A recent walk-through of the Ornsteen Heel property by the Haverhill Conservation Commission delivered another perspective on the property’s redevelopment that was approved 8-1 by city councilors Tuesday night. (Separate story to follow.) Commissioners Ralph T. Basiliere and Thomas Wylie and city Environmental Health Technician Robert E. Moore Jr. toured the site and found various […]
The Haverhill City Council gave the green light last night to construction of a 290-unit apartment complex, on the Merrimack River across from the Bradford commuter rail station. Key to the City Council’s support of the project by the Procopio Company of Lynnfield was a proposed nearly $2 million realignment and signalization of adjacent streets. […]
Site plan of “The Beck,” near the Bradford commuter rail station.
Details of a 290-unit apartment complex, to be known as “The Beck,” near the Bradford commuter rail station will be aired Tuesday night by the Haverhill City Council when the body considers granting a special permit for the waterfront project.
Nearly a year ago, Haverhill councilors voted 7-1 to sell the former Ornsteen Heel property, 19 Railroad Ave., with Council President Melinda E. Barrett dissenting and Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan abstaining.
Developer Michael Procopio and the Procopio Company of Lynnfield plans to buy the Ornsteen property from the city for $1 million and use it as well as the land currently occupied by Skateland and an abandoned gas station lot near the Comeau Bridge. Besides apartments, the project consists of 6,500 square feet of retail space, including a restaurant with outdoor seating; extension of the riverwalk; and a park with amphitheater. The project now covers nearly seven a
Dec 21, 2020
HAVERHILL â For decades, locals haven t had far to go to pick up whatever they needed for a home repair job or a lawn project.
Whether it was a paint brush, a washer for a leaky faucet, a light switch or a garden rake, a visit to the Arthur Sharp True Value hardware store at 21 Middlesex St. would likely yield what was needed.Â
Those visits will soon come to an end, however, as owner Patrick Lane has sold the store and accompanying land on the Bradford side of the Merrimack River to developer Alain Sfeir of Middlesex Haverhill Realty Trust.