SAV-MOR Site Lab Building | 15 McGrath Highway | Somerville

[RandomWalk]

The crane base is up on this one. I wasn’t able to capture a decent photo from the bike path due to the fencing.

Incidentally, there appears to be a redundant thread for this project. Can the mods merge them?

 

[stick n move]

The crane base is up on this one. I wasn’t able to capture a decent photo from the bike path due to the fencing.

Incidentally, there appears to be a redundant thread for this project. Can the mods merge them?

You have to dm a mod directly and ask them to merge the specific threads, if not it doesn't get done. Theres dozens of duplicate threads across the forum with this request as the last post, and nothing comes of it. Actually even dming a few mods Ive gotten no result before. Vanshnookenraggen has always been happy to do it, so Id just ask him tbh.

 

[LexSEDotVille]

1/10:

 

[dhawkins]

They must be digging deep!. The trucks were lined up this morning for soil removal.

 

[RandomWalk]

Only five scoops of the excavator per truck, when I was watching yesterday. No wonder they need so many trucks.

 

[RandomWalk]

The excavation appears to have stalled out. Looking down from the bike path, I can see a large ledge exposed. I hope they’re not delayed on account of blasting.

 

[Brick Top]

The excavation appears to have stalled out. Looking down from the bike path, I can see a large ledge exposed. I hope they’re not delayed on account of blasting.

Construction has been paused due to the glut of lab space. See recording of the Somerville City Council meeting on the 23rd of May: https://somervillema.granicus.com/player/clip/2529, at 6:35.

 

[RandomWalk]

Good to know. They were partially backfilling the excavation last week.

 

[as02143]

Construction has been paused due to the glut of lab space. See recording of the Somerville City Council meeting on the 23rd of May: https://somervillema.granicus.com/player/clip/2529, at 6:35.

I've gone by a few times the past few months on the Somerville Community Path sky bridge - it still looks like the soil is getting removed. Maybe they just stopped very recently?

 

[RandomWalk]

It’s now very Mike Mulligan with the bulldozer moving around dirt from at the bottom of a hole with no exit.

 

[beck4537]

Developers Halt Somerville Lab Project, Citing ‘Dramatic Slowdown’ In Demand

Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners have paused construction on their 15 McGrath Highway project.

www.bisnow.com

 

[stefal]

That's gonna be a deep hole left lying around...

 

[RandomWalk]

The lab project next door is still trying to get all its permits in order. They’re at the next ZBA meeting trying to get one renewed.

 

[Stlin]

The lab project next door is still trying to get all its permits in order. They’re at the next ZBA meeting trying to get one renewed.

I thought the building next door was meant to be a hotel?

 

[shmessy]

That's gonna be a deep hole left lying around...

The easier to build a 50 story residential tower now once Jerome Powell starts decreasing the Fed rates..............Pivot and focus, folks!

 

[ivyhedge]

No kidding - when they removed all of the signage ~2 weeks ago, I thought, "PIVOT...PI-VOT!!!".

The easier to build a 50 story residential tower now once Jerome Powell starts decreasing the Fed rates..............Pivot and focus, folks!

 

[RandomWalk]

I thought the building next door was meant to be a hotel?

That’s the other side. 35 McGrath is the faceless telecom hotel closer to the Squires Bridge.

 

[HelloBostonHi]

That's gonna be a deep hole left lying around...

Sure is (photos from today)

Sure would think with this kind of sunk cost there would be real incentive to pivot it to another use

 

[Justbuildit]

It should become a 450,000 sf SAV MOR liquor store

 

[Ruairi]

It should become a 450,000 sf SAV MOR liquor store

With a Jumbotron for witty banter.
seriously tho are there any consequences for mothballing a project like this?