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Northshore October 2025
Lowell is swiftly rising as the North Shore's epicenter of art, and the Western Avenue Lofts are offering artists an entirely new type of place in which to live and work. By Andrea FoxFloor after floor, Western Avenue Studios (WAS) in Lowell is a labyrinth of wonder. With a roster of mostly artist tenants, it's also a solid real estate investment.According to Rebecca Mattson of Sagebrook Development, LLC, investor TD Bank is funding the latest project at the five-building mill complex-a redevelopment of 50 uncommon "live/work" lofts-because the property owner, Karl Frey of BPV Lowell, LLC, was able to show that mostly due to his artist tenant
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