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Vantage Builders, Inc. completes work at 300 Apollo Drive for Tritower Financial Group

Lobby, 300 Apollo Drive - Chelmsford, MA Lobby, 300 Apollo Drive - Chelmsford, MA

Chelmsford, MA Vantage Builders, Inc., a general contracting and construction firm based in Waltham, Mass., completed major renovation and upgrade work at 300 Apollo Dr., on behalf of Tritower Financial Group.

Projects in the 296,158 s/f, class A office building include renovations to the lobby and common areas, a new game room, new 75-person conference room, new office for property management and upgrades to the cafeteria. The improvements are intended to help Tritower Financial Group attract new tenants to the three-story building.

“When Tritower acquired 300 Apollo Dr. in 2014, we envisioned its potential as becoming the premier building in the market,” said Todd Twombly, director of asset management, Tritower. “We embarked on a capital campaign to improve the common areas and add the level of amenities that tenants look for in a high-quality building.”

Vantage modernized the lobby area to welcome guests and tenants to the LEED Silver-certified and WiredScore Silver-certified building. New furniture, wall coverings and dark stain on the wood finishes provide a more contemporary feel, as do the stainless steel toe kicks beneath the lobby benches. Dramatic pendant lights, more than 50 inches in diameter, hang from 12-foot lengths of aircraft cables.

Game room, 300 Apollo Drive - Chelmsford, MA Game room, 300 Apollo Drive - Chelmsford, MA

To help create a more fun atmosphere and to provide a recreation space for tenants, a new game room was added. Located off the renovated cafeteria, the game room rivals an old-school arcade, featuring classic games like Big Buck Hunter and Golden Tee, as well as foosball, bubble hockey and pop-a-shot basketball. A large-screen TV completes the room.

The project also included millwork and new paint in the building’s cafeteria. Finally, new carpeting, paint and graphics were added to all the common corridors.

Vantage Builders did excellent work on this project, as well as on the fit-up work they have done for some of our tenants,” said Twombly.

Tenants at 300 Apollo Dr. include Aspect Software, Axis Communications, HNTB Corp., and MRV Communications. The building currently has 80,000 s/f available.

Transwestern | RBJ provides exclusive leasing services for 300 Apollo Dr. Sierra Architects provided architectural services for the upgrade projects.

Tritower Financial Group, LLC is a private real estate investment and management firm whose principals have over 80 years of collective experience in commercial real estate investing throughout the United States. Over the past 25 years, the principals have structured over 75 separate real estate syndications with a value in excess of $3 billion. Over this time, we have successfully established a broad investor base that includes thousands of high net worth and institutional investors.

Vantage Builders offers contracting services to corporations, developers, property managers, retailers and private institutions throughout New England. Our standard construction services include general contracting and construction management. More comprehensive services include design/build and value engineering. In managing and building scores of commercial projects, we’ve found that versatility is key to our customers’ success. Our experience includes specialized tenant build-outs, standard property improvements, base building work and construction from the ground up.

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