MassDevelopment sells off parcel to build 12 factory-built homes in Devens

Jon Chesto
Boston Globe
Aerial view of a crane lifting a wrapped Reframe Systems modular home module onto a residential job site in Devens, Massachusetts, with the installation crew on the ground below

What if a four-bedroom home could be assembled in a single day? Jon Chesto at The Boston Globe covers our 25 Adams Circle development in Devens, where Reframe Systems is building 12 for-purchase condos across six duplexes, each unit averaging 2,100 square feet.

The production model makes it possible: six modules per unit fabricated at our Andover facility, delivered to the site, and fully assembled in a day. Site preparation and fabrication run in parallel, compressing timelines that traditional construction can't match. Interior finishes are completed on site once the modules are in place. The first four homes are scheduled for assembly in July, with the remaining eight following in August and September.

MassDevelopment acquired the parcel back in 2022 and found few takers under the traditional development model. Reframe's approach is what made the project pencil. The Globe notes that MassDevelopment officials are hoping it serves as a model for others, and the conditions are right: the Legislature removed the 282-unit cap on housing at Devens entirely through the Mass Leads Act, and MassDevelopment has since opened up nearly 70 additional acres for housing development at the site.

We're grateful for our partnership with MassDevelopment and the opportunity to support new housing solutions in Massachusetts.

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