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City Hall plans move step forward
I gotta say, the only thing I like about moving City Hall to the waterfront would be if they can get other city agencies to join them under one roof - specifically, the School Committee and ISD.
Hall monitors: Study is first step toward move
By Scott Van Voorhis
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Source: http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=190524
I gotta say, the only thing I like about moving City Hall to the waterfront would be if they can get other city agencies to join them under one roof - specifically, the School Committee and ISD.
Hall monitors: Study is first step toward move
By Scott Van Voorhis
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Mayor Thomas M. Menino on Monday will take some of the first concrete steps toward making his vision of a new headquarters for city government a reality.
A local design firm will begin a survey of city departments located at City Hall and other city-owned buildings in the Government Center area.
The firm, Stull and Lee, will examine how much office space is currently used by an array of 46 departments in these buildings, said Dot Joyce, the mayor?s press secretary.
Meanwhile, city officials will be ordering new property assessments, updating the value of the 1960s era City Hall as well as other city buidlings nearby. These include the school department?s headquarters at 26 Court St., and other buildings located on North, Hawkins and Richmond streets. Farther out, 1010 Massachusetts Ave. is also in play.
In addition, city officials are exploring the South Boston waterfront site Menino has chosen as the location for a new city complex and what can be built there, Joyce said.
Menino?s proposal has intrigued developers, with intense interest in the idea of selling off City Hall and the plaza in front. It is considered prime real estate in the heart of downtown Boston.
Such a deal might even make Menino enough money to pay for a new waterfront City Hall and even turn a profit, said Larry DiCara, a top Boston lawyer and former city councilor.
?It?s a classic real estate play,? DiCara said. ?They might even make money in the process.?
Source: http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=190524