On a hill overlooking Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, people are unpacking boxes on one side of the road while crews keep building on the other.
The first residents have moved into The Village on Technology Hill, a mixed-use development in north Londonderry that will eventually hold 440 apartments, businesses, an Easterseals NH early learning center, recreation areas and workplaces arranged around a three-acre village green, Manchester Ink Link reported Sept. 23.
The first two apartment buildings opened Aug. 1 and Sept. 1, and a third was expected to become available in early October, according to the report. North Branch Construction is managing the project, building as each new unit is completed.
The scale of the job is hard to miss. In a July 7 report, WMUR said the 110-acre forested site took 18 months to get to that point, with 800,000 cubic yards of material moved to make way for buildings and 10 miles of piping installed underground. Developer Ken Solinsky told the station the plan calls for "440 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in nine four-story buildings surrounding a three-acre village green."
"This project is and will be the largest privately funded project in 2025, 2026 and 2027 in the state of New Hampshire and probably the Eastern Seaboard," Bruce Blazon of North Branch Construction told WMUR.
The Londonderry Planning Board approved the master plan in 2024, and construction began in early 2025, marketing consultant Debbie Day told Ink Link.
Ken and Grace Solinsky, who own Envision Technology and OnPoint Systems on Technology Hill, are behind the project. Manchester developer Dick Anagnost's Metropolis Property Management Group manages the residential side. Anagnost compared the idea to Manchester's mill era. "The mills came, the mill developers created housing for their workers, and retail and other industrial grew up around it," he told WMUR.
What's inside, and what's next
Apartments range from one-bedroom units to three-bedroom, two-bath units. Two- and three-bedroom apartments include laundry, and each building has a laundry room for residents of standard one-bedroom units. Units are wired so residents can turn on internet service without waiting for an installer. Advertised rents start at $2,400 for a one-bedroom, $2,800 for a two-bedroom and $3,200 for a three-bedroom, and there are one-bedroom units with a den.
Property Manager Erika Frett said three-bedroom units are in highest demand. She described the goal as a neighborhood rather than a collection of buildings.
"You can live here, but be outside. You can enjoy the space. You can talk with your neighbors," Frett said.
A large dog park and a basketball and pickleball court are already in place. Plans also include a children's playground, a large outdoor chess board, seating and picnic areas, walking and jogging trails and an outdoor exercise course.
Easterseals NH plans to open the Technology Hill Early Learning Center at the development in January 2027, serving children from 6 weeks to 5 years old. It will be led by Dr. Lisa Ranfos, Easterseals NH's senior director of Early Childhood Centers of Excellence, and families who register by Nov. 13 will be eligible for free extended care for one year. "When it opens, we're going to be able to serve 200 children," Easterseals NH President and CEO Maureen Beauregard told WMUR.
The site also includes a 15,000-square-foot retail center. Developers are still looking for businesses, with possibilities including a small market or cafe and fitness-related businesses, Ink Link reported.
Why it matters for Contractors
With two of nine buildings open and a third expected in early October, much of The Village on Technology Hill is still under construction. Six more four-story apartment buildings, a child care center due to open in January 2027 and a 15,000-square-foot retail center add up to years of steady work for framing, roofing, siding, drywall, flooring, cabinet, mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades, plus sitework, paving and landscaping crews for the green, trails and courts.
North Branch Construction is managing the project, so subcontractors and suppliers who want in should start there. Retail fit-outs are another opening. Once tenants sign for the market, cafe or fitness spaces, those interiors will need to be built out.
The job is also a lesson in phased work on an occupied site. Crews are building next to buildings where people already live, which puts a premium on contractors who can keep deliveries, equipment and noise safely apart from new residents.