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When Can I Park Behind Warwick Place?

This week's You Ask...Patch Answers column is focused on the parking lot behind Warwick Place.

Every week, we set out to answer a question submitted by one of our readers as part of our You Ask...Patch Answers column. On Monday morning, a local resident emailed in a question about the availability of that brand new parking lot behind the Warwick Place building on Pleasant Street. They asked: I was just wondering when it will be OK to park behind Warwick Place. I drove by the other day and I saw a bunch of cars in there. It would be a big help if that parking lot was available if Roundhouse Road fills up. Thanks! --- The simple answer is not right now. According to Groom Construction Co. Project Manager Tim Costin, the Warwick Place lot is restricted to tenants and construction-related vehicles only and there is signage indicating …

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Palmers in Works for Warwick Place Along With Theater

Does the combination of a high-end restaurant and movie theater sound good to you?

Word is, Palmers is coming back to the North Shore and will take up residence at Warwick Place. We'll have more details soon, but what we do know is that the Andover restaurant run by Swampscott native John Palmer Ingalls is branching out and opening a second location in the first floor of the new 38,000-square-foot commercial building. And next to the restaurant, Ingalls is planning to operate a new movie theater as well. The theater will have 108 seats, according to plans filed with the town. This past summer, in light of the news that a theater was definitely in the plans for the development, we asked readers if they thought Marblehead needed a cinema to replace the old Warwick, which closed in 1999. The response was mixed. Many readers…

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Warwick Place Work Will Limit Parking

For the next few weeks, parking on Pleasant Street will be limited as progress continues at Warwick Place.

Work that began on the sidewalk in front of Warwick Place Monday morning is expected to last into mid-November and will mean slowed traffic and limited parking on Pleasant Street. The upcoming sidewalk and sewer work will mean no parking on the Warwick side of Pleasant Street and a police detail may be necessary at times, according to a request unanimously approved by the Board of Selectmen at Abbot Hall Monday afternoon. The request, made by the Salem-based Groom Construction Co., was passed on the condition that all work be completed by Nov. 20. "That's two days before Thanksgiving - we know it's going to be crowded down there on the night before Thanksgiving - so just as long as you're gone by then," Selectman James Nye said prior to …

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Warwick Place Facade Taking Shape

In case you haven't noticed, the facade at Warwick Place has been coming together over the last few weeks.

As each day passes, the exterior of Warwick Place is looking more and more like this computer rendering of what the finished product is expected to look like. Over the last two weeks, workers have installed the windows along the Pleasant Street side of the 38,000-square-foot office and retail building and have wrapped up the majority of the brick-work. Over the next few months, a refurbished Warwick Theater marquee and a large segment of light blue reflective window paneling are expected to be installed. CLICK HERE for an interactive month-by-month Timeline of progress at the site. A request for an outdoor dining area adjacent to the high-end restaurant expected to open on the first floor of Warwick Place sometime next year was unanimously…

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Warwick Place Will Have Outdoor Dining

The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a plan calling for a 32-seat outdoor dining area in the rear courtyard of Warwick Place.

A request for an outdoor dining area adjacent to the high-end restaurant expected to open on the first floor of Warwick Place sometime next year was unanimously approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday night. The meeting drew a crowd of town residents to the Selectmen's Meeting Room of Abbot Hall, many of whom spoke in favor of the outdoor seating area, which will be located in the building's rear courtyard. Local attorney Paul Lynch presented board members with an updated plan calling for a 32-seat outdoor dining area. His request for a 40-seat dining area was shot down at a meeting in July when abutting neighbors and the owners of nearby businesses said they feared it would mean loud nights and limited parking. Warwick Place is …

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Owen Boss

1:13 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The other items you're referring to were the Teen Center and the proposed demolition of the former Fruit of the Four Seasons building. Both of those stories are posted on our homepage. Here are the links: http://patch.com/A-yf9v , http://patch.com/A-yf9V   more ›

Zoning Board to Weigh in on Three Downtown Projects

Tonight's meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals will feature presentations for three downtown projects that are being closely watched by local residents.

At their meeting tonight, Zoning Board of Appeals members are expected to weigh in on three proposed downtown projects: the demolition of the former Fruit of the Four Seasons building on Atlantic Avenue; the future home of Marblehead For Teens on Pleasant Street; and a proposal for an outdoor seating area for 32 at Warwick Place, according to the posted agenda. The board's meeting is scheduled to begin in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of Abbot Hall at 7:30 p.m. Click on the titles of the posts below for our full stories. ---   A proposal for a 32-seat outdoor dining area adjacent to the high-end restaurant expected to open on the first floor of Warwick Place will be revisited by the board tonight, according to the posted agenda. A similar …

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Missy Scarlet

12:48 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Uh...people do live behind the building: Roundhouse Rd. And Anderson St. I guess these people are unimportant to you. And as for retaining the business: if the entire business plan is based on 32 seats outside for a few months a year (which has been written about in other publications), it doesn't sound very sustainable.   more ›

Brick by Brick, Warwick Place Taking Shape

Here's a look at the recent progress at Warwick Place on Pleasant Street.

Here's a look at recent progress at the Pleasant Street site of Warwick Place, Marblehead's new 38,000-square-foot office and retail building. Click Here for an interactive timeline that offers a look at all of the progress since ground was broken last year.

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Outdoor Dining Area at Warwick Place Shot Down

A request for an outdoor dining area at Warwick Place was denied Tuesday night.

A request for an outdoor dining area adjacent to the high-end restaurant expected to open on the first floor of Warwick Place sometime next year was narrowly shot down by the Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday night. The meeting drew a small crowd of abutting residents and business owners to the Selectmen's Meeting Room of Abbot Hall, many of whom were on hand to speak out against the proposed 40-seat outdoor dining area because they feared it would mean loud nights and limited parking. Local attorney Paul Lynch presented the recently-updated building design, which called for changes to the building's facade, and sought to avoid adding three more parking spaces to the rear of the building to accommodate the additional patrons. "When we were …

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Warwick Place Will Have Theater, High-End Restaurant

The first floor of Warwick Place will be home to two theater spaces and an upscale restaurant.

The attorney representing the Warwick Realty Trust told Planning Board members that Marblehead's new 38,000-square-foot office and retail building on Pleasant Street has nailed down two tenants - a high-end restaurant and a theater. Local attorney Paul Lynch appeared before board members at Abbot Hall Tuesday night to request that they look over and approve a plan calling for administrative changes to the building's first floor and courtyard area that he will soon take before the Zoning Board. "The whole first floor of the main building is going to be a restaurant to the left and a theater to the right," Lynch said. "In the middle will be a mini-theater that can be used for corporate conferences." Lynch presented plans to have the …

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What Will Warwick Place Look Like?

Wondering what Warwick Place will look like when finished?

For the last year, local residents have watched on as the former Warwick Theater and several nearby buildings were torn down to make way for a new 38,000-square-foot office and retail building on Pleasant Street. Now that construction is well-underway, local residents are beginning to wonder exactly what Warwick Place will look like when finished. Click through the photos above for a look at Warwick Place now and what it is expected to look like six months from now.

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