34 Tappan Street Manchester

By the Sea

The Granary project at 34 Tappan St in Manchester-By-the-Sea is a unique and harmonious proposal to create 4 residential units of 2-3 bedrooms utilizing the existing buildings on the property.

This project enhances and improves the property in every possible way including:

Better residential use than current commercial/industrial use
Lower traffic impact
Commercial trucks removed
Employee vehicles removed
Improved traffic safety on Tappan St.
Much lower environmental impact
Dramatic aesthetic improvement
Fewer vehicles on-site
Noise reduction
Increased tax revenue
Increased flood control
Reduced water run-off
Better wetlands protection
Increased housing within walking distance to local businesses.
Increased neighboring property values
More availability and diversification of housing stock

Project Benefits

Views from Tappan St and the Railroad Tracks

Rendering facing from inside parking area

Key Facts supporting The Granary Project

Environmental Benefits

Existing buildings repurposed in place, or ‘adaptive reuse’, is one of the best ways to conserve our natural resources.
Removing the paved parking lot and adding permeable surface areas, all decrease the environmental impact.
Adding green spaces, trees, vegetation, and reducing water run-off, increase groundwater recharge and reduce flooding.
Removing and remediating asbestos siding fully removes potentially harmful asbestos from the site.
Reducing exposed parking to garage spaces reduces salt, oil, anti-freeze and salts entering to the wetlands.

Key Facts supporting The Granary Project

Neighborhood Benefits

Removing the existing commercial/industrial use from the residential area is far more harmonious and consistent with the underlying residential use.
Removing vehicles visible on the property by using the existing garage to provide garage spaces for each unit.
No changes in structures reduces construction to a renovation only project.
Removing commercial trucks on the property reduces commercial traffic impact on Tappan Street.
Removing employee parking on the site reduces overall parking of vehicles dramatically
Closing down the apron and curb cut entering the property reduces speeds and increases safety on Tappan Street.
Adding landscaping, trees, vegetation, stone wall, and closing the curb cut enhances the impact of the view of the existing building.
Removing the commercial use reduces the noise and visual impact from trucks, employees, and dumpsters on the site.
Renovating the existing buildings increases the aesthetics of the site overall.
Landscaping and renovations of the site increases valuations of nearby homes.

Key Facts supporting The Granary Project

Town Benefits

Increased and diversified housing stock.
Increased drainage and run-off management.
Increased tax revenue.
Increased alignment with Manchester’s Master Plan objectives.
Increased housing stock closer to public transportation and the downtown.
Increased downsizing and ADA compliant housing options for seniors and mobility impaired who want to stay in Manchester.
Decrease in residential ‘off-site’, exposed, and ‘on-street’ parking.
Increased housing within walking distance to local businesses.
Removal of a commercial/industrial use in a residentially zoned neighborhood.