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Haverhill city councilors are scheduled tonight to consider granting a special permit for the construction of a new, three-unit condominium building on Eighth Avenue. The townhouse-style building is being proposed by Michael Cassell of Snow Cassell of Haverhill. His application, submitted by attorney Michael J. Migliori, notes the vacant land is currently owned by Kenneth […]
By WHAV Staff |
Rendering of proposed six-story, 18-unit building at 15 Middlesex St., Bradford.
The public has opportunities to shape policy this week as various Haverhill boards meet. In the interest of transparency in government, WHAV provides this list of upcoming meetings every week.
Plans for a six-story, 18-unit building on the site of the former Arthur Sharp Hardware goes before the Haverhill City Council tonight for review and approval of three waivers.
Attorney Michael J. Migliori, representing developer Alan Sfeir, described the riverfront proposal in a letter to councilors as a “vibrant redevelopment” of the roughly quarter-acre site. In its application, the developer says three waivers are needed allowing 18 units where five are required, 18 parking spaces where 27 are required and a height of 91 feet where 55 is the maximum allowed.
Haverhill City Hall. (WHAV News file photograph.)
A former Bradford funeral home with a storied history is slated to become three condominiums if the City Council consents tonight.
Councilors are being asked to approve a special permit to renovate what had been until recently the Bradford Grondin-Carnevale Funeral Home at 52 Salem St. Mazraany Construction of Salem, N.H., proposes to convert the existing home into two units and the garage into a third, all to be sold as condominiums. The company, represented before the City Council by attorney Robert Harb, purchased the property in December for $400,000.
The property served as the Bradford location of C. Frank Linnehan and Son Funeral Home from 1984 to 2009. Previously, Noonan Funeral Home was operated there by Margaret R. Noonan. In a letter to councilors, Harb said the home was originally built in 1920 and requires no variances and has adequate off-street parking spaces.
By John Lee Grant |
April 1, 2021
(Rendering courtesy of Dacon Corporation, Natick, the architect/construction firm for the Edwards Vacuum Haverhill innovation center.)
The Haverhill City Council gave its okay this week for the city to negotiate a property tax break to bring Edwards Vacuum to Haverhill’s Broadway Industrial Park.
The company, which said previously it will move 200 existing employees here and add 50 new jobs, plans to complete a 121,800-square-foot “innovation and solutions center” by early next year. Haverhill Economic Development and Planning Director William Pillsbury Jr. explained how the tax increment financing plan would work.
“So what we’re here for tonight is to ask for the passage of the resolution to authorize the mayor to move forward with the TIF. The TIF will be very similar to ones we have done for other industries. It will be a five-year term and it be an opportunity to see this company come to Haverhill and plant its roots here and, we