With the green light from officials at Burlington High School, in December 2020 the CityPlace Burlington Development Team began re-purposing the former Macy’s building for the students’ new in-person learning environment. They needed a new space since their North Avenue building was found to have prohibitively high levels of PCBs in September of 2020. Dave Farrington took the lead on this project [...]

The City of Burlington announces a settlement with CityPlace Burlington that guarantees reconnection of lost streets and allows our Development Team to advance this transformational project.

In September 2020, officials at Burlington High School received disturbing news—their building was contaminated with PCBs and was unsafe for students and faculty. This news, on top of the ever-increasing danger of the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitated a relocation of Burlington High School to a safe, secure location, [...]

For years, Burlington residents have been pushing the city to make progress on two important goals: improved walkability, which will reduce its carbon footprint; and a healthy mix of locally owned businesses, to serve not just tourists but the people who actually live downtown. The new CityPlace Burlington project "has the potential to solve both problems," [...]

A new ownership team of CityPlace Burlington Vermont developers is working furiously to start construction on this anxiously-awaited project. A trio of locals has stepped in, buying Brookfield’s 50 percent ownership stake from Don Sinex and taking over the property management: Dave Farrington Jr., owner of Farrington Construction; Al Senecal, owner of Omega Electrical Construction Company; and Scott Ireland, owner and president of S.D. Ireland Concrete Construction. [...]

Dave Farrington, CityPlace Burlington Development Partner and owner of Shelburne-based Farrington Construction Company, talks about the project’s details, community benefits and timeline, with endorsements by local business owners Ernie Pomerleau of Pomerleau Real Estate, Melissa Desautels of Whim Boutique and Dear Lucy, and Charles Reeves who, with his wife Holly Cluse, owns Penny Cluse and Lucky Next Door. [...]