What Should Go Here at 532 Lowell St.?

Over the past three years, has expressed interest in moving across Lowell Street to build a new, larger pharmacy at the home of the former Town & Country Homes of New England office.

The most recent plans to turn the mostly empty building at 532 Lowell St. into a pharmacy fell through this past fall after the petitioner (CVS) and the property owner could not come to an agreement, according to attorney John Keilty.

A special permit request was before the City Council to modify some of the conditions placed on a drive-through window, in regard to traffic, but the petition was eventually withdrawn.

Keilty did represent a development group in 2009 in securing special permits from the council, which addressed several concerns with the site, particularly over traffic. At the time, CVS was looking at building a free-standing, 11,000-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-through.

The council had also rezoned an adjoining acre of land from a residential district to business highway. Omni Development purchased the land at 530 Lowell St. from the Jewish cemetery next-door and then later sold the plot for $875,000 to SSSD, LLC, which is based out of Salem.

A separate owner, Peter Kaufman, is still listed as holding the deed to 532 Lowell St., according to city records. and does use some space for his business.

Town & Country Homes closed several years ago.

Across the street is the Bourbon/Lowell Street plaza and . What would you like to see here now?