Boston – Kaplan Construction recently announced that it has been selected to build a 10,000 SF child care center in Brookline, Mass. for Bright Horizons Family Solutions®, a national leader in child care and early education.
The $2 million project will involve the adaptive reuse of an existing office building on Harvard Street in Brookline. Kaplan will begin the work of transforming the building into a new child care and education facility in late September. The construction will include a complete demolition and fitout of the space, along with the installation of a new roof, MEP and fire protection systems, and emergency exit ramp.
Kaplan will also be constructing a new onsite playground for Bright Horizons – a key feature of the new Brookline child care center. Town guidelines dictate that all new child care facilities must meet outside play space requirements without relying on the use of public parks or other public spaces. Bright Horizons’ new playground will include mazes, playhouses, musical structures, balancing logs, tracks and bridges for bicycles, and state-of-the-art synthetic surfaces.
“We were first introduced to Kaplan through their work on the recently completed Brookline Teen Center,” said Jay Salvia, senior project manager at Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. “Their proven ability to thoroughly understand how our mission relates to the facility is the reason we have chosen to work with them on Bright Horizons’ newest center. We hope to build and expand upon our open team relationship in the months and years to come.”
The project team also includes studio MLA Architects of Brookline, responsible for the project’s schematic plans and drawings, and interior designers Davis Square Architects of Somerville, Mass. Construction is expected to be complete in February of 2014.