In a joint venture with SV+Partners, Trax, and Lupoli Companies, this downtown Haverhill Mixed-Use Development will reinvigorate an underutilized stretch of Merrimac Street that has long been the site of a two-story parking garage. The infill project mends the urban fabric along three city streets and creates a notable landmark that will activate and anchor the east edge of the city center. The master plan envisions an ensemble of three buildings organized around a central public plaza defined by street-level retail and restaurants and programmed with active and passive seasonal uses. The plaza provides a key transition through the site and vertically between the more public Merrimac Street and the upper level of residential-scaled Park Way. From the higher elevation, the new buildings will frame a view south across the plaza to the Merrimac River beyond.
When completed, the project will include 394 rental apartment units across three buildings with 142 parking spaces, approximately 27,000 square feet of residential amenity space, and 20,000 square feet of retail. A raised amenity terrace overlooks the plaza and features a pool and varied zones for gathering. The architecture along Merrimac Street presents more formal elevations that reference the scale and organization of Haverhill’s characteristic factory buildings, while the language of the courtyards is treated in a more expressive manner and animated with balconies.
