Construction
Nicole Martineau Speaks at 2020 AIA Construction Contract Administration Symposium
Arrowstreet Senior Associate Nicole Martineau will be speaking at the 2020 AIA Construction Contract Administration Symposium. Innovation Day brings a one-day symposium focusing on Construction Contract Administration (CCA), its process, and the technologies that are impacting it in an unprecedented way, especially during this time of continual change due to COVID. Learn and interact with national industry leaders who are…
Greybarn Phase 2 Construction is Underway
While Phase 1, 10 Greybarn Lane is quickly filling up with tenants, our contractor, Racanelli Construction Co. Inc., is keeping busy building the next phase of the project to meet demand. Phase 2, which includes Buildings 20 and 30 Greybarn Lane are taking shape and will provide an additional 155 units, schedule for completion in Fall 2017. Amenities like a…
BVP & Civic Builders Host High School Groundbreaking Ceremony
Arrowstreet joined Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy and Civic Builders at a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the launch of construction of BVP High School. The school is projected to be ready for the 2017-18 school year and will be home to 320 scholars in grades 9-12. Ceremony attendees included Lt. Governor Daniel McKee, Mayor James Diossa of Central Falls, Mayor William…
Reflecting on KIPP Academy Boston
Ahead of the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the KIPP Academy Boston Charter School in Mattapan, we’ve been looking back on the journey from concept through construction, culminating with our office tour, and the first day of school. Here is what some of the team had to say about working on the project. Larry Spang: Bringing buildings to life through strategic…
Touring KIPP Academy Boston
Last week, Katie Ferrier and I led a group of Arrowstreet designers on a tour of the new KIPP Academy Boston Charter School in Mattapan. As the project nears completion, school administrators are gearing up for the start of school, and we took a sneak peek at what the new facility will provide for KIPP students and the local community. After…
Walking East Boston with ULI
This week a few of us attended a ULI walking tour of East Boston’s waterfront development. We enjoyed a water taxi ride over, and visited residential projects at various stages of development — one plans to lease by August, while another recently completed permitting. Each development has a retail component and public access to the water, including new water taxi…
Update from King Open/CSUS
Things are happening at the site of the King Open and Cambridge Street Upper Schools (CSUS) and Community Complex in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The schools and library have all moved to their temporary homes and construction is beginning on the site. While the building itself will not start to rise out of the ground until late 2017 there will be a…
Hidden Treasure at Congress Square
One piece of our Congress Square project includes transforming the existing streetscape of the old Shawmut National Bank building into an active, pedestrian friendly retail and restaurant environment. The existing building includes several design features prominent in old bank structures, including dark windows and heavy metal grillwork. These features were important to a bank’s ability to convey a sense of privacy…