Neat! I was just out on that wharf, looking ashore, wondering when that site's day would come.The councilwoman's ward includes Shetland Park, which, in the 19th Century, was supposedly the largest cotton mill in the world. Presently, the former buildings are home to sundry, commercial R&D, civic, and storage spaces totaling about 1.5 million GSF.
This 30 acre site is being re-developed, primarily to add 1,200 residential units The total GSF would increase to 2.65 million
^^^ This image is somewhat misleading. Part of the harbor frontage is on a channel bordered out-of-frame by Derby Wharf, a National Historic Park.
^^^ Long slender Derby Wharf can be seen at top of the image.
^^^ Open space at the east end of the proposed re-development.
.https://thefutureofshetlandpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/250701_City-Council-mtg-handout.pdf
^^^ July 2025 presentation to the City Council. Lots of new renders.
Total parking spaces about 2,850, including on-street. This building complex is not well-serviced by mass transit.
As for mass transit, this site is a five minute walk from Lafayette St, which has buses if someone doesn't want to talk to the train station. But they're infrequent and, yeah, not great mass transit.
A quick look at the bus map and I'm kind of surprised there aren't more buses in the area. The buses the intra-Lynn bus network is relatively expansive, for example (but still infrequent). Salem-Peabody-Beverly is ~150,000 people. They could use a better network for more local trips like work, school, groceries, recreation, etc. Otherwise, you know, developers have to build two parking spaces per unit, which isn't great.
