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Board Chairman Dexter Legg called the proposed project at 93 Pleasant St. by developer Mark McNabb “terrific.” “I’m really excited about it, I think we all are,” Legg said. He also referenced a comment that Gov. Chris Sununu made recently during a State of the State address to the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. “I’ll paraphrase him: ‘You can’t say you support business if you don’t support affordable housing’ and this is so necessary for Portsmouth and for the workers who work in Portsmouth,” Legg said during Thursday night’s Planning Board Zoom video conference meeting. “We can’t keep saying that we support affordable housing but not here or not there.” ....
PORTSMOUTH – A long-debated, 152-unit residential development along the North Mill Pond, is moving forward after receiving key approvals from the Planning Board late Thursday night. As part of the development, called Residences at Islington Creek, developers are creating a ½-acre public park along the North Mill Pond and donating rights to the city for about ¾ of a mile of the long-planned North Mill Pond Trail and Greenway, a public multi-use path that will connect Market and Bartlett streets. The development at 105 Bartlett St., once was proposed to include 272 apartments before developers scaled back the project, which has been under discussion or review since 2018. ....