News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: July 21, 2017
Copley Wolff Design celebrates grand opening of Serenity - 195-units
Boston, MA Copley Wolff Design Group celebrated the grand opening of Serenity at 105 South Huntington Ave. with Prellwitz Chilinski Associates and the Longwood Group. This 195-unit multi-family building is located in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood and features high-end townhouses and apartment homes, as well as ground-floor retail space.
Copley Wolff’s landscape design features a 6,827 s/f interior amenity courtyard. The space features flexible gathering areas, private seating, and views of the Emerald Necklace.
The courtyard is complemented by a variety of beds planted with native grasses, perennials and flowering trees to provide interest and shade.
In addition to the courtyard space, Copley Wolff designed the streetscape and townhouse entries to complement the parklands that encompass Serenity’s location. The entry terrace on Jamaicaway offers stunning views of Boston and provides access to the Emerald Necklace.
The South Huntington Aven.streetscape enhancements include an outdoor plaza that acts as an extension to the residential lobby, seatwall planters at the apartment entries, street-level trees and a new bus shelter.
“With the completion of Serenity, we are pleased that residents and visitors alike are able to enjoy the new gathering areas designed as spaces for engagement, interaction and relaxation,” said Marcus Cantu, of Copley Wolff. “Paired with the neighboring parklands, this community benefits from an extensive amount of welcoming greenery and outdoor space.”
The Copley Wolff team offers extensive knowledge and expertise in landscape design for multi-family properties across the region. The firm has completed a diverse number of projects within this sector including: The Eddy, Ink Block, The Kensington, One Canal and ZINC, among many others.
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