Massachusetts Mental Health Center Redevelopment Project

Project Update

Construction Update - 8/19/2010

Click here to review the drawing for building locations.

• Monday, August 23rd we will demo the small 2 story connector (Red Cloud) and the Therapeutic Building (Orange Cloud).
• Monday, August 30th, we will start to demo the South Wing (Green Cloud).
• Tuesday, September 7th we will demo 20 Vining St, this is also referred to as the Nurse’s Home (Blue Cloud)

Air Quality

Environmental Health & Engineering has set up Air Quality Stations around the Neighborhood and Around the BWH Campus to monitor air quality during the demolition phase of MMHC. For a complete list of these stations and a map, please click here. The stations started collecting data on Thursday July 8th, to review the air quality results visit MMHC Community Monitoring Website. You will need to log in to view the results. Directions to log in can be viewed here.

Project Milestone

Roxbury Tenants of Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are happy to announce that all of the approvals necessary to sign the 95 Year Ground Leases with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have been received.  The Ground Leases were signed on April 30, 2010, and will run until April 29, 2105! 

As required by the terms of our agreement with the state, the first phase of this project will involve the demolition and environmental cleanup of the old Mass Mental campus, the construction of the Fenwood Inn on the site of the old ‘Nurses’ Quarters”, the Binney St Building next to the Servicenter Garage, and an interim use parking lot at 74 Fenwood Rd. across from the Shapiro Building.  Phase 2 will be the construction of the RTH Residential Building near the Riverway, and Phase 3 will be the construction of the BWH Building on  the site of the interim parking. Phase 2 and 3 site plan.

RTH and BWH would like to thank all of the many people who participated in the process to get this wonderful redevelopment underway.  This redevelopment project will bring Mass Mental back to its historic home, provide additional affordable housing in the community, and allow for a collaborative, planned and controlled addition to the hospital. For more historical information on Mass Mental click here.

Spring 2010 Community Newsletter

Key Dates

July 2010 - Nov 2010
Abatement of Hazardous Materials - All Hazardous materials to be removed before each individual building can be demolished
July 2010 - Aug 2010
Create road thru Mass Mental site - This road helps keep vehicles off the local streets
Aug 2010 - Sept 2010
Tank Removal - Three underground oil tanks have been identified
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
Demolition of Mass Mental - As soon as a building is declared free of hazardous materials, it will be demolished.
July 2010 - Fall of 2011
Construction of Binney Building at 75 Fenwood Rd.
Sept 2010 - Fall of 2011
Construction of Fenwood Inn at 20 Vining St.

MMHC Hotline

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to use the MMHC Hotline 617-732-5100, leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible.