Ascend – New Bedford

New Bedford Guide reported in April 2021 that the Planning Board had approved a special permit for the project, then planned at 115 Coggeshall Street in a historic building formerly used by the Fringe Factory, a maker of fringe for rugs and clothing. A year later, SouthCoast Today described licensing as a marathon and reported another projected opening window, a provisional state license, construction still to come, and a forecast of roughly 20 jobs. Together, those stories capture the defining feature of this location: years of approvals, revised timelines, and a building plan tied to an older piece of New Bedford industry. The current Google listing marks the business operational, but the coverage remains a record of the proposal phase—not a description of today’s setup.

The supplied walking route to the New Bedford Whaling Museum is 1.68 miles and 38 minutes; the traffic-unaware driving estimate is 1.85 miles and 5 minutes. For the Seastreak Ferry Terminal New Bedford, the walking route is 1.74 miles and 38 minutes, while the traffic-unaware driving estimate is 1.75 miles and 6 minutes. Dartmouth Mall is 4.61 miles and 106 minutes on foot, or 5.23 miles and 10 minutes by a traffic-unaware driving estimate.