South Commercial Street garage officially opens

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Entrance to the South Commercial Street Garage on the afternoon of July 15, 2019 (credit – Andrew Sylvia)

MANCHESTER, N.H. – After months of anticipation, Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) South Commercial Street Garage is now open.

The facility was christened on Monday morning and officially opened at noon, with SNHU monitoring traffic flows over the next few weeks as its employees begin to use the garage.

“We’re thrilled to officially open our new parking garage, which will provide a parking solution for SNHU employees and the city of Manchester,” said Paul LeBlanc, president and CEO of SNHU. “This parking garage is the first new building in the Millyard in 122 years and reaffirms our commitment to the city of Manchester.”

Prior to the garage’s opening, SNHU employees working in the Millyard received shuttle rides from various parking lots across the city.

The garage has approximately 1,700 spaces and is six stories tall, costing approximately $34 million to construct.

Use of the garage is free to SNHU employees and is limited to use by SNHU employees only during business hours. However, the garage is expected to become open to the public during non-business hours and before nearby scheduled events in the future, with pricing for public use yet to be determined.

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Andrew Sylvia

Assistant EditorManchester Ink Link

Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.