Pro Con completes wood framing of TownPlace Suites at Quonset Business Park; $7.5 million hotel developed by New Boston Fund and Waterford Development

The new "green" TownePlace Suites by Marriott in the Quonset Business Park has reached an important milestone and is weather-tight. The 103-key extended stay hotel is being developed as part of the Gateway parcel master development by New Boston Fund Inc. and Waterford Development. Pro Con, Inc. is the architect and construction manager for the $7.5 million sustainable design build hotel. The developer is intending to make the TownePlace Suites one of the first environmentally friendly hotels in R.I. and has registered the 4-story hotel with the US Green Building Council (USGBC) with the intention to pursue certification under the USGBC's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. Pro Con's design incorporates many sustainable features including a geothermal system for heating and cooling the 55,453 s/f building, excavation material was crushed and reused for structural fill, the landscape plantings will be low water tolerant plants and the lawns will be watered using water collected from storm runoff. The TownePlace Suites by Marriott is being built on a 4.6 acre site located across from The Shops at Quonset Point at the intersection of Gate Rd. and Rte. 403. The project schedule remains on target for March 2011 completion date. On-site amenities will include a breakfast buffet area, indoor pool, fitness room, outdoor patio and guest laundry. Colwen Management will manage the hotel. Waterford Dev. was formed as the development division of The Waterford Cos. in 1955, and has developed over $200 million of real estate. New Boston Fund is an independent, privately owned, real estate investment manager. Pro Con is a full service architecture, engineering and construction management firm specializing in commercial, hospitality, institutional, industrial and multi-family residential projects. Pro Con Inc recently completed two sustainable design build hospitality projects in N.H. that are pending LEED certification; a 100-room Courtyard by Marriot in Keene and a 128-room Residence Inn by Marriott in Portsmouth.