A mixed-use campus, designed for the future of the Upper Valley
This website has been shifted from its original marketing purpose to now stand as a case study of what happens when smart growth hits stupid rules.
Now Leasing: 1 River Park
Fully Approved Life Science Lab Space & Office.
Retail and Restaurant space along Route 10, at trail-head.
A+ Indoor Air Quality and modern mechanical systems,
for space people actually want to work in.On-site trails and 6-acre waterfront park, with programable outdoor spaces that will improve with phased development.
Small lab space is hard to come by, and often uneconomical. 1 River Park is designed for companies growing out of the Dartmouth ecosystem looking for 5,000 - 30,000 s.f. of lab space, with the potential to expand their research, development, and GMP manufacturing on-site.
The building was inspired by the Connecticut River trestle bridges, and designed by award-winning architect (and great human) Howard Elkus of Elkus-Manfredi
1 River Park: fully designed and available for 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026
Life Science Research + Office Space. Childcare. Coffee.
1 River Park has space for all of the important stuff.
Ground Floor: Childcare + Café
10,000s.f. of childcare space for infant to pre-school, with potential 8,000s.f. contiguous outdoor space.
2nd Floor: Lab + Office Space
~17,000s.f. of LifeSci-ready research or office space, able to be customized for 1 to 3 tenants and various needs.
3rd Floor: Life Science Laboratory
~16,000s.f. of Life Science Research laboratory space, with dedicated rooftop MEP capabilities.
Project Team - 1 River Park Drive
What’s the Big Idea?
River Park is envisioned to bring together commercial, residential, and community spaces into an ecosystem to live, work, learn, and recreate.
Designed with flexibility of uses in mind, the project is centered around a village green to prioritize a walkable campus and provide an appropriate New England context for creative urban design and sustainable architecture.
Digital renderings done by KATO Design, an up-and-coming architect firm based in Vermont that we tasked with envisioning what a fully-built-out River Park could look like based upon current approvals and in-place utilities, and mixed-use best practices.
These renderings are for illustrative purposes only; buildings are build-to-suit starting with 1 River Park.
We believe in a green, sustainable future for West Leb
During the 2020-2022 Covid-19 stoppage Lyme Properties sought to advance broader West Lebanon revitalization and recreation efforts, envisioning River Park as a catalyst for change and a tax-base to fund it. The westleb.org website retains much of that work.
River Park’s existing approvals aligned with the 5 Key Principles of the Biden-Buttigieg Build Back Better infrastructure plan, the West Lebanon Greenway coalition included the U.S. National Park Service and Rails to Trails Conservancy, and the project has received considerable support from elected officials the State and Federal level, as well as support from many members of the Lebanon City Council.
The Vision
River Park was envisioned as an economic catalyst for long-standing revitalization goals for West Lebanon. As prepared for U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan.
Trail-and-Transit Oriented Growth.
The Plan
Lyme drafted the 2021 West Lebanon Revitalization Committee’s Action Plan for West Leb, compiling decades of studies into an Actionable Plan.
Compiling 17 studies and 30+ years of planning efforts into Top 10 List of Actionable Steps for West Leb.
The Connector
The West Lebanon Greenway envisions a multipurpose path connecting the Mascoma River Greenway to points north via downtown West Leb and River Park.
Building upon decades of trail efforts, the Greenway would reestablish access to the River.
Location, Location, Location
Trail-and-Transit Oriented
Mixed-Use Development
7 minutes downstream from Dartmouth, 2-miles of trails, 4 Advance Transit routes
Designed for a growing Upper Valley Innovation Economy
“More than 120 biotechnology, medical technology, and information technology companies call the Upper Valley home.”
River Park is fully-approved for life-science research & manufacturing, with approvals and utilities already in place.
The Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Health ecosystem has created a cluster of high tech companies in the Upper Valley, with a notable sub-set of high-tech research, development, and manufacturing facilities that have proven that Lebanon and the Upper Valley is a successful location for vertically integrated technology companies, including:
The Plan: Phased for Future Smart Growth
With up to 1 Million square feet of approved laboratory, manufacturing, and residential space to be built over seven (7) phases, the project approvals offers life science companies the opportunity to expand on-site at River Park.
Lab space as small as 5,000s.f. is available in 1 River Park, with room to expand for additional growth and/or manufacturing need. On-site housing can be developed independently, or as part of a campus approach.
Developer Lyme Properties of West Lebanon, N.H. has over 4 million sq. ft. of experience
in life science-anchored, mixed-use real estate.
Lyme was at the forefront of transforming Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass. into an epicenter of life science research.
SOME OF LYME’S PAST PROJECTS
PAST PARTNERS + TENANTS
It was the Friends of River Park that initiated a zoning petition to re-zone the property for Mixed-Use, Smart Growth, with Public Access to the Connecticut River.
In 2020, River Park gifted the 6-acre waterfront parcel to the Friends of River Park, a N.H. not-for-profit responsible for the future of public access to the trails and waterfront.
In 2023, in partnership with Lebanon Opera House, the Friends of River Park hosted the first ever Hootenanny @ River Park, an example of the events the riverfront parcel is intended for.
How it all started…
River Park was envisioned with proactive community involvement during the Neighborhood Planning Process, incorporating decades of City and Regional planning priorities to play a catalytic role in revitalizing West Leb.
The result was a trail-and-transit oriented development that creates new jobs and much-needed housing around an Advance Transit public transportation hub, a 6-acre waterfront park, and 2-miles of on-site trails. One piece of a larger community vision for a “string of pearls” connecting between smart growth and green spaces.
New tax revenue generated by River Park can be directed toward funding public West Leb improvements like the Greenway, and to accomplish long-standing community revitalization goals.
Smart growth is what Lyme is known for…
For more info:
info@riverparkwestlebanon.com
(603) 676-7800
Office:
173 N. Main Street
West Lebanon, NH 03784