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https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/02/07/marcus/tfIaxJZKL6mZMLLqKnr2HK/story.htmlAlexandria Real Estate sued Steven Marcus [son of the head of Alexandria] and his startup, RUNLABS, in December for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition. The suit says he misused Alexandria’s name and logo, an image of the Alexandria lighthouse in ancient Egypt, in fund-raising pitches to venture capitalists.
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“Steven Marcus has never been an employee or had any formal business relationship with Alexandria, nor has he had any other interest in Alexandria aside from his familial relationship with Joel Marcus [the head of Alexandria],” says the complaint filed in US District Court in San Francisco.
3-floor office space addition on top of Crimson Galeria in Harvard Square approved earlier this year. Good project though the setbacks seem a bit extreme.
https://therealreporter.com/briefs/...rvard_square_mixed_use_to_add_18000_sf_of_cla
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150723/NEWS/150728934
Tim Logan said:New England Development plans to start work in May on converting the top floor of CambridgeSide, the bustling East Cambridge shopping center, into about 140,000 square feet of office space. Stores on the lower two floors — and a section of the Macy’s department store on the third floor — will remain open during, and after, construction.
The project, which is expected to wrap up early next year, reflects the realities of the national retail, as well as office space in the red-hot East Cambridge real estate market. Even with a $30 million makeover just last year, New England Development has said stores on the third floor of CambridgeSide are struggling to draw foot traffic. Meanwhile office, space in buildings near the mall, which sits just a few blocks north of Kendall Square, is being rented for huge sums of money.
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Tim Logan said:New England Development next week is set to unveil plans to add at least 600,000 square feet of new buildings at the mall, particularly along First Street at what’s now an above-ground garage and a shuttered Sears.
At a meeting Tuesday with the Cambridge Planning Board, the firm will launch review of zoning that would enable a series of buildings — featuring office and lab space, and housing, along with ground-floor retail — that it says will “activate” First Street and improve access for pedestrians and cyclists. The buildings could be as tall as 135 feet in places, and at least 20 percent of the project must be housing, according to preliminary plans filed with the city.
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And if Beeline, if he finds a spare moment in his travels, could swing past 1607 Mass Ave., Harvard says that new building is now complete.