About Us: Testimonials

• "We are thrilled with the building. The longer we spend time here the more we love it," says Joan Linnehan, Director of the Agawam (MA) Senior Center. "It's a place that's inviting to seniors who are well and active; it's comfortable for all generations and the staff and volunteers love it."

  Agawam Senior Center
  Agawam, MA

• The response to these apartments has been very gratifying," says Paul Lemieux, MHPI's Director of Finance and Administration. MHPI, Inc, the project's owner and developer. "The entire development team worked tirelessly to preserve and enhance a building with countless historic elements, many of which would be financially impossible to replicate today. The Barr team has been especially thoughtful and mindful in successfully executing the plans of the owner and architect to make the building functional and livable for older adults," said MPHI president Sheldon Bycoff. "…Barr's people have done everything possible to give this building and its residents the new lives they deserve."

  Senior Living at Prouty
  Spencer MA

• Our client, Mother Mary Jennifer Carroll, said: ""Barr has stepped up to the plate and worked very diligently to stay on schedule and on budget. In addition, they have gone out of their way to build a good rapport with the Daughters. This is the way all projects should run, but too often isn't. I have nothing but praise for the work that got done by all involved. Whenever a challenge arises, Barr meets it head-on."

  Marian Heights
  Senior Living Community, New Britain, CT

• "This is very different and a vast improvement from what we previously had. It gives the firefighters many benefits they didn't have before, providing them with a better quality of life," says Lt. Col. William Kelly, Base Civil Engineer.

  Barnes Air National Guard
  Base New Fire Rescue Facility, Westfield, MA

• "…Barr, Inc. and the architects for this building, Studio One, Inc., have done a fantastic job of creating a place that people will want to call home," says Paul Teixeira, vice president for Real Estate Services for RCAP Solutions, Inc., the building's sponsor.

  Townsend Woods
  Townsend, MA