Acorn Management, DB-Schenker, and Dacon Corporation celebrated the topping off ceremony at 310 Jubilee Dr. for the last beam raising on DB-Schenker's new 45,000 s/f logistics and office center in Centennial Park. DB-Schenker is consolidating its two Boston area facilities, presently in Woburn and East Boston, into this state of the art New England headquarters.
Dacon is the design/builder for the project, which consists of a one-story, 28 ft. clear height building with an insulated rubber membrane roof and an attractive building exterior using a combination of insulated sandwich panels, an exterior insulated finish system and glass façade for the 14,000 s/f of office space that is part of the facility. This is the ninth project Dacon has constructed in Centennial Park.
Acorn Management is the development arm of The Ricciardi Group, one of the leading real estate development firms in the greater Boston area. As owner, manager, joint venture partner, or developer of 1,889,975 s/f of commercial properties and 1,790 residential dwelling units, The Ricciardi Group is recognized as one of the region's premier developers. Acorn has received a number of awards for its community development projects. Most recently, Acorn was awarded the Sarah R. Delano Preservation Award for its rehabilitation of a 500,000 s/f historic mill into luxury loft style apartments.
DB-Schenker is a leading globally-integrated logistics service provider and has a unique goods transport rail network at its disposal. DB-Schenker stands apart with its diverse network of locations in the world's most important economic regions, in air and ocean transport, in European land transport, in contract logistics, as well as in supply chain management. With this very special combination worldwide, Schenker provides quick and efficient solutions for its clients' needs.
This build-to-suit project will be occupied later this fall. Executives and project team members joined Peabody officials in signing the white I-beam prior to its attachment to the structural steel frame. An ice cream buffet was enjoyed by guests and on-site project personnel following the beam raising ceremony.