Callahan, Inc. of Bridgewater, MA, is nearing completion of the construction of two out of the three Northbridge Companies’ senior housing properties the company has been awarded over the past 2 years. The trio of facilities – a total of about 170,000 square feet – will provide a broad range of services from independent living to memory care and will offer a wide variety of living options.
The three properties — Autumn Glen in Dartmouth, Avita in Needham and Northbridge Burlington – are the vision of Northbridge’s senior management team Wendy Nowokunski and James Coughlin. Understanding Northbridge’s mission to enhance senior living experiences by focusing on customer service and adding real value to the lives of their residents, was Callahan’s primary focus from the very beginning.
“Knowing that our client’s values and philosophies match our own has allowed us to customize the construction services workflow,” says Patrick Callahan, president of Callahan, Inc. Coupled with our full-service approach — from preconstruction through certificate of occupancy and beyond – is the team-based strategy that we pride ourselves on.
“It helps our client that we are able to provide end-to-end services and oversee and analyze the process from the initial drawings right through occupancy. We truly believe in each other’s work. We hand pick Callahan players, well-suited to the job, to create a compatible management team whose members have worked together on similar projects,” adds Callahan.
Steve Carley, Project Executive on the Northbridge account works closely with owner’s representative, Ray Mitrano from Waypoint Construction Consultants. Their collaboration on previous projects together with The Architectural Team has provided a tremendous benefit to the Northbridge projects.
“Waypoint is a professional owner-representative firm that has built a strong reputation for successfully managing the working process of a project from strategy through construction and final delivery,” says Mitrano, “and Callahan’s views are in sync with ours; we’re both widely known in the industry as being extremely responsive to our clients needs and, simply put, ‘we’re good people to work with.’
Northbridge’s design vision for the three distinctive buildings was carried out by The Architectural Team “TAT”, based in Chelsea. The firm’s name suits it well, as the firms remain active throughout the three properties’ ongoing development.
“TAT’s work has won awards and honors the industry — of that they should be proud. But their leadership also knows what matters most – strong relationships that last long past the initial project, says Carley.
“There is a level of trust between us that’s not typical. The relationship that’s gelled here works.
Our client, their owner’s rep and the architect and their consultants are comfortable working through issues together,” Carley adds.
Certainly, Callahan,Inc.’s expansive experience with senior living construction has played a pivotal part in the success of the ongoing process. But, all players involved in this three-year, multi-location undertaking will agree that the strong relationships that have developed between Northbridge Companies, Waypoint, Callahan, Inc. and The Architectural Team are invaluable.
Wendy Nowokunski, President of Northbridge, agrees: “The Callahan team has done an exceptional job for us. They worked with us through every detail of our projects to meet our design, quality and budget goals.”