975 Boylston | Mass DOT Parcel 13 | Boylston & Mass Ave | Back Bay

Jeremi said:
Don Peebles has no money and a fake corporation. The state got swindled, monorail style. They need to put this back out to bid before this fraud wastes any more time.
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If this project really is that hopeless, then a permitting submission would be a bad thing, right? It might kill or delay any motivation for the city to back out.
 
PrancingRaven said:
Came across this interview that Peebles gave in July.

https://www.mansionglobal.com/artic...and-smaller-is-better-developer-says-18a3bed2

The relevant quote for this being:


I am not holding my breath for either of those time estimates, but at least he remembers that this project exists? :unsure:

Edit: There's also this:

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So, what happened to the "100% affordable apartment tower" with "125 on-site" units he was talking about in 2022 to get the CAC and neighbors on board?
 
Peebles is basically a con man at this point. FWIW, I found out when I googled this just now that MARTA reopened bidding yesterday on the TOD/station rebuild he had won there in 2022. Seems like a good precedent for the MBTA to follow.
 
PrancingRaven said:
If this project really is that hopeless, then a permitting submission would be a bad thing, right? It might kill or delay any motivation for the city to back out.
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It strikes me, as I followed the thread today, there are some complicating factors at play with Parcel 13. (Others with more info, please correct any of my understanding here!)

The Commonwealth (e.g. state) put the Parcel 13 air rights out to bid. Peebles was awarded it, and then (his kid) had to go through the City of Boston's BPDA's Article 80/CAC process, concurrent with negotiations with the MBTA (Hynes ADA improvements), and MBCR + Mass Convention Center Authority. (This was the whole making the Turnpike and railroad tracks an extension of the tunnel west of Dalton, under the failed Parcel 15 Fish/Weiner debacle, west to Ipswich/CGE.)

Obviously, Parcel 15 ended with a closed settlement by Fish/Weiner.

So, where is Peebles today? Is the project affordable housing, circa 2022? Luxury, circa 2025? What's up with the MBTA mitigation improvements for ADA at Hynes in conjunction with the mitigation approved with Parcel 12 development?

Why has it been three years since there's even been any ink on Parcel 13?

I think the Commonwealth should pull Parcel 13 approvals from Peebles and start over with someone with a record of, you know, building sh ... stuff. Maybe someone down at the BRA has Steve Samuels on speed dial. I gather he's done one or two things round here the past few years ...
 
bbfen said:
It strikes me, as I followed the thread today, there are some complicating factors at play with Parcel 13. (Others with more info, please correct any of my understanding here!)

The Commonwealth (e.g. state) put the Parcel 13 air rights out to bid. Peebles was awarded it, and then (his kid) had to go through the City of Boston's BPDA's Article 80/CAC process, concurrent with negotiations with the MBTA (Hynes ADA improvements), and MBCR + Mass Convention Center Authority. (This was the whole making the Turnpike and railroad tracks an extension of the tunnel west of Dalton, under the failed Parcel 15 Fish/Weiner debacle, west to Ipswich/CGE.)

Obviously, Parcel 15 ended with a closed settlement by Fish/Weiner.

So, where is Peebles today? Is the project affordable housing, circa 2022? Luxury, circa 2025? What's up with the MBTA mitigation improvements for ADA at Hynes in conjunction with the mitigation approved with Parcel 12 development?

Why has it been three years since there's even been any ink on Parcel 13?

I think the Commonwealth should pull Parcel 13 approvals from Peebles and start over with someone with a record of, you know, building sh ... stuff. Maybe someone down at the BRA has Steve Samuels on speed dial. I gather he's done one or two things round here the past few years ...
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Eleven years since he won this parcel.
 
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