Bridge Street Project ~ Renalssance Development
The City and the Nashua Business & Industrial Development Authority entered into a
preferred developer agreement with Renaissance of Nashua, LLC in 2010 that allows
the firm to develop approximately 13 acres of City-owned land along Bridge Street
near the Taylor Falls Bridge. In November of 2015, Renaissance and their partner, SMC
Management, received site plan approval from the Nashua Planning Board to initiate
the first phase of fhe project. Construction on the first phase, which includes 225
residential units and a small restaurant/commercial building, is expected to break
ground in the spring of 2016. Prior to breaking ground, the City and the development
team are seeking approval from the US Army Corp of Engineers to build near the
levee. In addition, the City is working to identify a suitable new location for the David W
Deane Skatepark.
Public Health building
Over the past few monihs, there has been significant progress on moving forward with
a building for the Division of Public Health and Community Services. On November 5,
2015, the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen voted to approve a contract
with Dennis Mires, The Architects from Manchester, NH to assist the staff with plans and
an RFP process to find an appropriate building or building site for the Division. Director
Vigroux, Director Galligani and management staff from Public Health met with Mr. Mires
and his staff to share operations information and the firm is now in the process of
creating a conceptual floor plan. Just before Christmas, the team met with Mr. Mires to
look at a first draft of a conceptual design. This conceptual design was meant to
ensure that all components that the staff have identified as needed in a new facility
were represented and that Division operational needs were considered such as patient
flow and confidentiality.
The staff is working on identifying areas that need revising, such as some of the client
flow and work space in the Welfare department. the patient areas for the Community
Health Department and shared conference rooms for the Division. The plan is to have
that information compiled and back to Dennis Mires by January 12th after which his
team will create a final draft of a floor plan. At that point, work will begin on drafting
the RFP to solicit responses that may include properties for purchase or lease, land for
purchase or lease, build to suit options, etc. Mr. Mires will assist the staff in the creation
of the RFP and the review of the submissions.
Burke Street Facllity:
Since the purchase of the Burke Street facility, our focus has been on access and
security, utility status (heat, light and power}, and winterizing the building. In addition,
an RFQ was issued to prospective vendors who will assist the City in designing the
renovation of the space for future use. We have received responses from 7 vendors
and we will be developing a short list soon. As a next step, the short-listed vendors will
tour the facility.
