This four-story Beacon Hill home was designed in 1821 by architect Alexander Parris, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and renovated by Metric Construction in 2019 when the latest owners added a garage beneath the home’s courtyard. With the help of landscape architect Dan Gordon and renovation architects at Grassi Design Group, this peaceful and green space now serves as an extension to the classically beautiful Federal-style residence.
From the regional flora and timeless color palette that comprise the plantings of the courtyard to the top-floor roof-deck updates that include an outdoor fireplace, grill system and more, the outdoor spaces provide as much functionality as the indoor ones with this thoughtful design. Read the full New England Home Article to learn more about the historical residence, renovation and design features.
The historic 1742 Martha’s Vineyard tavern, The Kelley House, is reopening in May 2023! Metric Construction along with Boston-based Blue Flag Partners have renovated the storied hotel to feature 58 rooms, a new pool, a spa, lush gardens and even an outdoor sushi restaurant.
“Ultimately, we want to create a new place on the Vineyard to inspire people well past checkout,” said Blue Flag’s Jason Brown. “After all, the best boutique hotels in the world grasp and give shape to the community in which they are built. We aspire to do just that.”
For more information about The Kelley House and its renovations, read the full article from Travel and Leisure.
With only a few units left, The Residences at 566 in Boston’s South End are the hottest new construction project in the city! Since January, we are 85% sold out and our remaining homes range from 2 bedroom units to 2 bedrooms plus study and 3+ bedrooms. Starting at $1,475,000 Expected completion Late Q4 ’22 For more information visit Residencesat566.com or watch the video. |
On Aug. 26, 2022 staff from the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, staff from the Fisher House Foundation, former guests of our existing Fisher House and military families, gathered for a Topping Off Ceremony that was held on Bay Pines VA’s main campus. The ceremony was held to commemorate the progress that’s been made on the construction of a second Fisher House on the Bay Pines VA’s main campus. Please take a moment to watch this video and learn how this new Fisher House will allow us to better serve our Veterans.
In its 19th year, the Fisher House Golf Classic is the major annual fundraising event for Fisher House Foundation, raising more than $10 million to support military and veteran families. We, at Metric, are proud to support this worthy cause.
Boston, MA
Featured in the Boston Globe on 7/12/2021
Featured in Healthcare Snapshots
Featured in Residential Design Magazine Vol. 2, 2018 A Beacon on the Flat
Residential Design has featured our Chestnut Street Townhouse project in the magazine’s second volume, focusing on custom infill work and the importance of contextual consideration when contributing “to the existing fabric of a neighborhood.” The story captures the importance of H+A’s “do no harm” attitude when approaching the surgical procedure of building in a historic city like Boston. It also talks about the role of the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission in building the historic neighborhood’s first new home in 50 years.
In the context of H+A, it is noted that our “special talent lies in absorbing what’s lovely and worthy of preservation from our urban context and distilling those elements into handsome new architecture…working artfully and precisely.”
Edgartown, MA
Raising the Clubhouse
Featured on WCVB Building BOSTON
Featured on Boston Globe on 07/18/2018
Check-in: No. 284, where guests are encouraged to feel at home
You could easily walk by No. 284 and not realize it’s one of Boston’s newest boutique lodgings. It is the epitome of understated elegance, a serene, luxurious oasis, steps from bustling Copley Square, that feels more like home than hotel. That is if your home happens to be a stately, six-story, 19th-century brick townhouse, filled with original art, 23 stylish rooms, and a coddling staff at your disposal. “It’s not a hotel,” owner Sandra Edgerley, president of Hexagon Properties, told us when we toured the property. “It’s a guest house, where we hope business and leisure travelers will feel at home.
Featured in Biz Journals on 3/30/18
Go Inside Back Bay’s newest luxury guest house, featuring Picasso and Andy Warhol
A small Picasso welcomes guests in the entry lobby of No. 284, the city’s newest luxury guest house. The property, which was recently acquired and restored by Sandra Edgerley’s Hexagon Properties, features 23 guest rooms at 284 Commonwealth Ave.
Featured on Nashville Music Guide on 05/05/2016
High Times and Star Studded Strikes
It may seem this review is a lane shy and a token short, but Tuesday night Kings Bowl America delivered a retro royal venue filled with high dollars for High Hopes. On only its second night open, this new upscale bowling alley-meets listening room-meets sports bar-meets gourmet kitchen became the host of one of Nashville’s most acclaimed early education organizations, High Hopes Development Center. Read More
Featured on CityBizList.com on 03/27/2016
Winning the Gold: New Condo First to Achieve LEED Gold Certification in Boston The Lancaster by Urban Spaces Earns National Honor
A new condominium developed by Urban Spaces of Cambridge has been LEED Gold certified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), making it the first Boston condominium project to achieve this level of green building certification. Read More
Featured on WCVB Channel 5 on 01/13/2016
Boston Booming: South End Projects Respecting Area’s History
NewsCenter 5’s Phil Lipof takes you to the South End to show you a project that’s not only holding onto Boston’s past, but pays respect to it. Read More
Featured on Wicked Local on 09/01/2015
33 Condos Planned at Old South End Church
The future is about to begin at an iconic building with a rich history in the South End. Holy Trinity German Catholic Church and rectory at 136 Shawmut Ave. is poised for its next life as 33 unique and beautiful contemporary residences. Read More
Featured in The Boston Herald on 08/15/2014
Former Candy Factory in Everett Transforming into Luxury Apartments
You’ve probably eaten Charleston Chews, and now you can live in the factory where batches of the candy bar were once made. The former Everett candy plant has been transformed into luxury apartments, the first phase of a three-building, 328-unit development… Read More
Featured in Curbed on 12/16/2013
Everett Sweet Spot Readies for Its $4,000 2-BRs
Time was 23 Charlton Street near Broadway in Everett was part of a factory that churned out gooey, delicious treats called Charleston Chews. Then the factory closed in 1985, and everything shipped cross-river to Cambridge. Read More
Featured on Historic Boston, Inc. on 08/12/2014
Historic Boston Inc. and Mayor Walsh Cut Ribbon on Alvah Kittredge House
For years, Roxbury residents did their best to ignore the big white house on Linwood Street. But as the fortunes of the surrounding neighborhood rose, the abandoned eyesore with rotting wood, peeling paint, and boarded-over windows only looked more and more out of place. Read More
Featured in The Boston Globe on 08/11/2014
Once-Decaying Roxbury Mansion Gets New Life with $3.8m Renovation
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Historic Boston Inc., City and State officials, and hundreds of friends and neighbors yesterday evening celebrated the dedication of the renovation of the historic Greek Revival-style Alvah Kittredge House into five new residential apartments. Read More
Featured in The Boston Business Journal on 11/26/2013
Actor Bronson Pinchot Weighs in on Historic Roxbury Greek Revival
Bronson Pinchot is no longer a perfect stranger to Boston. The 54-year-old TV and movie star …doubles as a restoration expert specializing in historic American properties… Read More
Featured in MassNonProfit.org on 09/05/2013
Historic Boston Gets $100K to Preserve Alvah Kittredge House
Historic Boston, a nonprofit preservation and real estate organization that rehabilitates historic and culturally significant properties in Boston, announced it has been awarded a $100,000 grant to support preservation of the Alvah Kittredge House in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. Read More
Featured in Wicked Local on 01/2014
New Construction Adds Nine Luxury Condos in Boston’s South End
At the corner of Washington Street and Worcester Square in the South End, opposite the elegant Allen House, a new six-level building is under construction called Zero Worcester Square… Read More
Featured in New England Real Estate Journal on 11/02/2012
Project of the Month: Metric Corp. Begins Construction on 94-unit Bay House in Portland: To Be Completed by December 2013
After six long years, the Bay House is finally underway. Metric Corporation has begun construction following a groundbreaking ceremony on October 2nd. The project involves the new construction of… Read More
Boston, MA
Featured in the Boston Globe on 7/12/2021
Featured in Healthcare Snapshots
Featured in Residential Design Magazine Vol. 2, 2018 A Beacon on the Flat
Residential Design has featured our Chestnut Street Townhouse project in the magazine’s second volume, focusing on custom infill work and the importance of contextual consideration when contributing “to the existing fabric of a neighborhood.” The story captures the importance of H+A’s “do no harm” attitude when approaching the surgical procedure of building in a historic city like Boston. It also talks about the role of the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission in building the historic neighborhood’s first new home in 50 years.
In the context of H+A, it is noted that our “special talent lies in absorbing what’s lovely and worthy of preservation from our urban context and distilling those elements into handsome new architecture…working artfully and precisely.”
Edgartown, MA
Raising the Clubhouse
Featured on WCVB Building BOSTON
Featured on Boston Globe on 07/18/2018
Check-in: No. 284, where guests are encouraged to feel at home
You could easily walk by No. 284 and not realize it’s one of Boston’s newest boutique lodgings. It is the epitome of understated elegance, a serene, luxurious oasis, steps from bustling Copley Square, that feels more like home than hotel. That is if your home happens to be a stately, six-story, 19th-century brick townhouse, filled with original art, 23 stylish rooms, and a coddling staff at your disposal. “It’s not a hotel,” owner Sandra Edgerley, president of Hexagon Properties, told us when we toured the property. “It’s a guest house, where we hope business and leisure travelers will feel at home.
Featured in Biz Journals on 3/30/18
Go Inside Back Bay’s newest luxury guest house, featuring Picasso and Andy Warhol
A small Picasso welcomes guests in the entry lobby of No. 284, the city’s newest luxury guest house. The property, which was recently acquired and restored by Sandra Edgerley’s Hexagon Properties, features 23 guest rooms at 284 Commonwealth Ave.
Featured on Nashville Music Guide on 05/05/2016
High Times and Star Studded Strikes
It may seem this review is a lane shy and a token short, but Tuesday night Kings Bowl America delivered a retro royal venue filled with high dollars for High Hopes. On only its second night open, this new upscale bowling alley-meets listening room-meets sports bar-meets gourmet kitchen became the host of one of Nashville’s most acclaimed early education organizations, High Hopes Development Center. Read More
Featured on CityBizList.com on 03/27/2016
Winning the Gold: New Condo First to Achieve LEED Gold Certification in Boston The Lancaster by Urban Spaces Earns National Honor
A new condominium developed by Urban Spaces of Cambridge has been LEED Gold certified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), making it the first Boston condominium project to achieve this level of green building certification. Read More
Featured on WCVB Channel 5 on 01/13/2016
Boston Booming: South End Projects Respecting Area’s History
NewsCenter 5’s Phil Lipof takes you to the South End to show you a project that’s not only holding onto Boston’s past, but pays respect to it. Read More
Featured on Wicked Local on 09/01/2015
33 Condos Planned at Old South End Church
The future is about to begin at an iconic building with a rich history in the South End. Holy Trinity German Catholic Church and rectory at 136 Shawmut Ave. is poised for its next life as 33 unique and beautiful contemporary residences. Read More
Featured in The Boston Herald on 08/15/2014
Former Candy Factory in Everett Transforming into Luxury Apartments
You’ve probably eaten Charleston Chews, and now you can live in the factory where batches of the candy bar were once made. The former Everett candy plant has been transformed into luxury apartments, the first phase of a three-building, 328-unit development… Read More
Featured in Curbed on 12/16/2013
Everett Sweet Spot Readies for Its $4,000 2-BRs
Time was 23 Charlton Street near Broadway in Everett was part of a factory that churned out gooey, delicious treats called Charleston Chews. Then the factory closed in 1985, and everything shipped cross-river to Cambridge. Read More
Featured on Historic Boston, Inc. on 08/12/2014
Historic Boston Inc. and Mayor Walsh Cut Ribbon on Alvah Kittredge House
For years, Roxbury residents did their best to ignore the big white house on Linwood Street. But as the fortunes of the surrounding neighborhood rose, the abandoned eyesore with rotting wood, peeling paint, and boarded-over windows only looked more and more out of place. Read More
Featured in The Boston Globe on 08/11/2014
Once-Decaying Roxbury Mansion Gets New Life with $3.8m Renovation
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Historic Boston Inc., City and State officials, and hundreds of friends and neighbors yesterday evening celebrated the dedication of the renovation of the historic Greek Revival-style Alvah Kittredge House into five new residential apartments. Read More
Featured in The Boston Business Journal on 11/26/2013
Actor Bronson Pinchot Weighs in on Historic Roxbury Greek Revival
Bronson Pinchot is no longer a perfect stranger to Boston. The 54-year-old TV and movie star …doubles as a restoration expert specializing in historic American properties… Read More
Featured in MassNonProfit.org on 09/05/2013
Historic Boston Gets $100K to Preserve Alvah Kittredge House
Historic Boston, a nonprofit preservation and real estate organization that rehabilitates historic and culturally significant properties in Boston, announced it has been awarded a $100,000 grant to support preservation of the Alvah Kittredge House in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. Read More
Featured in Wicked Local on 01/2014
New Construction Adds Nine Luxury Condos in Boston’s South End
At the corner of Washington Street and Worcester Square in the South End, opposite the elegant Allen House, a new six-level building is under construction called Zero Worcester Square… Read More
Featured in New England Real Estate Journal on 11/02/2012
Project of the Month: Metric Corp. Begins Construction on 94-unit Bay House in Portland: To Be Completed by December 2013
After six long years, the Bay House is finally underway. Metric Corporation has begun construction following a groundbreaking ceremony on October 2nd. The project involves the new construction of… Read More
