Arlington, MA – Officials from Bierbrier Development Inc., a developer and owner of urban shopping centers in Eastern Massachusetts, joined representatives from the town of Arlington, local business leaders and tenants to celebrate the grand opening of the 9,000sf addition to the existing Arlington Village Shops shopping center in Arlington.
“We’re very excited to have not only completed this expansion successfully, but also have nearly fully leased the new space. Despite a slowdown in the retail industry, it’s a great accomplishment,” said Len Bierbrier, president of Bierbrier Development. “Also, we’re very thankful to the officials of the town of Arlington and the town’s planning board for their cooperation and professionalism throughout the permitting and construction processes of this project.”
The new addition, which will be one of the first core and shell LEED-certified retail buildings in Massachusetts, has expanded Arlington Village Shops to a total of 25,000 square feet of rentable retail space.
“Despite bumpy economic times for retailers and real estate, we’re very happy to see this project come to fruition,” said Chris Loreti, chairman of the Arlington Redevelopment Board, which serves as the town’s planning board. “We’re also very pleased with the type of diverse businesses Bierbrier Development has managed to bring into Arlington.”
Brockton-based DMR Construction served as the general contractor for the new addition. Prellwitz Chillinski Associates of Cambridge served as project architect.