Arlington Point

Lawrence, MA

Van Brodie Mill is a project within the multi-phase redevelopment effort of Lawrence's 34-acre Arlington Mills Smart Growth Overlay District. This adaptive reuse project, which is also located in the federally designated Arlington Mills Historic District, transformed a vacant mill into 102 units of mixed-income rental housing, while remediating a Brownfields site. Initially constructed in 1919, the Van Brodie Mill was originally home to a facility that manufactured yarn for wool and flannel products. By the 1950s, the Van Brodie Mill was operated by a different company that shifted production to food products, including packaged breakfast cereals and rations for the military. Van Brodie Mill is Trinity's first project in Lawrence.

Van Brodie Mill, now known as Arlington Point, serves residents with a broad range of incomes. Of the property's 102 units, 16 are for very low-income households earning at or below 30% of the area median income (AMI), 67 for low-income families earning at or below 60% of AMI, and 19 for Workforce Housing units for households earning between 61% and 80% of AMI. The completed project contains a mix of studio apartments, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes.

Trinity leveraged a combination of tax credit equity sources – 9% low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs), 4% LIHTCs, state LIHTCs, federal historic tax credits, and state historic tax credits – to finance the majority of the cost of redeveloping Van Brodie Mill. The balance of the funding package included a permanent mortgage and Workforce Housing funds from MassHousing, as well as Affordable Housing Trust Fund and Housing Stabilization Funds from DHCD. TD Bank provided the project's construction financing.

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Type
Residential, Mixed Income

Total Development Cost
$46 Million

Units
102

Completed
2019

Awards

• Paul & Niki Tsongas Award Winner Preservation Massachusetts