Union Square Somerville Infill and Small Developments

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Slow progress on the residential at the corner of Bow St Place.
 
GreenLineEnthusiast said:
When you walk by this place, the close-up of the rusted metal looks even worse with water splatters everywhere. Does not seem very appealing to would-be residents IMO.
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Yeah I was wondering too about those rusted metal beams and corrugated panels dripping rusty water onto the sidewalks below. However I do actually like the glossy black tile. They really committed on the bold materials.
 
stevebikes said:
Wish we could cut and paste this into Davis Square where the Starbucks was.
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I live closest to Davis, and the hollowing out of "Davis Square Plaza," and its tenants to accommodate the now evidently abandoned 7th Spoke project is a major shame. The largely vacant plaza and Starbucks don't help the square feeling significantly more "dead" from a retail perspective than it was pre-pandemic recently - there's ~10 smaller retail slots there, 7 of which are vacant. It wouldn't take too much for Asana to activate it for pop-ups, short leases like Bow - a bunch of tables in the plaza, a remnant Equivalent in the former sugidama or starbucks spaces. if they don't have plans to move 7th spoke forward, I definitely agree at least some short term activation would be appreciated.
 
They probably want to be ready to go at a moment’s notice if they can find a lab tenant.
 
Yep 59 Bow is going up. Also - I forgot the developer for this project (guy in the video above) the Vidal Sassoon heir, Elan. His buildings are a nice addition to Union. Now I just hope he can get the retail leased.

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