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FROM P3 BULLETIN: Mass uni opens for mixed-use P3 feedback

August 13, 2026 →

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM P3 BULLETIN, AUGUST 13, 2026

Responses to the request for information due August 28, 2026


The University of Massachusetts has released a request for information (RFI) on proposals for a new leisure and hotel complex P3.

Under the plans, the Lowell branch of the university is looking to deliver a new large-scale ice hockey development, hotel center, and, potentially, riverside activation.

The project is being envisioned as a P3, with the private partner responsible for designing, building, financing, operating, and maintaining the facilities.

Responses are due August 28, 2026. The RFI can be found by clicking here.

Brailsford & Dunlavey is supporting the university on the project.


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"The leadership and information from B&D, and the clarity with which they provide it, brings added credibility to the process and ensures that a range of university stakeholders, including senior leadership and our board, are fully informed for – and confident in – their required decision making.”

B.J. Crain, Former Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration
Texas Woman’s University

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