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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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