Copper Mill Development | Elm Street and Grove Street | Davis Square

theSil said:
As depicted on page 7 of the deck, the existing site has 10 storefronts on Elm. This seems to propose 8 storefronts on Elm + a building lobby + 1 more storefront around the corner on Grove. (It's a little confusing, but I think the A-J numbering is just counting the facades, not the the number of retail units.)

Hopefully this was discussed in the community meeting, but it's crucial that this development preserves as many retail spaces along Elm as possible. If it gets cut down further, it'll be a major loss for the main pedestrian thoroughfare of Davis.

Also RIP The Burren I guess :(
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It has been discussed - reading the community meeting notes, there are some promising remarks from the Developer.

Hydrobus said:
Looking at the renders I dont really understand why they have to demolish that whole history. The big residential tower is going to mostly be on a parking lot in back anyway (and a section of what looks like the back room of the Burren? I guess its OK if they demo that. ) And theres a street there they can load materials from to that parking lot. If its gonna be a mid-rise lab, well that just looks horrible and they should'nt do it especially where theres a massive oversupply of lab right now and many other lab projects and new development areas in the pipeline.
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I believe the lab "proposal" was the previous proposal that, based on the community meeting notes, has been thrown in the trash.
 
theSil said:
As depicted on page 7 of the deck, the existing site has 10 storefronts on Elm. This seems to propose 8 storefronts on Elm + a building lobby + 1 more storefront around the corner on Grove. (It's a little confusing, but I think the A-J numbering is just counting the facades, not the the number of retail units.)

Hopefully this was discussed in the community meeting, but it's crucial that this development preserves as many retail spaces along Elm as possible. If it gets cut down further, it'll be a major loss for the main pedestrian thoroughfare of Davis.

Also RIP The Burren I guess :(
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Actually, very much not. Scape was pressured into promising them space in the new development, and in the community meeting notes they mention that the owners of the Burren are very actively engaged, even beyond them wanting to bring the current business back as much as possible. In the Burren's case, the plan seems to be for them to effectively relocate to a new second restaurant in the former Christopher's space in Porter, then re-open the Burren back in Davis in the new building. They were going to do the second one anyway, so this is actually convenient.

www.cambridgeday.com

Pair behind Burren in Davis Square are buying Toad and Christopher's, to become McCarthy’s - Cambridge Day

The Christopher’s Restaurant & Bar and attached Toad nightclub in Cambridge are set to change hands after a sale fell through in the fall. The new buyers will likely be exciting to many: They're the owners of The Burren in Somerville’s Davis Square.
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Here is the current massing difference between the original lab proposal and the updated residential proposal. I'm surprised this juxtaposition wasn't posted earlier as it would have been useful to the conversation.

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