PORTSMOUTH A market pavilion design has emerged as residents preferred vision for redevelopment of the Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building property.
Boston-based design firm Principle Group revealed its final redevelopment sketch to Portsmouth residents and city leaders Tuesday night. It features retail and restaurant space, outdoor performance space, underground parking and the return of a post office to the site.
Russell Preston, founder of Principle Group, told the meeting’s virtual attendees the pavilion design, which he termed a market shed design, on average, ranked the top option out of four prior design sketches in a survey of Portsmouth residents. It scored an average of 3.8 on a scale of 1-5. The survey asked for opinions about multiple visions for the property created through a lengthy public input process.