Press Release for Chester College

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Sarah Carson 668-7000



NAI Norwood Group to Market Chester College of New England

Chester, NH – NAI Norwood Group is pleased to announce they are currently marketing Chester College of New England in Chester, New Hampshire. Karl Norwood, John Hoben, and Chris Norwood, all of NAI Norwood Group, are the brokers and advisors to the college. The college recently closed its doors following May’s commencement ceremony. Prior to closing the school was home to some 200+/- art students each year with offerings including a full library, art space, dormitories and kitchen.

There are many opportunities for reuse and redevelopment of the former Chester College campus in Chester New Hampshire. Chester is a quintessential small New England town, a ten mile drive from New Hampshire’s largest city of Manchester and a fifty mile drive to Boston, Massachusetts. The campus is located seven miles from Interstate 93 and nine miles from NH Route 101.

The small New England art campus underwent substantial renovation in the mid 2000’s with numerous improvements in many of their buildings. Most of the upgrades were directed to code, life safety and energy enhancements which brought the campus up to date. The single largest and most recent expansion was the 2002 construction of Preston Hall, a 23,000± SF modern student residence hall.

The campus sits on two lots, and is offered for sale either in its whole or in parts, subject to sub-division. NAI Norwood Group is currently marketing the college with five different scenarios in which their sister company Real Living The Norwood Group has been brought in to market two residential properties. One of these properties being Douglas Hall.

Douglas Hall, formerly the Governor Bell House, was first built by Ebeneezer Flagg around in the mid 1700’s. The main house wasn’t added as the Governor Bell House until the early 1800’s. The Queen Anne style home can be purchased separately from the college campus as well as other buildings on the campus. The Bell family was very well known not just in Chester but throughout the state of New Hampshire as four generations of Bell family men served as governor.

“There is substantial infrastructure that is in place. We are hopeful that the end buyer or institutional user can make use of the large gathering facilities and dormitories,” said Chris Norwood, Executive Vice President, NAI Norwood Group.

NAI Norwood Group is an affiliate of NAI Global, the world’s leading managed network of independently owned commercial real estate brokerage firms. Through this network of 355 offices in 55 countries, NAI Norwood Group is able to leverage their strong local experience around the world. With our extensive background and strong local contacts, we are able to assist individual corporations in negotiating leases, sales, business brokerage, investments, relocation, site selection and development. For more information please visit http://www.nainorwoodgroup.com/. Or contact one of our offices: 116 South River Road, Bedford, NH 03110, (603) 668-7000 or 100 Market Street Suite 200, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 431-3001.

To inquire about the residential properties being offered please contact Ed Buczynski with the Real Living The Norwood Group Bedford office at 116 South River Road, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 472-4400. Or you can visit www.realliving/Norwood-Group.com.