O’Connell Development Group, in collaboration with affiliated company Western Builders, helped PeoplesBank of Holyoke, MA define, design and realize the historic revitalization and repurposing of the former Yankee Pedlar Inn into the Peoples Banking Center. PeoplesBank has restored the historic Hildreth House to close to its original Queen Anne style by removing many of the alterations and renovations that have occurred since the home’s construction in 1882. One 20th -century touch that was retained and rebuilt was the wraparound porch that was an iconic part of the Yankee Pedlar as well as many homes of the period located along Northampton Street. The interior of the Pedlar Banking Center building houses a community room, which is av…

We are pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2019, James Sullivan will assume the duties and responsibilities of the President of The O'Connell Companies. Mr. Sullivan moves to this position of leadership after more than three decades of increased responsibility and accomplishment at the O’Connell Companies. In addition to his responsibilities as Treasurer of The O’Connell Companies, Jim is the managing partner for NEFCO and the president of O'Connell Development Group. Read more: http://www.theoconnellcompanies.com/about-us/leadership/ Read More →

Joanne Beauregard has been appointed Financial Vice President of The O’Connell Companies effective June 1, 2018. Prior to her current position, Ms. Beauregard served as Controller of O’Connell Development Group Inc. since 1987. Read more: http://www.theoconnellcompanies.com/about-us/leadership/ …

March 15th marked the 30th anniversary of subsidiary, New England Fertilizer Company (NEFCO), signing the contract with the MWRA to permit, design, and construct our flagship biosolids processing facility in Quincy to transport and process liquid sludge into a Class A biosolids product for beneficial use. Read more here: http://www.nefcobiosolids.com/2018/03/nefco-mwra-celebrate-30-year-anniversary/ …

O’Connell Development Group has moved to our new home office on Kelly Way in Holyoke. The new building provides the opportunity for four O'Connell subsidiaries to reside under the same roof: parent company The O'Connell Companies, O'Connell Development Group, Appleton Corporation, and Daniel O'Connell's Sons. Please note our change of address effective October 17, 2017:

800 Kelly Way, Holyoke, MA 01040

  …

PeoplesBank signed a purchase and sale agreement for the Yankee Pedlar restaurant property at Northampton and Beech streets in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and has plans to build a new financial services center on the 2-acre site.  PeoplesBank has retained O'Connell Development Group as development consultant to manage the design, permitting and development for the project.  Affiliated company Western Builders will act as construction manager.  Preliminary plans anticipate saving and repurposing the original 1882 Hildreth House as part of the new financial services center. The new PeoplesBank location will consolidate two, older branches in Holyoke.  As a financial services center, it will include a community room, a full-service bank branch,…

In December 2016, O’Connell Development Group (ODG) closed a $33.3 million sale of Holyoke Crossing, a 140,361-square-foot retail power center in Holyoke, Massachusetts.  Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) represented ODG, Holyoke Crossing Limited Partnership and Holyoke Crossing Limited Partnership II (affiliates of ODG), and procured the buyer, Prestige Properties & Development Co., Inc., which is based in New York City. O’Connell Development Group developed, and Western Builders constructed, the retail center in 1996. Since then several reno…

The Chapin School Veterans Housing project, a partnership of O’Connell Development Group and Soldier On, a not-for-profit group dedicated to providing housing for homeless veterans, converted a 120-year-old building from a vacant elementary school to a 43-unit apartment building for homeless veterans. All the units are one bedroom and come fully furnished.  Construction was completed in late summer and the first 20 residents have moved in over the past two weeks.  The building should be fully occupied in the next few weeks.  ODG earned a fee as the developer of the building and Western Builders renovated the building.  Appleton Corporation provided Management Oversight Services for the lease-up. The $7.3 million rehabilitation was funded fr…

O’Connell Development Group welcomes Destination XL (DXL), a men’s apparel store catering exclusively to sizes XL and up. DXL is now open at the Holyoke Crossing retail center. DXL, a division of Casual Male Retail Group, occupies approximately 9,000 square feet.  The DXL store is built just for men, with a more spacious environment, including wider aisles and dressing rooms double the size of a standard department store; the store also offers exceptional service, including in-store tailoring to ensure the perfect fit.  Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. is the largest retailer of men's apparel in sizes XL and up, with operations throughout the United States, Canada and in London, England. DXL offers more than 100 brands with selections ranging…

O’Connell Development Group welcomes T.J. Maxx to our Holyoke Crossing retail center.  T.J.Maxx store will occupy 23,000 square feet of retail space and will be stocked with thousands of new items each week, offering a unique shopping experience each and every visit.   Shoppers can find their favorite quality, designer merchandise at prices that work for them, now even closer to their homes than ever before.  From fashion and accessories to jewelry, beauty, pet products, toys, home and more, the T.J. Maxx store located at Holyoke Crossing will have something for the entire family. Store features to include easy to shop layouts and bright and spacious dressing rooms. The store, which opened on October 23^rd 2014, has already hir…