Whole Foods Market Coming to Portsmouth
The Denver, Colorado-based owner of a Portsmouth shopping plaza says it has signed Whole Foods Market as its latest tenant. Black Creek Group will lease 42,000 square feet in the 135,000-square-foot Durgin Square Shopping Center at 1600 Woodbury Ave. to the high-end...
Letters Fly Thick and Fast as Portsmouth, Developer Negotiate McIntyre Project
A series of letters between lawyers for the city of Portsmouth and the development team seeking to renovate a disused federal building in the city’s historic heart are trying to find an “economically neutral” solution to voters’ objections to...
Portsmouth Councilor Floats Development Fee
A Portsmouth city councilor thinks the city should start charging impact fees for new developments in the city. Councilor Esther Kennedy says the proposal is necessary to improve city services to match new demands on them. The idea originated with Kennedy’s...
Portsmouth Hotel Boom Inspires Calls for Limits or Taxes
Portsmouth’s tourism boom has turned into a bust for some critics. Alarmed by the proliferation of new hotels built to capture the flood of tourists now flocking to the picturesque Seacoast city, some are calling for a halt to new hotel construction – or at least a...This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
