Major Real Estate Projects

Mixed-use development to include: 112 high-end residential units, café, exhibit hall/ community space and restoration of three National Register Landmark buildings.

As a result of the redevelopment effort by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), the conveyance of 20 Somerset to Suffolk University is now underway.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) has executed a Land Disposition Agreement with the Lena New Boston LLC as the developer for the remaining portions of the former Boston State Hospital Campus.

A $20 Million New Replacement Facility for the Department of Mental Health built at no cost to the Commonwealth.

As authorized by Chapter 1 of the Resolves of 2010, the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) and the Westborough State Hospital Reuse Planning Commission have commissioned a reuse planning study. The report, undertaken by Sasaki Associates and GLC Development Resources, is anticipated in the summer of 2011.

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) consistent with its statutory authority under Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2008 sold the Fisher Hill Reservoir property to the Town of Brookline for $800,000 on February 10, 2011. The Town will utilize the property for a new 10 acre public park.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts through the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) entered into a purchase and sales agreement with VinCo Properties on February 28, 2005 for the redevelopment of 93 acres of land that was a portion of the former Foxborough State Hospital (FSH) Campus.

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) sold 32 acres of former Worcester State Hospital farmland for $1,060,000 to Worcester Business Development Corporation (WBDC) and transferred 180 acres of prime agricultural soils to Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) in February 2010.

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) sold 70.31 acres of underutilized land, formerly a portion of Grafton State Hospital, on Green Street and Cen-Tech Boulevard in the town of Shrewsbury to the Worcester Business Development Corporation for $1,306,000. WBDC will utilize the land for the construction of Cen-Tech Park East, an industrial technology park, that will provide approximately 650,000 SF of development and providing about 600 temporary and permanent jobs.

The former Rutland Heights State Hospital property, comprising approximately 85 acres, is located off Maple Avenue (Route 56) in a primarily residential neighborhood approximately 1/2 mile from the Town center. The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) has been authorized to convey this site to the Rutland Development and Industrial Commission (RDIC) for a variety of possible uses including light industrial, commercial/retail, senior housing and municipal uses.