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Planning Board removes student-only restriction for Edge Merrimack River Apartments, approves multifamily special permit
Summary
The Lowell Planning Board voted 5-0 to amend the site plan and approve a special permit allowing the Edge Merrimack River building to be leased to non-students and operate as multifamily housing; the board added a condition requiring screening for on-site dumpsters.
The Lowell Planning Board voted 5-0 Thursday to amend the site plan for 1 Merrimack Plaza and grant a special permit allowing the building to be leased to nonstudents as multifamily housing.
The board’s action removes a prior condition that prohibited conversion of the property from student housing to market- or affordable-rate residential use and adds a requirement that the applicant add screening for on-site dumpsters so they are not visible from the driveway entrance.
The proposal was presented by Chris Wyatt, principal with Macora Capital LLC, which manages the Edge Merrimack River Apartments. Wyatt said the five-story building across from the high school contains…
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