Relevant Experience
Connecticut Experience Highlight
NEC has completed a wide range of successful projects throughout Connecticut, with a strong emphasis on ground-up construction across retail, convenience, food service, and specialty facilities. Our experience includes ground-up developments for Chick-fil-A, 7-Eleven, Pride Stores, Noble Fueling, and Soapy Noble Car Wash, as well as the delivery of a highly specialized aquatics facility for Bubbles to Butterflies. In addition, NEC has executed multiple retail and fast-casual tenant fit-outs for brands such as Burlington and Sweetgreen, along with landlord-driven façade improvement projects like Bristol Plaza. This diverse portfolio reflects our ability to adapt to varying site conditions, brand standards, and regulatory environments—while consistently delivering durable, high-quality projects from the ground up.
Representative Connecticut Projects
- Soapy Noble — Ground-Up Car Wash
- Burlington — Retail Tenant Fit-Outs
- Sweetgreen — Fast-Casual Restaurant Fit-Outs
- Noble Fueling — Ground-Up Gas Station
- Pride Stores — Ground-Up Gas Station & Convenience Store
- Bristol Plaza — Landlord Façade Improvements
- 7-Eleven — Ground-Up Convenience Store
- Bubbles to Butterflies — Ground-Up Aquatics Facility
- Chick-fil-A — Ground-Up Fast-Casual Restaurant
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The Landing at Hyannis-Hyannis, MA
The NEC team partnered with WS Development to breathe new life into a vacant outdoor shopping center in Hyannis. This project consisted of demolition and replacement of 800 lineal feet of storefront façade and a 12 acre parking lot. Work was conducted while maintaining openness of existing tenants.
Client: WS Development
Clinton Retail Development-Clinton, MA
New England Construction is currently partnered with Waterstone to construction five separate stand alone retail shell buildings as part of a multi-pad site retail development project. This project features the individual construction of five tenants including fast casual restaurant, retail and car wash. NEC's scope includes the full ground up construction of each shell building and site work improvements including drive throughs, parking and utilities.
Client: Waterstone
Garden City Center Phase l & ll
Phase l: New England Construction has been supporting The Wilder Companies’ multi-phased strategy to expand and reconfigure the 500,000 sf single-level, open-air Garden City Center in Cranston. Construction management services were provided for the redevelopment of more than 40,000 sf of retail space. Work included: the construction of a new 20,000 sf Pottery Barn with additional tenant space; the conversion of a 5,500 sf space for Williams & Sonoma and a 2,000 sf space for Clarks, including major structural, interior and exterior renovations; and the construction of a new 10,000 sf Anthropologie, executed in an aggressive six week schedule. Finally, demolition of an existing facility and site/pad preparation was provided to accommodate the construction of a new two-story LA Fitness as part of the Phase II expansion.
Phase ll: New England Construction served as Construction Manager for the 500,000 sf Phase II Expansion of the Garden City Center, a single-level, open-air facility. The project encompassed extensive site and infrastructure improvements to support the redevelopment of antiquated retail space, including new utility service, parking, roadway, and sidewalk/pathway improvements. Comprehensive core and shell renovations were provided to include the construction of a new loading dock and utility infrastructure to support multiple tenants, including LA Fitness. Tenant improvements consisting of new façades, MEP and fire protection upgrades, and enhanced accessibility were provided for Corner Bakery, Sephora and Container Store.
Client: The Wilder Companies
Starbucks-Multiple Locations
New England Construction has partnered with TRT Kingston II LLC, The Dartmouth Company, Neville Companies, Aubuchon Realty and Johnson and Wales University on the ground up construction of new Starbucks locations. The 2200 SF facility includes seating, food preparation and a retail space.
- Johnson and Wales University
- Warwick, RI
- Kingston, MA
- Easton, MA
- Holyoke, MA
- Marlborough, MA
- Methuen, MA
- Chelsea, MA
- Clinton, MA
The Shops at Blackstone-Millbury, MA-In Progress
The Shops at Blackstone Valley is a ground-up, multi-tenant retail development currently under construction along the Worcester-Providence Turnpike (Route 146) in Millbury, Massachusetts. The one-story, approximately 24,700-square-foot building includes ten warm dark-shell retail spaces designed to support a wide range of tenants. NEC is delivering the full building shell scope, including structural steel, slab-on-grade, roofing systems, rooftop units, and coordinated utility stubs, along with comprehensive façade improvements featuring contemporary exterior materials and storefront systems. The result is a durable, high-quality retail asset with strong curb appeal and long-term flexibility in a high-visibility corridor.
Client: WS Development
