The Edison on the Charles

Construction Continues for Edison on The Charles in Waltham

Construction is ongoing for the nearly 400,000 square foot Edison on The Charles project on Cooper Street in Waltham. The garage section of the project is now complete with both exterior and interior work ongoing for the residential buildings. The development features 264 apartments across 5 buildings along with a fitness center, lounge and outdoor entertaining space with pool. Construction is expected to be complete later this year.

Callahan Continues Work on Cooper Street Apartments

Located on a four-acre lot situated between Cooper and Elm Streets and abutting the Charles River, Callahan Construction Management is constructing the Waltham-based Cooper Street Apartments. The building is a 397,927 square-foot, Type 3A, five-story wood frame structure with 264 units, offering residents a fitness center, lounge, and an outdoor swimming pool. There are 68 walk-out balconies and 53 Juliet balconies with glass sliding doors. The facade of the building will be comprised of multiple materials including fiber cement siding, brick, metal panels, aluminum storefront as well as vinyl & aluminum windows. The Cooper Street Apartments construction is scheduled to last nineteen months, with final completion and turnover planned for December 31st, 2019.

 The project is divided into two Phases: Phase 1 consists of the turnover of the garage, the Amenity area and 139 units in roughly nineteen months. The amenity area and model unit are turned over 7 weeks prior to the rest of Phase 1. Phase 2 represents substantial completion of the remaining 138 units and the landscaping and River Walk area.

Developers begin rebuilding fire-ravaged Waltham apartment development

Developers Daiwa House and Lincoln Property Company have begun rebuilding The Edison on the Charles, a 264-unit apartment development in Downtown Waltham that was destroyed by a fire in July. Cleanup of the site and demolition of fire-destroyed structures will begin the week of September 17th, after which construction of five new buildings will begin. "We’ve received our insurance proceeds, and we’re going to proceed and rebuild exactly the same project, in the same location, with all the benefits that the City of Waltham is going to attain from this development,” said John Noone, Lincoln Property Company's Northeast Region Executive Vice President, in an interview with Wicked Local Waltham. Officials have determined that the 10-alarm blaze that destroyed The Edison on the Charles, which was fully framed and nearing completion, was set by an arsonist; property damages are estimated at $110 million.