A BPDA Public Meeting has been scheduled for our 2147 Washington Street project. Come lend your support to the project.
There will be light refreshments with catering by Haley House
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 from 6:30 - 8:00pm
Boston Water & Sewer Commission
2nd Floor Training Room
980 Harrison Avenue
Roxbury, MA 02119
Construction has been completed at 1090 Walnut St in Newton! Continuing our partnership with Specialized Housing, Inc., this 4,000 square foot, restored single-family home with a 2,000 square foot addition will provide a place for 10 young adults with developmental, intellectual, and related disabilities to call home. Where living together they can achieve greater independence and be supported by caring staff. The 1090 Walnut St location provides residents with easy access to public transportation, services and amenities.
Bill Madsen Hardy was honored for his and New Atlantic’s longstanding partnership with the Cambridge-based nonprofit at its 45th Anniversary Gala. New Communties Services' mission is to help maintain adults in their communities by providing high-quality adult day health services and dignified supportive housing to those whose special needs place them at high risk of living in an institutional setting. New Atlantic and New Communties have partnered on several affordable, service-enriched housing projects, including 1023 Hyde Park Ave, North Shore Homes, 25 Ruggles Assisted Living and ElderHouse at Uphams Corner.
In response to an RFP issued by the Department of Neighborhood Development, New Atlantic is proposing a new 18-unit condominium project at 273-287 Highland Street in Roxbury. Working with Utile, the project architect, the proposed project will exceed all energy codes and will actually produce more energy on an annual basis than it consumes.
Named Highland Yard, the project is designed to be durable, energy-efficient, and resource-conserving. The building addresses the specific needs of Boston’s climate: it keeps heat in and cold temperatures out, lets the sunlight in during the winter, and promotes cross-ventilation and good shading during the summer. However, to surpass the target of net-zero energy, a climate-responsive design must take additional measures to optimize envelope performance, building systems efficiency, and renewable energy production.
For this reason, the project has adopted the guidelines of the PHIUS+ 2015 Passive House standard. By designing to this standard, heating and cooling demands will be kept so low that space conditioning systems can be kept simple and small, and overall operational energy use will be minimal. As a result, the building will be able to produce more energy than it consumes after the integration of a renewable solar photovoltaic system.
The Girard team is excited to win a 2017 Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Honor Award for Design Excellence! The program recognizes design excellence – informed by aesthetic, functional, contextual, sustainability, social, or other characteristics – for any project completed by Massachusetts architects, or any project built in Massachusetts designed by architects located anywhere in the world. This year’s jury chose 19 projects for the Honor Award from 119 submissions.
Utile and New Atlantic Development’s mixed-use apartment complex, named after American textile designer Alexander Girard, opened its door to tenants in October 2016. The 160-unit building totals approximately 240,000 square feet with 3,600 square feet of ground-floor retail.