HalcyonEra
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This is good news but I agree nothing is written in stone here without the paperwork being signed by the GSA. For all we know the Trump admin has it out for liberal MIT and Cambridge and intends to put the kabosh on this deal, rebid it and award it to a developer while revoking the zoning jurisdiction to Cambridge so that developer can do whatever it wants. He is all about "Getting Even" after all.
Unlikely, but we don't know.
Given what MIT paid, this hardly seems to be a preferential deal for MIT. In fact, the Feds did quite well. If he knows anything, it's Real Estate and more than "getting even" he is about maximizing the return. Of course, the devil is in the details.
I wouldn't even consider MIT to be that liberal. They are heavily engaged with the DOD and other agencies. Sure, they have some outspoken ones on staff, but the work produced by Lincoln Labs alone can hardly be coined as "liberal."