MARK MOORE HOMES, INC. and MARK MOORE, JR.
Mark Moore Homes residential developments in Lexington consist of Hancock Heights, Burnham Farms, Bowser Saddle Club Estates, Jackson Estates, Russell Square, Centre Village, Powers Court, Fiske Common, Morrow Crossing, Farmington Rise, Mason Hollow, and Winship Common; in Concord, Nashoba Farms, Walden Square, Concord Manor, Merriam Close, and Thornton Manor; in Belmont, The Commons, 212 - 224 Marsh Street, Ledgewood Place, and 22-34 Locust Street; and in Bedford, BedfordShire, not to mention numerous single family, speculative homes built throughout the same communities.
Mark Moore Homes is extremely proud of its custom home design and/or build capabilities. Among its most recent commissioned projects are: in Lexington, the residences of the Brams, the Molvars, the Lanes, the Hodins, the Millicans, and the Kosers; in Concord, the Colbert Residence; in Belmont, the residences of the Berks, M. Mugar, the Ohanians, the Evans, the Allens, the Romneys, the Kaplans, the Leavitts, the Pappas' and the Clarks; in Wayland, the Jenny Residence; in Lincoln, the Briggs and the DeNormandie Residences; and in Weston, the Demirjian; in Stow, the Kettner, and in Chestnut Hill, the McPherson Residences.
Among the residential developments completed by Mark Moore Homes, Inc. are Russell Square in Lexington, 16 units which were finished and sold out in 1974; Centre Village Condominiums in Lexington, 26 units of clustered and detached single family homes (1976); Fiske Common in Lexington, 45 condominium single and attached homes, 80% sold out before the start of construction (1978); Merriam Close in Concord, a 20 unit planned residential development (1980); Morrow Crossing in Lexington, a 21 unit condominium development of distinctive single family and townhouse cluster homes (1980); The Commons condominiums in Belmont consisting of 14 homes located on the former Underwood Estate adjacent to Belmont Center (1981); Thornton Manor in Concord, 7 condominiums executed in the style of a 19th century estate (1985); Farmington Rise, a single family subdivision of 20 traditionally styled homes in Lexington (1986); Ledgewood Place, a single family subdivision of 5 architecturally unique homes on Belmont Hill (1987); Mason Hollow condominiums, which involved the renovation of the oldest extant residential structure in Lexington, which was originally built in 1690, and the construction of 5 new single family homes designed to complement architecturally the Mason House (1987); BedfordShire, on the 58 acre site of the former Bedford Country Club, which consists of 54 cluster condominium town homes (1988); the subdivision in Belmont on Locust Street consisting of 4 single family homes (1995), and the Winship Common in Lexington, a cluster development of 8 single family homes on Litchfield Road and 4 additional single family residences on Summer and Haskell Streets (1997-1999).
In 1999, Mark Moore Homes, Inc. was honored to have been selected by The Middlesex School in Concord and the Groton School in Groton to design and build on-campus, upscale single-family residences for faculty. To date a total of 8 faculty houses have been designed and built, with plans underway to continue building such housing as fund raising activities allow.
Turning to commercial developments, in 1981, Mark Moore Homes, Inc. also developed and constructed North Brook Park, the first office condominium in Lexington, consisting of approximately 12,000 square feet in 14 suites. A second office condominium complex in Lexington, known as Harrington Park, consists of 19 units comprising over 16,000 square feet (1982). The third office condominium development is The Liberties adjacent to Lexington Center. The Liberties was completed in early 1983 and contains approximately 40,000 square feet distributed over 40 suites in two distinctive colonial-styled buildings. The Liberties serves as the prestigious office address for a wide range of leading professionals in Lexington. Mark Moore Homes also developed the first newly constructed mixed retail and office condominium complex in Lexington. Custance Place, as the development is known, makes available some 40,000 square feet of first class retail and office space in two strikingly handsome buildings at 74 and 76 Bedford Street (1986). In Bedford, Middlesex Point, located at 165 Middlesex Turnpike is the first new office condominium to be developed in the Town (1988). Mark Moore Homes also built the Krebs School, now the Cotting School in Lexington, made extensive renovations to the Shawmut County (Fleet) Bank at Hanscom Field in Bedford; to The Spaulding Companies' New England Fitness Center in Concord; and to the Shawmut County (Fleet) Bank, the Thomas K. Dyer engineering facility, the Battle Green Inn, and the clubhouse of the Lexington Golf Club, all in Lexington.
Mark Moore Homes, Inc. has a long-standing association with The Window Shoppe, an interior/exterior design, planning, and consulting group as well as its relationship with the Mor Management Corporation, a residential and commercial property management firm. Moore Designs, Inc., specializing in architectural services, and Moore Realty, a real estate brokerage company, are two newer firms with which Mark Moore Homes is also associated. Collectively, these organizations are known as The Moore Companies. Mark Moore, Jr., founder of Mark Moore Homes, is actively involved in working for the betterment of the home building industry having continual membership in good standing in the Home Builders Association of Boston and the National Home Builders Association for over four decades. He is a Corporate Member of Old Sturbridge Village, a Guest Lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Condominium Development Course, and a Founding Member of the Center for Real Estate Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mark Moore, Jr. was also associated with the Spaulding and Slye Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts from 1972 to 1974 as Vice President responsible for all residential operations. He assisted in developing 150 units of luxury condominium cluster homes in Lexington, called Drummer Boy Green, and the construction of a further 150 units of apartment style condominiums in Wellesley, known as Wellesley Green. He also participated in planning and developing the New England Executive Park in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Active in community affairs since 1950, Mr. Moore is a member and past president of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, member and past president of the Lexington Rotary Club, past Town Meeting Member for the Town of Lexington, and has served on many Town Committees. Also, he was one of the two principals who established and built the Krebs School, Inc., now the Cotting School, in Lexington, which is recognized today as one of the outstanding schools with teaching programs for exceptional children in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Moore was a Director of the Shawmut County Bank of Cambridge and Lexington having served on many bank committees. He is a past Corporator of the Lexington Savings Bank. In 1994 Mr. Moore was the recipient of the prestigious White Tricorn Hat award which is presented on April 19th to a Lexington resident who has made outstanding contributions to the community. Mark Moore, Jr. has resided in Lexington since 1946.