This parcel had been designated “undevelopable” by its former owner due to the presence of wetlands. It required building, parking, and site designs that were environmentally and fiscally responsible and constructed in an accelerated time frame to accommodate high-tech, fast-growth tenants. O’Connell Development Group was able to telescope design and permitting—federal, state, and local—into a […]
This complex includes 105 units of subsidized elderly preference housing and handicapped-accessible units in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Building included common areas for planned social activities and health clinics, as well as 24-hour emergency services.
This complex includes 86 units of subsidized elderly preference housing and handicapped-accessible units in Northampton, Massachusetts. Buildings include common areas for planned social activities and health clinics, as well as 24-hour emergency services.
A Landmark Public-Private Development Effort Museum, retail Completed 2002 280,000 square feet $100 million THE CHALLENGE For more than two decades, local officials’ attempts to develop the riverfront area adjacent to the Hall of Fame had been unsuccessful due to such obstacles as large numbers of public and private owners, environmental blight caused by industrial […]
Under court order, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was instructed to clean Boston Harbor and stop the daily discharge of more than 400,000 gallons of biosolids into the Harbor. The biosolids drying process submitted by NEFCO was chosen from among 23 proposals for biosolids management by the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA). In short order, NEFCO […]
THE CHALLENGE PeoplesBank, a longstanding financial institution headquartered in Western Massachusetts, sought a new site that would consolidate older and less functional branches, while also reaffirming its commitment to preserve key parts of Holyoke’s architectural history. The site ultimately chosen had proven difficult to redevelop. It had struggled for years to survive, and failed to […]
This complex includes 96 units of subsidized elderly preference housing and handicapped-accessible units in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Building included common areas for planned social activities and health clinics, as well as 24-hour emergency services.
O’Connell Development Group purchased the former Reed & Prince site in 2002 for redevelopment. The site was an abandoned 150-year-old manufacturing complex. The project required above- and below-grade remediation of a 10.51 acre lot, 600,000 square feet of building demolition, and redevelopment of the site with a new 70,000-square-foot building for Price Chopper. Key remediation […]
Since it first opened more than two decades ago, Rowes Wharf (with more than 665,000 square feet of mixed use space) has established itself as a signature structure on the Boston metropolitan landscape. Designed by world-renowned architectural firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Rowes Wharf features an open arcade with a 120-foot double barrel vault opening […]
Though this project involved numerous development problems (a difficult site, a novice planning board, the need for quick turnaround, and a tight labor market), it resulted in the creation of 90,000 square feet of retail space, including Shaw’s Supermarket, Staples, Applebee’s, and Woodworkers Warehouse. As it does with many retail sites, O’Connell Development Group coupled […]