the borealis community yoga & cafe project:
2018 - 2020
Plan:
Build out the 2,500 SF basement and 800 SF first floor of a 135-year-old building in downtown Medford Square, Massachusetts
Basement: Build 2 yoga studios, 3 bathrooms, and an office
First floor: Build a small eat-in/take-out bistro cafe
Results:
After 2+ years of build-out, borealis community yoga opened in November 2019
Due to COVID, borealis closed 4 months later in March 2020
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![entrepreneur-at-work]()
Entrepreneur-at-work
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Historic 20 High Street, built c. 1885
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![20 High Street - 2020]()
20 High Street - 2020
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![borealis-community-yoga-28-high-street-medford-ma-02155]()
borealis community yoga, 28 High Street, Medford, MA 02155
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Plans for lower level: 2 studios, 3 bathrooms, 2 offices, one lift/elevator
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Plans for first floor cafe
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Empty lower level. Dirt floors before plastic, rebar and concrete pouring
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Hillside studio to be: concrete floors down, waterproof walls to be done
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Hillside studio framing underway
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![Hillside studio before flooring]()
Hillside studio before flooring
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![Hillside studio finished with flooring]()
Hillside studio finished with flooring
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![Cubby blooper. No problem.]()
Cubby blooper. No problem.
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In Hillside studio looking through to the windows of Riverside studio
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Welcome area with Riverside studio left and Hillside studio right
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![Welcome area w/Naama - finished]()
Welcome area w/Naama - finished
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3 bathrooms framed and rough plumbed
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![3 bathrooms installed]()
3 bathrooms installed
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![Riverside studio - unfinished]()
Riverside studio - unfinished
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![Riverside studio - underway]()
Riverside studio - underway
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![Naama and Em happy in Riverside after installing flooring]()
Naama and Em happy in Riverside after installing flooring
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![Riverside studio finished]()
Riverside studio finished
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![Riverside studio finished]()
Riverside studio finished
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![Hillside studio water issue #3 of endless]()
Hillside studio water issue #3 of endless
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![Riverside studio - water issue #1 of endless]()
Riverside studio - water issue #1 of endless
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![Yoga with dogs]()
Yoga with dogs
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![Rough draft of café kitchen]()
Rough draft of café kitchen
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![Rough draft of café seating for Health Department]()
Rough draft of café seating for Health Department
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Café before walls and floors
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![Café as a welcome area]()
Café as a welcome area
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![Naama welcoming guests]()
Naama welcoming guests
