Tremont Nail Factory.
After decades of producing steel cut nails followed by years of disuse, the Tremont Nail Factory might soon have a new role to play in town that of a film set.
A movie-making company out of Boston and the HGTV show “Save This House” and have both requested to use the Tremont Nail Factory site as filming locations, Director of Planning Ken Buckland said during the Feb. 25 Wareham Redevelopment Authority meeting.
Town Administrator Derek Sullivan said the town was still working on legal considerations related to the projects before granting permission. Sullivan and the other members of the Redevelopment Authority seemed receptive to the idea of allowing Tremont to appear in the TV and movie projects.
Bentley Companies’ master plan diagram for the Tremont Nail Factory property.
Bentley Companies, a Rhode Island-based operation and the potential master developer for the Tremont Nail Factory property, presented its vision for the Tremont property to the Wareham Redevelopment Authority on Feb. 11.
Bentley Companies said it sees the site as one with the potential for office space, retail establishments and a brewery or restaurant of some sort. The developer’s vision also includes a waterfront community park complete with a pier, boardwalk and kayak rentals.
The proposal is one step toward the town’s goal of redeveloping the Tremont Nail property, which was originally built in the 19th century. Steel cut nails were manufactured on site in the “steel building” as recently as 2006. Wareham bought the Tremont Nail property in 2004 using Community Preservation Act funds, citing its historic importance to the town. Today, the property consists of multiple unused buildin
Tremont Nail Factory. Photo by: Jaime Rebhan
Aspen Blue Cultures is now one step closer to securing a host community agreement and lease to use the steel building on the Tremont Nail Factory property to manufacture and package a variety of cannabis products.
The Board of Selectmen voted Feb. 2 to authorize the negotiation of both a host community agreement and a lease for the Tremont Nail Factory building at 8 Elm Street in Wareham.
This is not the first time a cannabis manufacturing company has expressed interest in the Tremont Nail Factory steel building. Organa Brands, now a part of international cannabis company Slang Worldwide, first expressed interest in the town-owned property in the summer of 2018.
Madison Czopek Jan 21, 2021
It would not be feasible or economically advantageous to repurpose John W. Decas Elementary School as affordable housing for Wareham’s seniors, according to analysis conducted by Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District and the developer Pennrose.
During a Jan. 21 Wareham Redevelopment Authority meeting, board member Richard Swenson said Pennrose and SRPEDD had been consulted about whether or not the Decas School school would be a promising spot for senior housing.
Pennrose is the developer behind the Littleton Drive complex, which will include 44 affordable one-bedroom senior units.
“The answer came back unanimous from everyone we’ve talked to that it’s much more valuable as a commercial space than it is a housing space,” Swenson said. “While housing is definitely a valid and useful project to pursue, that’s not the optimum spot to do it.”
Members of the Wareham Redevelopment Authority discuss the proposed Littleton Drive housing complex.
Wareham’s limited sewer capacity could be a hurdle developer Pennrose might face when constructing its proposed 93-unit housing complex at Littleton Drive, according to discussion at a Jan. 7 Wareham Redevelopment Authority meeting.
In October 2020, the town’s limited sewer capacity caused Wareham’s Sewer Commissioners to implement a nine-month moratorium on new connections. An inability to connect to the town sewer system would likely complicate Pennrose’s plans to construct a complex that would include 44 affordable one-bedroom senior units (for those aged 62+) and 49 non-age restricted rental units for families and people in the workforce.