The Peabody Companies’ Harmon Apartments Receives BRAGB Award for Excellence in Community Design

The Peabody Companies (www.peabodyproperties.com), a group of award-winning property management and real estate firms announces that Harmon Apartments in Dorchester, Massachusetts has been named recipient of the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB) PRISM Silver Award for Excellence in Community Design, Best Universal Design.

The PRISM Awards recognize the finest projects and outstanding achievements of builders, remodelers, developers, project owners, architects, land planners, marketing and advertising firms, interior designers, and other professionals in the home building industry.

Harmon Apartments was inspired by Cordelia Harmon, who founded The Boston Home (TBH) in 1881, a one-of-a-kind community serving adults with advanced multiple sclerosis and similar progressive neurological diseases. In 2013, knowing that a need existed for supportive affordable housing for people with progressive diseases and mobility impairments, TBH initiated the effort to build Harmon Apartments, an affordable and fully accessible apartment building for adults with disabilities in Dorchester, Mass.

In May 2019, Harmon Apartments opened its doors with 36 apartments. Located on The Boston Home campus, the innovative community expands the programs developed by The Boston Home, supplying integrated technology and supportive services to residents.

Harmon Apartments provides a range of on-site programs and services, including services sponsored by the Greater New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

“It is an honor to receive this prestigious award from BRAGB and a true testament to what can be achieved through collaboration,” said Melissa Fish-Crane, principal and CEO of the Peabody Companies.

The Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB), a trade association affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts. Established in 1944. BRAGB has hundreds of members that include home builders and remodeling contractors, along with the vendors, suppliers and professional services that support the building industry. BRAGB has earned an outstanding reputation for its commitment to excellence through support of legislative, educational, and economic initiatives to promote Greater Boston’s economic well-being and quality of life.

About the Peabody Companies

The Peabody Companies and its affiliates – Peabody Properties, Peabody Resident Services, Peabody Supportive Housing, Peabody Real Estate and Peabody Miami – is headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts, at 536 Granite Street. A full-service real estate firm, Peabody Properties manages over 15,275 units of housing throughout New England, as well as additional communities in New Jersey and Florida. This award-winning, privately held company and Accredited Management Organization (AMO) was incorporated in 1976 and is under the direction of Karen Fish-Will and Melissa Fish-Crane, who were recently ranked #31 (out of 50) on Glassdoor’s 2018 SMB Top CEOs list. Recognizing its long-term commitment to Resident Services as a unique area of expertise within the field of property management, a specialty sector, Peabody Resident Services was established and is dedicated solely to the development of support services and programs for residents of affordable housing. Designated as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and certified by the Massachusetts State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA), Peabody was recently ranked #55 on the 2021 National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) Affordable 100 List, as well as a 2017, 2018 and 2019 Top Place to Work by the Boston Globe and 2018 and 2019 Glassdoor Best Place to Work (most recently ranked #10). Learn more at http://www.peabodyproperties.com or on LinkedInFacebookInstagram, or YouTube.