JumboBuc
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Any news on what is going on with the abandoned Star Market lot in Winter Hill Somerville? Last I read the city was pushing to invoke eminent domain.
With the apartment and retail development wrapping up across the street off Temple, I would think this would be a major focus for the city.
I suspect the future of that Rite-Aid is also up in the air, given that it's practically next door to a Walgreens and those two company's proposed merger is under antitrust review. Since those locations are clearly direct competitors they'd probably be forced to sell one off (reportedly to Fred's) in the event of a merger. But as we've seen with other recent mergers those divestitures frequently don't work out. Long story short, that lot may become even more empty before too long...
It grinds my gears every time I pass by there that Curtatone thought he was too good for an Ocean State Job Lot. So thanks to him, we've now had an empty lot instead for nearly a decade...