Ed Zuker, Founder and CEO of Chestnut Hill Realty, received the Max Michelson Humanitarian Award at Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest’s annual Seize the Dream event held on May 11 in Waltham.

Seize the Dream honors area leaders and volunteers who have demonstrated an unfailing commitment and personal dedication to supporting vulnerable children, families, and senior adults in the local community and beyond.

Residents of the 1,200-unit Hancock Village apartment community in Brookline now have access to a spacious, well-appointed facility to gather for an array of activities with the opening of a three-story, 25,000 sq ft community center on Independence Drive.

Chestnut Hill Realty marked the opening of its new, 127-unit apartment building in Brookline’s Hancock Village with a $100,000 donation to the Brookline Teen Center. The donation is in recognition of 10 years of leadership at the Teen Center by Bobby Zuker, the son of Chestnut Hill Realty’s Founder and CEO, Ed Zuker.

The donation is part of Chestnut Hill Realty’s continued investment in the Town of Brookline and in supporting local charitable organizations.

Continuing its commitment to expand local housing options, Chestnut Hill Realty announced the opening of a 127-unit apartment building in the Hancock Village apartment home community in Brookline.

The John Adams Building on Asheville Road is part of a 461-unit expansion called the Residences of South Brookline that is being developed under the Commonwealth’s Chapter 40B statute to help fill the region’s critical housing shortage and affordable housing needs. It is the largest 40B project currently in development in Brookline.