By Dave Choate Posted Feb. 5, 2009 @ 2:00 am PORTSMOUTH — The Historic District Commission gave the nod to a planned project on the current site of Kline’s Furniture, moving it ahead to the site review process. The commission voted unanimously to grant a certificate of appropriateness for the project with stipulations. The estimated $14.6 million project would create a mixed retail and residential building and a residential-only building on the lot, one 3.5 and one 4.5 stories, through the course of three phases that will begin with the…

PORTSMOUTH — The Historic District Commission on Wednesday night approved plans for a five-story “boutique inn” at 68 State St., clearing the way for the developer to seek site plan review with the Planning Board. By Susan Nolan Posted Apr. 12, 2007 Jennifer Ramsey, the architectural designer who presented the plans to the HDC, said she is calling it a “boutique inn” instead of a “hotel” because the latter term implies a large chain, and the developer is hoping the 25-room “inn” will be locally run. “We don’t know yet,…