Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation Stories and Data

The Whittier Street Health Center project involved the new construction of a six-story, 78,900 sq. ft. community health facility for the Whittier Street Health Center Committee, Inc. Whittier is a 75-year-old, nonprofit community health clinic in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The new facility replaces 33,000 sq. ft. of leased space in the same neighborhood and allows Whittier to serve a larger number of patients and expands the types of services offered. The project nearly doubles the size of Whittier’s clinical operations and includes complementary health services in partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Whittier Pharmacy and a physical therapy office.

Family Health Center of Worcester (FHCW) housed its main clinical and administrative facility on three floors of the seven-story former Worcester City Hospital building. The project will reconfigure and expand FHCW’s space by adding a new vision suite, expanding the pharmacy and dental suite, and reconfiguring administrative space. FHCW will occupy 82,130 sq. ft. on four floors when the renovation is complete. The renovated health center will meet LEED Certified for Commercial Interiors.