues and opportunities for cost and schedule uncertainty, and how climate action can play a critical role for future solutions.

April 14 at 4:30 PM Virtual Book Club: Machiavelli for Women The book for the Professional Development committee’s April book club is Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition and Win the Workplace by Stacey Vanek Smith. With registration, participants will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

Construction Institute April 13-14 2022 Women Who Build Summit This year’s summit will be held at UMass Amherst and includes educational presentations, motivational stories, and networking opportunities. The event brings together women and men to celebrate, explore, connect, share, and inspire the innovators and glass-ceiling breakers of tomorrow.​

Promote your upcoming events by emailing publisher@high-profile.com.

MBC April 14 at 5:30 PM Spring Soiree The Massachusetts Building Congress, along with Boston Builders of Color Coalition, are hosting this networking event which includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and opportunities to see industry colleagues and make some new connections.

ULI April 19-21 Spring Meeting The Urban Land Institute’s 2022 Spring Meeting will be held in San Diego.

Participants have the option to attend in person or online, and all registrants will have full digital access to live streamed programming, recordings of all sessions, and the ability to message fellow attendees through ULI’s meeting

Next Issue Landscape Design and Civil Engineering

Do you plan, design, or work in the world of landscape or civil?

Submit news of current project(s), or share industry insight on the challenges/trends of landscape design or civil engineering.

app. The spring meeting will include networking events, interactive sessions, roundtable discussions, and small group tours.

SMPS CT April 20 at 3:00 PM Connecticut’s Cannabis Market - How We Got Here and Where We’re Going At this event, panelists will discuss Connecticut’s emerging cannabis market. Topics will include an overview/ history of Connecticut’s cannabis market, project opportunities within this emerging market, challenges and design requirements of cannabis facilities, and marketing best practices.

CREW Boston April 27 at 5:30 PM 2022 Achievement Awards Each year at this event, CREW Boston is joined by the Greater Boston real estate community to celebrate the professional achievements and public service contributions of some of CREW Boston’s members. This year’s awards ceremony will take place at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston.

NAWIC April 28 at 5:30 PM Back in Time Bowling Scholarship Fundraiser Registration for the National Association

of Women in Construction Boston Chapter event starts at 5:30 p.m. and bowling begins at 6:00 p.m. The price of admission includes pub food, access to a private bar/lounge area, and a full cash bar.

Built Environment Plus May 5 at 3:00 PM Intro to Designing a Net Zero Building This course will be taught by Jacob Knowles, LEEP AP, associate principal and director of sustainable design at BR+A, as he examines case studies, detailing integrated systems and creative solutions that make Net Zero Energy a reality.

CBC May 10 at 5:30 PM 3-D Vision from CT State Agency Heads Connecticut agency leaders will talk about the changes and improvements their departments have made, their biggest challenges moving forward, and how this all affects the design and construction community.

Speakers include Kosta Diamantis, director, Office of School Construction Grants and Review, State of Connecticut, and Scott Hill, chief engineer and bureau chief, Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Connecticut Department of Transportation.

MAY Technology and Innovation

Do you work with a variety of technologies in the AEC industry?

Does your company offer software that can provide faster and better solutions to AEC firms? Submit content on all things innovation and technology in the AEC industry.

Deadline for article submissions and ad reservations: April 22 Editorial submissions are shared on HP’s daily newsfeed, weekly e-newsletter FastFacts Friday, as well as the High-Profile Monthly print and digital edition.

Selected submissions are also posted to HP’s Facebook page, Twitter, and LinkedIn. To submit news, email: editor@high-profile.com. For advertising rates and information email: Elizabeth Finance at Elizabeth@high-profile.com

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