About the Dalianis House Project

The Dalianis House project is a planned redevelopment of the historical C.H. Avery Company furniture store located on Factory Street in the heart of downtown Nashua, New Hampshire. The C.H. Avery Company building has been a Nashua landmark since 1891. After succumbing to fire in 1925, a new five-story structure consisting of approximately 40,000 square feet was constructed and remains standing today. When it was originally completed, the building was described by the Telegraph as “one of the finest stores of its kind in the state and northern New England”. The C.H. Avery Company changed hands several times throughout the past decades. In 1992, the business was purchased by Bob and Steve Lavoie, father and son. Avery’s finally closed its doors in 2008.

Harbor Homes, Inc., a local non-profit organization that has served the Nashua community for 30 years, purchased the Avery building in 2009 with the intent of rehabilitating the building to be energy efficient and provide forty units of housing for honorably-discharged homeless veterans. The exterior of the building will be revitalized to bring back the original look and feel of the C.H. Avery Company, while the inside will be completely renovated using state of the art, environmentally responsible construction practices. George Hickey, a long-time New Hampshire resident and architect, designed the rehabilitation of the building, and construction management is being provided by North Branch Construction.

Funding for the $5 million project was achieved through a variety of sources including the Department of Veteran Affairs, the City of Nashua, the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, Merrimack County Savings Bank, federal earmarks, the National VFW Foundation, and the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority.