Manchester Infill & Small Developments

FishingwithFredo said:
The market-rate units, between 315 and 530 square feet, likely will offer lower rents than others because of the size. The plans call for 30 one-bedroom units and six studio apartments, with rents ranging from $1,500 to $1,700, according to documents submitted to the city.

"My understanding in the downtown is that there has been a cry for a lot more one-bedrooms," Cronin said.
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I'd be impressed if they are capable of building the units with rents that low. Even in Manchester. There's condos/apartments in the area available right now that would be roughly in that range but they are all old.

$1500 is still a lot for one person though.
 
Sad thing is, because the wages are so low back east, doing the same job as I am here in Metro Portland--Oregon--I can (relatively) comfortably afford a nice 2BR at 1700/month, while I still get recruiters contacting me in Greater Boston offering at best 2/3's the pay I make here.

The whole of New England needs to increase things like minimum wage--in addition to dramatically increasing the housing supply--if it wants to staunch the bleed of population to other regions. I suspect that at least in NH, that won't change until we toss out our nepo-baby governor, and reform our governance so there's not the over-representation of fiscally-draining wealthy suburbs in state governance that we have now.

Honestly, the whole state just feels like a refuge for people who've never gotten over the loss of the '64 Goldwater campaign. If Mass hadn't spent decades making a mess of its housing and transportation situation, it'd probably be half as populated as it is now. Of course I have a lot of nostalgia for the place, but New Hampshire is a pretty backwards corner of the country. I worked with a travel nurse from Mississippi once who called New Hampshire "the Alabama of New England", and I think he's probably right.
 
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Manchester’s World Famous Taco Tour this week was insane!
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75 Canal Street now open with 250 apartments & retail space​


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MANCHESTER, NH – The ribbon was cut Nov. 6 at 75 Canal Street, a new “Class-A apartment community” by Jones Street, constructed in the heart of downtown Manchester, where a former brick industrial building and warehouse once stood.

The 250-unit complex features a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments as well as approximately 2,000 square feet of retail space along Canal Street, which sits just off Elm Street, across from the Market Basket and due east of the railroad tracks.


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The project broke ground in November of 2022. Since then many construction spectators have stopped by to snap photos of the work in progress, as the development took shape.

The Wednesday ribbon-cutting was followed by tours of the interior and amenities of the place. Dignitaries in attendance included Mayor Jay Ruais, Greater Manchester Chamber CEO Heather McGrail, and the city’s Department of Economic Development staff Jodie Nazaka and Erik Lesniak, among others.

Apartments range in price from $1,820 for a studio to $3,479 for a three bed/2 bath apartment.

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Revo Casino expansion​

Thursday, October 3, 2024​

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Revo Casino seeks expansion using current Harley-Davidson/Even Hotel lots - Manchester Ink Link

Next week, Manchester’s casino could take a big step toward becoming a much bigger version of itself.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – Next week, Manchester’s Revo casino could take a big step toward becoming a much bigger version of itself.
Fuss and O’Neill, on behalf of applicant New Hampshire Group LLC and owner Anagnost Investments Inc. will go before the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) to help Revo Casino and Social House at 1279 South Willow St. incorporate two adjacent lots on John E. Devine Drive into a new larger combined lot. Those two lots, 55 John E. Devine Dr. and 115 John E. Devine Dr. currently host EVEN Hotel and Manchester Harley-Davidson, respectively.
Three variances will be required to make the lot merger a reality. The first related to impervious surface area, which impacts stormwater runoff. The proposed development would have 83.2 percent of the lot’s area as impervious where 75 percent is the maximum under the city’s zoning ordinance. The other issues involve parking spaces that are 17.5 feet in length where 18.5 feet parking spots are required and landscaping additions within the required ten-foot setback buffer on the southern and northern bounds of the new lot’s western boundary.

The new gaming facility building is slated to be approximately 62,000 square feet and two stories tall. According to property data from the City of Manchester’s Assessing Department, the current gaming facility is 41,559 square feet. The current building at 1279 South Willow Street, once a movie theater, was constructed in 1977 and already has several grandfathered non-conforming elements such as 95.3 percent impervious cover, pavement within setback buffers and approximately 390 parking spaces that don’t meet size requirements for its location within the city.

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Many of those non-conforming parking spaces located on the western portion of the current 1279 South Willow Street property would be redesignated as “compact car” spaces. Overhang spaces are also proposed.

The variance requests were quickly approved at the Oct. 10 ZBA meeting.
 
So if I'm seeing this correctly, the hotel would be demolished for even more parking?? I haven't lived in Manch for a couple years now, and never spent much time in this area besides going to the theater (when it was there) and the Hannaford's when I did, but I never remember this parking crater EVER being full. Not to mention, hotels and casinos are just kind of natural companions; over here in Oregon (to say nothing of the whole rest of the world), this combo is everywhere. I also can't remember there being almost any other hotels this side of 293 south of downtown.

This seems like a really weird decision to me.
 
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