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Image courtesy of Trinity Financial and ICON Architecture
Five developers are seeking to develop hundreds of housing units at a city-owned property that’s been viewed as a linchpin of downtown Haverhill’s resurgence.
The city issued a request for proposals last fall for the 4.5-acre site, which includes the Goecke parking deck and surface parking lots. Details of the five proposals, originally submitted in May, were released by the city as it nears a decision on a designated developer.
Waltham-based Dakota Partners proposes 270 units of mixed-income housing in four buildings, 18,600 square feet of commercial space, a 410-space parking garage and a 12,500-square-foot plaza in a development known as The District. Mass Design Group is the architect for the project, which would be built in three phases beginning with a 5-story, 100-unit building on Merrimack Street. Dakota Partners completed the 144-unit Tenney Place apartments in Haverhill in 2019.
Jefferson Apartment Group, partnering with the Archdiocese of Boston’s Planning Office of Urban Affairs affordable housing arm, proposes 294 market-rate units in two buildings, with studios renting for a projected $1,750 per month. A third building would contain 41 apartments and 11 condos reserved for households earning 50 to 100 percent of area median income. And a second phase of the Harbor Place riverfront development completed by POUA in 2017 would contain another 44 units. The project would include a 6-story, 420-space parking garage.
Lawrence-based Lupoli Cos. proposes 250 housing units in three buildings ranging from four to six stories, including 17,650 square feet of retail space and a 570-space parking garage.
Boston-based Panifex LLC, which is led by Principal Alexander Baker, proposes an all-market-rate development spanning 266 housing units in 340,000 square feet of residential space, 31,500 square feet of retail space in four buildings and a 450-space garage.
And Boston-based Trinity Financial proposes 207 units of mixed-income housing and a 525-space parking garage which would be deeded to the city upon completion.
The city’s master plan, Vision Haverhill 2035, offers density bonuses for projects that enhance public access and open space while adding uses such as retail, offices, restaurants and housing.
