Brownfields
Redevelopment 2019 Annual Report
Fund
About the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund
MassDevelopment and the Brownfields Advisory Group are pleased to submit an annual report
for the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund. Over the past two decades, the Fund has contributed
to the revitalization of hundreds of contaminated sites by providing early-stage financing for
environmental site assessments and cleanup activities. A total of 727 awards totaling $103,338,510
have been made since its inception. This funding leverages additional public and private
investment, allowing development projects to advance to completion. This year, we have chosen to
highlight a series of projects in various stages of development that demonstrate the Fund’s ability
to support the creation of both new jobs and housing.
Brownfields Advisory Group (As of June 2019)
Jessica Andors, Chair Heriberto Flores
Executive Director, Lawrence CommunityWorks Chairman, Partners for Community
Tom Daniel Nancy E. (Betsy) Harper
Director of Planning and Community Deputy Chief, Environmental Protection
Development, City of Salem Division, Massachusetts Attorney
General’s Office
Virginia (Gina) Foote
Director of Fund Development, Joseph Kriesberg
CLF Massachusetts President, Massachusetts Association of
Community Development Corporations
Rory O’Hanlon
Legislative Director and Deputy Policy Director, Michele S.W. Paul, LSP
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Director of Environmental Stewardship,
Development City of New Bedford
Michael Crawford Martin Suuberg
Senior Vice President & Regional Executive – Commissioner, Massachusetts Department
Worcester Market, Rockland Trust of Environmental Protection
 CENTRAL REGION
Fitchburg Arts Community
The Fitchburg Art Museum and NewVue
$30 million investment Communities, a regional community
development corporation, are teaming
up to create 62 units of artist live/work
space (44 affordable and 18 market-rate)
on a campus that includes three historic
buildings across the street from the art
museum in downtown Fitchburg. In fscal
year 2019, MassDevelopment provided a
$20,000 site assessment grant from the
Brownfelds Redevelopment Fund to support
NewVue’s due diligence activities prior to site
acquisition.
Dubbed the Fitchburg Arts Community, the
campus will be ready for occupancy in 2021
and will include a variety of one-, two-, and
three-bedroom apartments, along with studio/
workspaces and other amenities. Most units
will be affordable, available to artists with
annual family incomes between $25,000 and
$55,000, while approximately 30% will be
rented at market rate.
[ 62 new housing units]
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Former B.F. Brown School
 GREATER BOSTON REGION
Bartlett Station
Once an MBTA bus yard, the former eight-acre
$32 million investment brownfelds site now known as Bartlett Station
is the largest-ever mixed-income, mixed-use
development in Roxbury. When complete,
323 new apartments, condominiums, and
townhomes (216 affordable, 107 market-rate),
plus 50,000 square feet of retail and offce
space for local entrepreneurs, will enhance
this Dudley Square neighborhood. Commercial
tenants will include a grocery store and
ftness center, while the centerpiece of Bartlett
Station will be the Oasis@Bartlett, an active
and vibrant outdoor park scheduled to open
in 2021 with a focus on supporting local
artists, nearby audiences, and neighborhood
businesses.
MassDevelopment supported the project
with a $50,000 predevelopment loan in
2010, and provided $1 million grant from
the Brownfelds Redevelopment Fund for
assessment and cleanup in 2014.
As of fscal year 2019, 76 housing units in
two buildings and 13,000 square feet of retail
space have been completed. Buildout will
continue through 2023.
[ 323 new housing units l 50,000 s.f. of commercial/retail space ]
Aerial view of former MBTA bus yard
 NORTH REGION
Residences at Salisbury Square
$12.3 million investment
The YWCA of Greater Newburyport and its development partner, L.D. Russo, transformed a former
school building in Salisbury and a vacant municipally-owned lot (formerly a shoe factory) into 42 units
of affordable housing in two separate buildings. A $100,000 remediation grant from the Brownfelds
Redevelopment Fund allowed the Town of Salisbury to clean up the site and achieve a Permanent
Aerial view of the former Spalding School
Solution within the meaning of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan. The $12.3 million project
was completed this past summer allowing residents to move in and enjoy green space amenities,
architectural details including exposed brickwork from the original building, central air conditioning,
and more.
[ 42 new housing units]
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 SOUTH REGION
Reynolds & Markman Site
The Attleboro Redevelopment Authority (ARA)
received a $500,000 remediation grant from
the Brownfelds Redevelopment Fund in fscal
year 2019 to clean up the former Reynolds
& Markman site located within the city’s
Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) Urban
Renewal Area.
Reynolds & Markman, Inc., an industrial
supply company serving jewelry
manufacturers, owned the site from 1958
to 2013. During the 1960s, a wetland area
had been used as a commercial landfll.
Additionally, in 1989, a small building that
had been used for the storage of a variety of
chemicals burned down, possibly causing a
release of solvents into the soil.
The ARA acquired the strategically located
property at the intersection of Olive Street
and the newly constructed Riverfront Drive.
When fully remediated, the site will be a
prime candidate for commercial/residential
mixed-use redevelopment consistent with
other nearby successfully redeveloped
parcels, building on the momentum for the
creation of housing units within easy reach of
transportation, parking, commercial activity,
and a scenic riverwalk.
The former Reynolds & Markman. Inc.
 WEST REGION
River Mills Assisted Living at Chicopee Falls
$40 million investment
Located on a portion of the former Facemate Corporation property in Chicopee, the newly constructed
River Mills Assisted Living at Chicopee Falls sits on a four-acre development parcel adjacent to the
new RiverMills Senior Center. The Facemate property was originally developed in the 1800s for textile
manufacturing, with operations ceasing permanently in 2003. An investment of a $2 million grant
The abandoned Facemate Corporation property
from the Brownfelds Redevelopment Fund has now leveraged more than $40 million in funding from
public and private sources for assessment, remediation, demolition, and construction costs. River
Mills Assisted Living at Chicopee Falls is a three-story, 80,000-square-foot building with 73 assisted-
living units and 22 memory-support apartments, with 20% of the total units designated as affordable.
[ 95 new housing units] The project combines thoughfully designed spaces with high-quality assisted-living amenities and
affordability, on a historically relevant site.
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Total Funding - June 30, 2019 Project Listing
Beginning fund balance, FY 1999 $20,024,000 BROWNFIELD BROWNFIELDS SITE BROWNFIELDS
REMEDIATION ASSESSMENT SITE ASSESSMENT/
Fund recapitalization, FY 2001 9,975,084
REMEDIATION
Fund recapitalization, FY 2007 30,000,000 Attleboro Attleboro
Attleboro Redevelopment 54 Union Street LLC Boston
Fund recapitalization, FY 2014 15,000,000 Authority 54 Union Street & Codman Square
Funding recapitalization, Capital Bond FY 2017 1,608,361 101 Olive Street 12 Dunham Street Neighborhood Development
$500,000 $21,784 Corporation
Funding recapitalization, Capital Bond FY 2018 2,650,000 270 Talbot Avenue
Funding recapitalization, Capital Bond FY 20191 143,000 Beverly Boston $350,000
10 Congress Street LLC Dorchester Bay Economic
Funding recapitalization, Capital Bond FY 2020 2,500,000 12-16 Congress Street Develoment Corporation Boston
$487,350 5-13 Leyland Street Jackson Square
Total funding 81,900,445 $20,000 Partners LLC
Gardner 250 Centre Street &
Gardner Redevelopment Easthampton 50 Amory Street
Fund activity (accumulated): Authority One Industrial Lofts LLC $250,000
Net loans (30,865,057) 140 South Main Street One Ferry Street
$350,000 $22,500 Erving
Operating income 3,315,475) Town of Erving
Operating expenses (12,795,068) Lawrence Fitchburg 8 Papermill Road
Lawrence CommunityWorks NewVue Affordable $200,000
Investment income 11,239,052) 128-132 Union Street Housing Corporation
$97,819 62 Academy Street Fitchburg
Accrued expenses 755) $20,000 City of Fitchburg
Grant awards (39,752,077) Montague 465 Westminster Street
Town of Montague Lawrence $250,000
Accounts receivable and other assets (56,812) 20 Canal Road Lawrence CommunityWorks
Deferred income -) $250,000 20-30 Island Street Lynn
$18,000 Lynn EDIC
Post charge-off recoveries 74,389) 83 Willow Street
Sub-total (68,839,342)) North Brookfeld $248,000
Town of North Brookfeld
14 South Common Street Springfeld
$88,430 City of Springfeld
Undisbursed grants/loans (4,605,443)
Bay & Tapley Streets
Approved loans - Peabody $99,940
City of Peabody
Approved grants (385,000) 24 Caller Street
Sub-total (4,990,443) $93,750
Uncommitted funds at June 30, 2019 $8,070,661
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Received remaining FY 2019 funding of $2,357,000 in FY 2020