Midtown Villages (Melrose Homes Redevelopment)

Community renovations include exterior façade improvements with roofing, flooring, bathroom, and kitchen upgrades to offer residents the best in affordable living. Additionally, the Choate project team installed new mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems throughout the properties. To better serve residents, this project includes a new maintenance building and multipurpose community center.

Conquering a tight schedule, the project team turned over 66 units every 30 days. This efficient execution of the project’s scope was designed to provide residents with high-quality, affordable living as soon as possible. The team also worked closely with the owner, trade partners, and existing residents in the community to renovate occupied units with minimal disruption.

The team installed new mailboxes, benches, landscaping, a playground, soccer field, basketball court, and BBQ pavilion for residents to enjoy. Onsite services include tutoring, counseling, summer programs, mentoring, mothers’ and children’s reading programs, parenting programs, life skills training, senior programs, and health services. 

Midtown Villages also created a public arts initiative aimed to increase education and appreciation among its residents, who have historically faced a lack of access to the arts. Three outdoor sculptures by local artists greet residents on the property, and the community’s Melrose Art and Activity Center (the MAC) serves as the hub for arts classes and programs.