GMI Architects designed the Beechwood Center from masterplan to finishes with a focus on detail and functionality.

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The Town of North Kingstown selected GMI Architects to provide feasibility study and full design services for their new beach-front senior center.  The Center is one of four buildings in a beach-front civic complex which includes a bandstand, a community building , and an arts building. In addition to designing Beechwood, GMI also designed a new bandstand, identified required improvements for the existing beach toilet rooms, and coordinated site-wide improvements including two new on-site waste treatment systems (OWTS). The design team coordinated regulatory approvals with the RI Coastal Resource Management Council and the RI Department of Environmental Management.

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Beechwood is used by the senior community as well as the Town Council and is available for rent for special events. Program areas include: a multi-purpose room to seat 220 people banquet style, an exercise room, green house, health screening room, two arts and crafts rooms, billiards room, computer training room, a card room, and administrative offices. In addition to providing basic services, GMI assisted in FF&E selection and coordination.