Beacon Communities LLC is approximately a third of the way through with development.
Easton's Shovel Shop project is on track and on schedule, developers told Easton Selectmen Monday night. "We have not encountered any unique or crazy construction problems," Beacon Communities LLC President Pam Goodman said, adding that minor issues have occurred, but nothing out of the ordinary. Beacon Communities has been in the process of transforming Easton's historical Ames Shovel Shops into a 113-unit apartment complex since late last spring. The project included a a $4.35 million loan to Beacon Communities from Community Preservation Act funds, which was voted by the town in 2010 to save the shops from being transformed into 182 affordable housing units by property owners George and Robert Turner. Seventy percent of the units will …
Project manager says financing for Shovelshop Condo is in order.
The Easton Board of Selectmen passed several motions unanimously to move forward on the Ames Shovel Works approximately $43 million apartment project on Monday, Aug. 15. Howard Cohen, CEO of the developer Beacon Communities LLC, came before the board and announced that the architectural designs are finished. Cohen said they will be meeting with the Easton Historic Commission soon as well as submitting the designs to meet state and federal design standards. He estimated the project to take 18 months and they will begin to move in residents in the spring of 2013. Currently, Beacon Communities LLC only has a Purchase and Sale Agreement, they will be closing on the sale on Oct. 17 and beginning construction soon after. Cohen added, “The …
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Bill Anderson
11:48 am on Thursday, April 25, 2013
While you're advocating for more Police and Fire officials(I trust you mean officers and firefighters and not officials) look into how we're going to pay for them. With the administrator and selectmen constantly advocating the taking of millions in property tax revenue off of the rolls for "green" space/open space and the CPA TAX taking millions more, what exactly is the funding source? And yes, … more ›