Winchester, MA – The Gables at Winchester in Winchester is a friendly and relaxing integrated independent and assisted living retirement community just minutes from Boston and Cambridge. Positioned on 14 wooded acres of beautiful rolling land and manicured grounds, residents and guests are welcomed at the new main entrance that flows seamlessly into this first-class retirement community owned and operated by Five Star Senior Living of Newton.
Local architect and landscape architect, Levi + Wong Design Associates has worked with The Gables for over four years in executing the facility’s long term goals and improvements, and with its parent company Five Star Quality Care for over eight years, nationally, with their senior care and living projects, as well as physical rehabilitative and memory support care.
The Gables project included a renovation, addition, and site improvements.
Designed by Levi + Wong Design, and constructed by Nauset Construction Corp., a regional construction management firm, the 40,000sf project elevates the senior living experience through traditional and transitional architectural details with high-quality residential finishes. Levi + Wong Design worked collaboratively with Teevens Interiors and The Gables on the interior design and finishes.
In addition to the new main entry, amenities include a renovated reception and living room, state-of-the-art 32+ person theater with surround-sound, a library and lounge with computer access and views of the Boston skyline, a wellness and rehabilitation center outfitted with the latest equipment, a stylish bistro called the Black Horse Café features casual dining and outdoor patio-seating, a new activities room with a fully accessible kitchen which opens to a spacious, beautifully landscaped patio with stone wall seats, blue stone in-lays and warm exterior lighting – providing the perfect outdoor location to socialize and relax. Warm interior finishes for the dining room, lounge, and corridors, new sales and administrative offices, a modern beauty salon, and a major kitchen renovation round out this multi-million dollar transformation
Extensive preplanning with The Gables and communication throughout this three-phased, fourteen month project further enhanced its successful outcome. Levi + Wong Design, Nauset Construction and The Gables worked in concert on project scheduling and move coordination to minimize disruption and to ensure the comfort of the residents.
“The safety and contentment of a facility’s residents is always the top priority for Nauset while performing construction work in an occupied environment, and that’s where our extensive experience in these settings shows,” said Anthony Papantonis, President of Nauset. “Extra care needs to be taken when working on building utilities such as the electrical, fire alarm and sprinkler systems, as they need to be maintained 100% during the construction, while also being mindful that we are in fact, working in people’s homes.”
“One of the main project challenges was achieving the necessary balance of an accelerated construction schedule of three distinct phases while minimizing the daily impact of construction to the residents and staff. This required maintaining a high-level of communication with the Owner and the entire project team, along with consistent subcontractor and supplier coordination and leveraging the practices of Lean construction,” said Benjamin Goldfarb, Vice President of Nauset Construction.
The Gables at Winchester is the latest example of the collaboration between Levi + Wong Design and Nauset Construction and the firms have teamed on other senior living and medical projects in the region.