Lowell Sun 09/21/2006 
Deal will see CMAA building developed into 
housing units
By MICHAEL LAFLEUR, Sun Staff 

 LOWELL -- ...Following extensive negotiations, 
officials with the Boston-based Architectural 
Heritage Foundation (AHF) -- which will 
undertake the endeavor -- have signed an 
agreement to buy the Cambodian Mutual Assistance 
Association of Greater Lowell's headquarters 
building at 165 Jackson St. for an undisclosed 
price. 

     AHF project manager Fred Phillips said the 
foundation expects to formally buy the 
building "within the next two or three months." 

     The plan is to convert the long, narrow 
structure into 52 apartments that will be 
renovated according to federal historic 
standards and connected to a new 900-space, 
$21.5 million parking garage ... 
     
     CMAA Executive Director Vong Ros ...
"We have the option to stay at least until 
February," Ros said. "We have a couple sites 
that we're looking at now. We want to stay in 
the proximate area. Lower Highlands is 
preferable."