I'm not sure why they built this eyesore in the first place. It ruins the entire landscape.

They didn't build it...the eyesore on the landscape has been there for years! They just turned it into an eyesore full of high priced condos!

Maybe now they can pay the taxes they owe the town.

Class sizes at PHS next year are going to be 30-35 students and 30 teachers around the district have been pinkslipped. And these people are witholding $1.9 million from the town?! Umm... maybe occupy isn't such a bad idea after all.

Tower Drive Development LLC? I'm No Donald Trump, But I'm Guessing That Is The Same Company As Canegie Tower Development Co., Except Now They Are A Limited Liability Company. When Carnegie Tower Co. Pays The $1.9 Million In Back Taxes, I Would Be Willing To Bet Tower Drive Development LLC Will Be Short On Funds When Their Taxes Are Due. This Has Got To Be Some Sort Of Shinanigans. Those Units Sat Unsold For The LongestTime, And All Of A Sudden They Sold 5 Of Them For $10 Million?

Well I heard they paid the town $2m bucks yesterday. I have heard the buyers were waiting for the tax dispute with the town to end. Don't you people understand, we want this project to succeed. It helps keep our taxes down. It is shameful that so many ignorant comments get posted here. I doubt any of you have the resources to make up for the tax revenue this project will hopefully continue to bring in. If it does not succeed it will come from your pockets. From my pocket to your ears, shut up!

That's all good and all but where do you think the taxes will go? I believe right into the hands of the town council to spend on things that are for a want and not a need. We need to make change people....

It would be great to see all the units sold. The town can really use the taxes from this project.. It's never a good thing, to see any project, or company fail.some of our smaller buisness owners will also benefit from this. This can turn into something that can really help our town.we should be thankful, that some of these units sold ! And hope the rest will sell soon.

Why are the no trespassing signs still up down along the public way by the marina? Did the town forget about this?

They probably want to keep undesirable losers off the property. I fish down there and drop my small boat there. They are nice peole who help me unload sometimes. What does the town council appropriating funds have to do with the tower contributing to the tax base, get smart or better yet just shut up nobody wants to
hear your poison and garbage

By the way I saw where our taxes go. They pay 100% retirements to people who work 20 years for the town. The Daiy news covered the story for the past two days. One of the elected guys in town was calling the union out on it and they all showed up and attacked the guy for trying to stop it. I forget which elected guy it is but he's got a set of big ones . We need more guys like him to straighten this town out. Why don't you complainers get behind that if you want your taxes to be controlled.

I would love to see this 20 year 100 % guy happy..... the only people getting 100 % after 20 are Judges and State Police and i think it is more than 20 for them.....I think Happy is flinging the bull...hey your a PCC propaganda spreader right?

Happy...i will ask again since you deleted my comment....what gives you or the tower the right to deny a public right away to what you call losers?

Absolutely nothing but if it gets you to comment your true self and words, than I guess Happy isn't the name for you and you have major issues. Although I don't like what you said I will defend it to the death for you to say it.. Lighten up Happy and think about changing your name to can't handle a web page without acting like a child... Have a happy day!!!

In reality they haven't sold anything they created a new LLC and then sold the property to themselves. This is probably just a ploy to keep their creditors form forclosing on these properties all they did is transfer them on paper.

Doubt that, they could not sell just five "to themselves". As to the rest of the hateful comments let me address them one by one.

EYESORE - A more hideous abandoned tower was already there. That grandfathered in a structure of that size. This is an improvement.
TAX REVENUE - NO children from the tower are ever likely to attend the town schools, yet the per-unit property taxes paid to Portsmouth are HIGHER than the average, by far. This BENEFITS the taxpayers greatly.
"SHENANIGANS" - I guess you plebes never heard of the economic crash, but these properties are usually investment, leisure properties, the hardest-hit of all real estate. This happened because the building opened after the crash, a crash that NOBODY, especially the jealous average worker-taxpayers could have predicted (they were the first to get "upside down" on their homes, by the way)
COMMUNITY - This development added a NICE boat ramp with ample parking for the COMMUNITY / PUBLIC use.

So, we went from an abandoned factory tower which paid less taxes, to a nicer luxury tower which pays MORE taxes and doesnt use the town's number one expense, the schools, and a sweet boat ramp. I'm happy. You should try it.

Nkgop...the boat ramp was put in on a public street and public right of way with the understanding it would remain open to the public....past several months they have put up no tresspassing private property signs at the entrance to parking lots and boat ramp......Public right of way and land a question now, they have hone against the original agreement.

go to town hall and get a copy of the agreement. i think with that in hand you can remove the no trespassing stuff. also, one lot is for public, one is for members usage. both are large lots. in fact, if they ARE blocking the agreed-topublic access, call the patch reporter/editor, and local papers about it. do not let that stand. use your balls to protect what is yours and public.

Wait, found an article about it here on Portsmouth Patch:

http://portsmouth.patch.com/articles/tax-delinquent-posts-parking-signs-near-public-boat-ramp#photo-9129163

These signs are still up to this date. I wonder if they leave them up long enough if they could have a claim to this land down the road "no pun ".....