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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Several major city projects — including one for a food pantry that drew ire from parents of a nearby school and the other for a mixed-use commercial, apartment, restaurant and event complex — are slated to come before the Concord Planning Board...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
To Matt Walsh, Concord’s housing market is a mixed blessing.In 2023, New Hampshire’s capital city was 10th on the list of most popular markets on Zillow. It shows Concord is attractive – people want to raise a family in the city and post-pandemic...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
With the need for housing dire, Concord is expected to see a new casino built on land that was once eyed for a multifamily development.The Flatley Company folded on talks for a project in East Concord in 2021 in favor of a different opportunity...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
A Massachusetts developer has pulled out of a project that was set to bring 98 housing units to East Concord on Old Loudon Road.The project, which had been in the works for over a year, received conditional Planning Board approval. With high...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Plans to transform the dilapidated former Department of Transportation buildings off Stickney Avenue into 80 housing units have been held up because of outstanding questions about the condition and future of major city storm drains running underneath...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Plans for a new building for Christ the King Parish’s food pantry are moving forward after they were held up due to safety concerns, and a lack of communication with abutters, in February.The city Planning Board approved revised plans this week, which...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Sue McCoo knew that adding flexibility to downtown zoning to allow for the repurposing of Phenix Hall would mean her store, Hilltop Consignment, would probably lose its longtime home on Main Street. The zoning change would open the door for the...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
As heavy machinery makes way for a new parking garage for lawmakers, some Concord residents and officials have wondered whether the new structure will help ease the pressure on downtown parking.The answer, according to state and city leaders, has yet...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
While endorsing what a new and larger Christ the King Parish Food Pantry would do for the community, the Concord Planning Board decided to delay the proposal and chastised parish leaders for not reaching out to the project’s neighbors, including...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
After two years of delays, a massive development off Manchester Street in Concord can move ahead now that developers gained consent from the planning board – but the approval comes with a long list of conditions.With its proximity to the east shore of...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Local developers Jonathan Chorlian and Ben Kelley were given the green light night to move ahead with plans to renovate a historic church in downtown Concord into residential housing. “I am here with other residents of Rollins Court, which is another...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Two local developers are moving ahead with separate plans to construct 55-plus residential projects to cater to the city’s aging population.Once complete, more than 150 apartments and units will be available for residents over the age of 55 and those...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Planning board members approved a new casino on Loudon Road this week after applicant Andy Sanborn forced a vote despite a lack of notice of a public hearing. “I just want everyone to be aware that this was not on the agenda for a public hearing and...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Concord’s City Council will decide next month whether to approve a $3.4 million park project along Canal Street in Penacook. If okayed, construction could begin this summer.The design went before the Concord Planning Board on Wednesday night for...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
A Massachusetts-based company wants to build nearly 150 units of 55-plus housing in the Heights section of Concord off Old Loudon Road. In a wooded area where a few homeless camps are located, developers want to construct three identical multi-family...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
The next phase of development at the Market Basket shopping plaza in Penacook known as Merchants Way is likely to include a 5,000-square-foot urgent care facility operated by Concord Hospital and 30,000 square feet of new retail space.A public hearing...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Planning board members were left disgruntled Wednesday night when the applicant of a proposed casino and his consultants failed to produce an adequate emergency services assessment per the request of the board, further delaying the application.The...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
With the approval of the Concord Planning Board, a multi-story building on South Main Street featuring a restaurant, two outdoor patios and event space will now add an additional 16 market-rate apartments to downtown. The proposed project was...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Developers expressed frustration Wednesday night when planning board members delayed moving forward on an application for a proposed 43,000-square-foot casino, bar and hotel on the city’s East Side. Last month, Concord Fire Chief John Chisholm and...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
A proposed housing development off Stickney Avenue in Concord to renovate five former Department of Transportation buildings into multifamily housing units that was once a point of contention between the state and city has received the green light to...
By JAMIE L. COSTA
Concord Fire Chief John Chisholm and Police Chief Bradley Osgood raised concerns that a proposed 43,000-square-foot casino, bar and hotel on the city’s East Side would bring crime to the city and draw increased traffic that could restrict public...
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