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Rents being down during a recession isn't the same thing as people leaving. I too haven't seen a mass exodus but if rents moderate a bit from their highs that's not a bad thing.

Why would he be brought in separately in the lawsuit if it's an LLC that he's a part of? Also, I'll ask again. If he has no stake in the property, why is he being hired as the developer? Especially when Menino was mayor, wouldn't Don be the last person Pru would want running the project? If...

Tell me about it. I thought I'd get ahead of the stampede so I purchased a place in the middle of Kansas. Now you're telling me the doom and gloom was all BS?

If the CLF thinks they're going to prevail in pro business federal court, including the SCOTUS, they're more clueless than I thought. A 4 year delay isn't a problem here because the garage is a moneymaker so there's no incentive for the developer to cut a deal. Regarding johnnrockets' point, I...

CLF's recent track record is not good. Much like the south boston power plant site, you can buy off NIMBY'S with free parking spaces which is what I suspect this is really all about.

Someone needs to explain the concept of leverage to these people. The garage is making money. It's about to make more money once HT residents lose their parking spaces. Either you let the owner build what they want, or the garage stays where it is until the end of time. Why is this so hard...

Thought I read somewhere a court case in Mass rendered tickets from traffic violation cameras as unenforceable? Something about for a moving violation you need to catch the person doing it not the car?

Does the same law firm handle all these frivolous lawsuits? It always seems like a cut and paste job from the previous suit about wind, shadows, traffic and other such nonsense. I can see a few shysters grifting on rich NIMBY'S around town. "Of course you have a solid case. Just write me a...

What possible benefit would there be to connecting FR to Providence? Rhode Island doesn't exactly have a dynamic economy. The jobs are in Boston, hence the need to connect those cities.

I'm not as worried about a local bus connection to the FR Depot station. I have a bunch of relatives in FR who's family has been there all the way back when they built the first cotton mills. A couple of high school friends lived there too and out of 30 people or so I don't ever remember...

So to reiterate, by the time this is up and running most pols in this state will long be retired, so I don't see anybody reaping a great political benefit. I also agree that there may have been a better way to design it had the army corps of engineers not inflated the cost of crossing the...

Just as I suspected. Move out of higher priced city, expect a pay cut. Even if this particular company is throwing in one time moving costs. They'll recoup that in 2 years time on the lower salary and they have you by the balls on comp once you relocate to Idaho or somewhere similar...

There's something critical that NIMBY'S (and steller, who's not a nimby I don't believe) don't get. If nothing happens and the garage stays, Don is about to reap a windfall. 300 HT parking spaces via an easement are going away next year. 300 x $40 a day x 250 weekdays a year is an extra $3M...

N No offense stellar, but your assessment of Don's ability to make money and reality are often far, far off for reasons you've never disclosed. I will nitpick one thing however. Chiofaro is only required to replace the mechanicals. That is not linked to the parking spaces which is a...

I believe they did make everything available in Spanish. I too was unaware of the need to translate into Arabic as well but I also suspect this is a face saving measure to allow the lawyer activists threatening to sue to claim they achieved a victory regarding the project.

Shelley is bringing up strawman arguments that this project is not meant to solve. While Don can contribute money to the Blueway, ultimately isn't that up to the city and the Aquarium to pull off? His contribution is getting rid of that awful garage. Same with affordability. Don should if...

Agreed. My view is you allow signage for a local company (state street, vertex, etc) or if you're getting something in return. Not 100% familiar with the Verizon deal but I suspect it revolved around jobs being located here. If getting the turnpike covered meant finding an anchor tenant, and...

I suspect Don has two reasons to play nice on the harbor towers parking spaces even after the easement expires. First he's earning some goodwill with the city as the permitting process goes through. Next he's blocking any viable argument in the inevitable lawsuits that are coming. If Harbor...

I think realistically BU's stake is less than it appears with the exception of the configuration of West Station. Consider the following: 1) BU owns no land beyond West campus so there's no other part of campus to link up to. Sure they can connect to the new neighborhood Harvard is building...

I agree with that. Unless you're a superstar one would think you aren't getting SF wages from a company who's office is in Utah and everybody else is making a Salt Lake City salary. WFH has its advantages but it seems those are all that gets talked about and the downsides are getting lost in...