Community Corner
Middletown's New Senior Center Will Have $4.86M Price Tag
MA&M Inc. , doing business as Aresco Construction, will construct the new Eckersley-Hall senior center and community center at the site of the old St. Sebastian School.
The city's Eckersley-Hall Building Committee accepted a local contractor's bid to build a new senior center at a special meeting Tuesday, according to the Middletown Press.
The group voted unanimously to contract with MA&M Inc., doing business as Aresco Construction, for bid estimate of $4,680,000, which doesn't include security cameras and features that will affect the city’s bottom line, according to the Press.
Last week, the city entertained three bids ranging from $4.59 million to $5.46 million to construct the senior center.
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Mayor Dan Drew will hold a press conference to announce the state tax credits reserved for the project at Eckersley-Hall on Friday at 2 p.m.
Montagno Construction of Waterbury bid $4.594 million, Aresco Construction of Middletown offered the job for $4.86 million and Haynes Construction of Seymour quoted $5.459 million, the Courant reports.
The $4.85 million project to renovate the Eckersley Hall Building on Durant Terrace is tentatively set to begin in September and should be done within nine to 12 months.
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The former St. Sebastian School building on Durant Street will need to undergo a series of improvements to make it ADA compliant and for it to meet safety and fire codes for a senior and municipal center, along with other improvements.
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