It’s easy to find the Clocktower Place apartments. Just ask anyone in Nashua’s renovated downtown, and they’ll direct you to three of the city’s most visible landmarks: two clock towers and a bell tower which sit on top of the mills in the former Nashua Manufacturing Company millyard, the 19th century maker of both cotton and woolen textiles. Six of these mill buildings have been converted into 326 apartments of extraordinary size, varying floor plans, and quality, making this property the most desired rental address in southern New Hampshire.

Vitality and prosperity beckoned immigrants to migrate to Nashua in the late 1800s, and it continues to do so today. No longer a textile mecca, Nashua is a hotbed for high technology, and welcomes those who arrive here today to start new careers in such industries as software development, telecommunications, financial services, and computer-assisted manufacturing. Many of those who are drawn to Nashua decide to live in Clocktower Place while they establish themselves in this area.

Enter the lobby of Clocktower Place, and you can still see a vestige of Nashua’s colorful past: Donning the walls are quilts that recall the handicrafts of the earlier centuries. Inside some of the apartments, you can view architectural details such as exposed wood beams, spiral staircases, and uncovered brick, all preserving the building’s original mill character and significance. In fact, the Clocktower Place buildings are included in the National Register of Historic Places.

Twice the last 12 years, Money Magazine rated Nashua as the “best place to live in America.” It’s easy to see why: The city offers a haven from congestion, a low crime rate, good schools, excellent healthcare facilities, and an affordable lifestyle. Nashua is also close to Boston, and within an easy drive to the Vermont and New Hampshire mountains, lakes, ski resorts and ocean beaches.

Come visit Clocktower Place, and you’ll realize why hundreds of residents call it home.