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Boston Business Journal

Whole Foods, Capital Grille coming to Tuscan Village, and more retail news

Tuscan Village has remade the former Rockingham Park horse racing track in Salem, New Hampshire. Rockingham Park Boulevard (Route 38) runs along the right side of the photo, and South Broadway (Route 28), along the left. The aerial photo is looking in a southeastern direction.

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Tighe & Bond

The New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) named Tuscan Village, a sustainable mixed-use development in Salem, New Hampshire, the recipient of the Green Steps Award. The award celebrates innovation and sustainability within the wastewater and stormwater industry.

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Union Leader

Latest ‘village’ at Tuscan Village to open this weekend; first Shake Shack to open

The new Tuscan Kitchen will open at its new location at Tuscan Village on Saturday.

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Salem Town Hall Times

ONE MILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM TUSCAN VILLAGE TO TOWN OF SALEM

Salem Town Council Chair Bob Bryant accepts a $1,000,000 donation from Joe Faro of Tuscan Village to Town of Salem for Public Safety.

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WMUR

A home furniture store and popular fast-food restaurant are opening their first New Hampshire locations this summer.

Both West Elm and Shake Shack will debut at the Tuscan Village in Salem

Another restaurant opening its first New Hampshire location at the development is Tavern in the Square.

People visiting will get to stay at The Artisan Hotel when it also opens this summer.

Several other businesses are also working to open up new shops at Tuscan Village, including the Friendly Toast.

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Chain Store Age

A mixed-use project has brought new energy and excitement to Salem, N.H.

Through the entire 20th Century, Salem, N.H., was a popular entertainment destination for Bostonians who regularly made the 30-mile trip to its famed Rockingham Park Race Track, where Seabiscuit once galloped to glory. That changed when the track closed in 2016.

But just seven years later, the burg is bustling once again. Tuscan Village, a 170-acre mixed-use project with multifamily housing, a lake, the first Mass General Brigham medical center in New Hampshire, and tenants like Arhaus, Nike, Pottery Barn, and the Sam Adams Beer Garden bringing crowds back to Salem.

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The Artisan Hotel on North Shore Magazine

When Joe Faro first looked at the 170 acres that he is crafting into Tuscan Village, a brand-new urban center in Salem, New Hampshire, it held 1,400 horse stalls in 62 different buildings, all in various stages of decay.

The site of Rockingham Park, a storied thoroughbred racetrack founded in 1906, was completely abandoned, recalls Faro, CEO and founder of Tuscan Brands. “Triple Crown winners ran there,” Faro says. “But over the course of the last 30 years, that business went into decline.” This yielded a rare opportunity, a vast blank slate with its own exit off the highway. “It’s almost serendipity,” Faro says. “It takes vision, of course, but it also takes timing”

Union Leader

“Well, ladies and gentlemen, if you bless us with this update, you will have a Whole Foods in the middle of Tuscan Village in Salem, New Hampshire. It took us five years to get them to agree to come here.”

Joe Faro

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