Brightwood School Apartments
SPRINGFIELD, MA
TOTAL UNITS
55 Units
TYPE
Senior Affordable Rental, Historic Adaptive Reuse & New Construction
PROJECT COMPLETION
Estimated 2029
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST
Approximately $40 Million
The redevelopment of the former Brightwood Elementary School presents the opportunity to deliver desperately needed affordable senior rental housing (55+) for the North Side of Springfield and beyond. In a neighborhood that is predominantly single-family homes, the need for multifamily senior housing is very evident, so residents can move out of their existing homes (freeing up housing stock for families) and into apartments that better meet their needs. The newly envisioned site and building will become a vibrant community hub embracing the past and carrying forward the present.
The newly created residential community will be branded, The BELLA Apartments and will be available to the 55+ seniors located in the greater Springfield MSA and the larger Hampden County. The development team is a collaboration between MPZ Development LLC (MPZ) and New North Citizen’s Council, Inc. (NNCC). The partners have deep expertise in historic preservation/rehabilitation, affordable housing creation, community outreach and providing social services. NNCC is the local partner and has 40 years of deep ties into the North Side's Latino community. The development is also located in an environmental justice area which allowed for the creation of NNCC, the focus of their work has been community-based efforts to help remedy some of the injustices of the past.
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