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URBAN 257 Roxbury St. 617.427.1600 INVESTMENT Boston, MA 617.427.6222 fax ASSOCIATES, INC. 02119-1527 [email protected] February 16, 2007 Awarding Authority City of New Bedford Debra Travers Chief Procurement Officer 133 William Street New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 RE: Fairhaven Mill Redevelopment Project Fairhaven Mill Sawyer District No. 924 Dear Ms. Travers: On behalf of the Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC, we are pleased to submit our proposal for Whaler’s Landing at Fairhaven Mill in response to the City of New Bedford’s Request for Proposals for the redevelopment of the Fairhaven Mill Sawyer District. Our team is committed and ideally suited to meet the special development needs of this unique site; particularly those established by the City of New Bedford, the Sawyer District neighborhood and local and institutional stakeholders. We have proposed uses and a design which we believe are directly responsive to the goals of historic preservation, contextual design, pedestrian-oriented urban design, a public and active recreational waterfront, and economic development responsive to the local need for goods, services and jobs. Our proposal is based on using the City of New Bedford sites solicited in this invitation and acquisition of the contiguous sites that are currently privately owned. We have had preliminary discussions with the owner’s representative and it is our intention to immediately pursue the acquisition of these sites if designated as developer for the City parcels. We have proposed a diverse team in response to the unique and complex character of this site and opportunity. Our team includes: Urban Investment Associates, Inc. – Real Estate Development Cornerstone Real Estate Adviser, LLC – Equity Investment Meredith and Grew – Real Estate Advisory Services Goulston & Storrs – Legal Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP – Legal Arrowstreet, Inc. – Architect CBA Landscape Architects – Landscape Architect Tremont Preservation Services, LLC – Preservation Consultant The Dartmouth Company – Retail Broker Samuel Associates, Inc. – Retail Management Winn Management, Inc. – Residential Management GZA/GeoEnvironmental, Inc. – Geotechnical Engineering VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. – Traffic and Civil Engineering and Surveying Daylor Consulting Group, Inc. – Environmental Permitting Veitas & Veitas Engineers Incorporated – Structural Engineering AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc. - Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing (New Construction) Zade Associates, Inc. - Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing (Rehabilitation) JVSF Specifications – Specifications Collaborative Lighting, LLC – Lighting Consultant The Hickory Consortium – Sustainable Design Each of the member firms brings extensive experience and expertise in their respective fields. Many have prior experience working together on similar projects in urban locations. The project team is particularly proud of the successful experience of its core members who recently completed the challenging inner-city retail project, Grove Hall’s mecca. The team, which included Urban Investment Associates (UIAI), Samuel Associates, Goulston & Storrs, The Dartmouth Company, Arrowstreet, and Daylor Consulting Group, successfully completed the design, construction, lease-up and stabilization of the 74,000-square-foot supermarket anchored retail center in the Grove Hall section of Roxbury, the poorest neighborhood in the Boston Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). The project, which had been planned for over ten years by the local community, was finally brought to fruition through the collaboration of Samuel Associates and Urban Investment Associates, Inc. The project now serves as the center of retail activity in the neighborhood, and has catalyzed investment in other projects in the neighborhood. Finally, our team is familiar with and experienced in iterative design processes involving community participation. We will employ these experiences and skills in pursuit of this project. We will endeavor to work with the City of New Bedford, organizational and institutional stakeholders, the local community and other individuals to realize the development of this project. We are committed to developing an economically viable, mixed-use development which honors the history, tradition and spirit of the people of New Bedford and their communities. The Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership values this opportunity to plan and develop the Fairhaven Mill site with the City of New Bedford, the institutional stakeholders and the local residents, and have endeavored to demonstrate this through our response to this Request for Proposals. We thank you for this opportunity and look forward to your favorable consideration. Sincerely, MITCHELL SAWYER PARTNERSHIP, LLC L. Duane Jackson Manager URBAN 257 Roxbury St. 617.427.1600 INVESTMENT Boston, MA 617.427.6222 fax ASSOCIATES, INC. 02119-1527 [email protected] FAIRHAVEN MILLS SAWYER DISTRICT New Bedford, Massachusetts Request for Proposals 15 February 2007 contents I // a. Statement of Understanding II // b. Assignment of Specified Personnel III// c. Personnel Responsibilities & Resumes IV // d. Certificate of Responsibility V // e. Background Data on Participating Firms and Entities VI // f. Background Data on the Lead Proposer VII // g. Proposed Development Strategy VIII // h. Proposed Vision for the Site IX // i. Proposer’s Commitments X // j. Proposed Schedule for All Phases of Development XI // k-p. Acknowledgement of the Solicitation Requirements & Certifications XII // Appendix Real Estate Development / Consulting CITY OF NEW BEDFORD – FAIRHAVEN MILLS SAWYER DISTRICT // 2.15.07 URBAN 257 Roxbury St. 617.427.1600 INVESTMENT Boston, MA 617.427.6222 fax ASSOCIATES, INC. 02119-1527 [email protected] I. a. Statement of Understanding Whaler’s Landing at Fairhaven Mill is a mixed-use development celebrating the history, culture, and heritage of New Bedford. The program consists of a complementary mix of new and historic structures constructed in three phases that, when combined, will promote an integrated economic environment sustainable by local and regional consumers. Whaler’s Landing will consist of market rate, waterfront, rental and condominium residential units; affordable artist live/work space; supermarket-anchored retail; commercial office; hotel and structured parking; and a boathouse and marina. The project will be developed to capitalize on the natural attributes of the site; interstate and regional highway access; efficient local vehicular access; a set of viable and structurally sound existing historical buildings; parkland and waterfront adjacency; a richly endowed cultural and historic tradition and an emerging presence in the regional economy. Whaler’s Landing will serve as a landmark development at the gateway to New Bedford which will be designed to acknowledge the past and herald the future. Real Estate Development / Consulting 1 2 CITY OF NEW BEDFORD – FAIRHAVEN MILLS SAWYER DISTRICT // 2.15.07 URBAN 257 Roxbury St. 617.427.1600 INVESTMENT Boston, MA 617.427.6222 fax ASSOCIATES, INC. 02119-1527 [email protected] II. b. Assignment of Specified Personnel 2.0 Developer / Development Team 2.1 Developer Name Urban Investment Associates, Inc. (UIAI) Address 434 Brush Hill Road, Milton, MA 02186 Phone Number (617)333-9858 / (617)763-7301 Authorized Representative Lewis Duane Jackson Contact Address 434 Brush Hill Road, Milton, MA 02186 Contact Phone/Fax (617)333-9858 / (617)333-0250 2.2 Description of Firm Real Estate Development and Consulting Type of Firm Corporation Jurisdictions in which Firm is Registered Massachusetts Entity Taking Title Limited Liability Corporation Name Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC Borrowers Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC Guarantors of Debt Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC 2.0 Equity Financing / Development Team 2.1 Equity Financing Name Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC Address 180 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone Number 860-368-2819 Authorized Representative Thomas G. Dudeck, EVP Contact Address 180 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury, CT 06033 Contact Phone/Fax 860-368-2819 2.2 Description of Firm Real Estate Private Equity/Real Estate Fund Management Type of Firm Real Estate Advisory Jurisdictions in which Firm is Registered CT Entity Taking Title Name Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC Borrowers Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC Guarantors of Debt Mitchell/Sawyer Partnership, LLC 2.0 Legal / Development Team 2.1 Legal Name Goulston & Storrs, P.C. Address 400 Atlantic Avenue Phone Number 617-482-1776 Authorized Representative William H. Dillon, Esq. Contact Address 400 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02110 Contact Phone/Fax 617-482-1776 2.2 Description of Firm Law firm 3 CITY OF NEW BEDFORD – FAIRHAVEN MILLS SAWYER DISTRICT // 2.15.07 URBAN 257 Roxbury St. 617.427.1600 INVESTMENT Boston, MA 617.427.6222 fax ASSOCIATES, INC. 02119-1527 [email protected] Type of Firm Professional Corporation Jurisdictions in which Firm is Registered Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC 2.0 Legal / Development Team 2.1 Legal Name Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP Address 128 Union Street, Suite 500 New Bedford, MA 02740 Phone Number (774) 206-8200 Authorized Representative Randall T. Weeks, Jr. Contact Address 128 Union Street, Suite 500 New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact Phone/Fax (774) 206-8200 / (774) 206-8210 2.2 Description of Firm Full-service business law firm Type of Firm Limited liability partnership Jurisdictions in which Firm is Registered Massachusetts, Rhode Island 2.0 Retail Brokerage / Development Team 2.1 Retail Brokerage Name The Dartmouth Company Address