Code Red Consultants worked closely with joint developers EDENS and Pritzker Group, architecture firm Stantec, and general contractor Lee Kennedy Company on this massive 11-acre development and expansion of the existing South Bay Shopping Center in Dorchester. The 700,000 SF mixed-use development added five new buildings and approximately 475 residential units, 120,000 SF of retail space, a 60,000 SF cinema, and a 130-room hotel. A total of five new buildings were built.

The first three buildings achieved early occupancy in November 2017, a significant achievement considering they were erected in the midst of a heightened awareness of construction fire safety in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To that end, Code Red Consultants worked in parallel with Lee Kennedy to develop and implement a pre-incident fire plan and construction safety policies that allowed for a phased occupancy and permitted retailers the all-important opportunity to open their doors on Black Friday, and even construction continued on upper levels. This was achieved via continuous negotiations with City of Boston officials, where there was an upfront contract that the fire/life safety systems afforded to building occupants would not be compromised.

Code Red Consultants served as a trusted advisor to EDENS on South Bay, the real estate firm’s first major development project in Boston.