City of Manchester Business Profiles Waterford Development Corp.
Company: Waterford Development Corp.
Location: 175 Highland Ave., Needham, MA 02494
Services: Real estate development
Year founded: 1995
Founder(s): Richard Houlding and Robert Shapiro
Recent accomplishments: Waterford Development is currently developing The Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond and Woodland Pond at Manchester. The Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond is a 112 acre residential community with 487 condominiums including 4 different product types; townhouses, 8-plex units, 2 mid-rise buildings and single family homes. The Neighborhoods enjoys complimentary products built by several developers working closely with WDC, the master developer. In addition WDC is developing the final phase of Woodland Pond at Manchester, a 73 single family home subdivision adjacent to a 600 acre conservation preserve.
Other recent projects include Waterford Place in Manchester and Waterford Green in Bedford, luxury apartment complexes; Birchside Commons-14 distinctive homes set on an 18-acre preserve and The Mews, a 108-unit over 55 patio home community both in Bedford.
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