Re: Filene's
No Seriously. Target is awesome. Why not Walmart next door as we already have CVS, Staples and Bank of America ATMS all down Summer Street.
Great vision and creativity for Downtown Boston. It will look like exactly the strip mall near Wellington station in Everett. As matter of fact it will look like every other strip mall across the State.
NO VISION OR CREATIVITY for molding Boston DTX into something great. Instead the vision that the BRA gives us is the same thing being built in every other town and city. A prime location that should have made a mark in the city. Don't worry Vornado just pulled a deal out with TARGET. Isn’t Target the Anchor for the Fenway Project?
The BRA should have been looking at Times Square for ideas. Owe I forgot Boston is not Manhattan.
This is a KEY location to really making the city different.
The city is spending hundreds of millions of tax dollars to relocate VERTEX to Fan Pier. VORNADO is just sticking it to the city, saying GO FUCK YOURSELF you bunch of Hypocrites. The politicians can give money to some projects but not others.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2011_0909for_many_downtown_target_hits_bulls-eye/
This statement says it all “No one has talked to me,” Menino told the Herald. “I’m bent on getting a development down there — whatever it is. The owner of the property should respect this administration and tell us what they plan to do.”
Menino is powerless against Vornado at this point.
Just remember that HYNES demo'd this sight without knowing he had proper financing. I'm betting he knew the markets were going to shit and said the city and state will have to bail us out so demo the sight. The problem I have is that when Vornado basically fired Hynes, The BRA all of sudden okay's the SEAPORT DISTRICT for his development. HYNES really screwed everybody with this type of thinking.
Now Vornado is probably looking at the best way to make money since they know the city & state are not giving them a dime.
Menino does not care what is put in this location because he is tired of hearing about the hole.
And the citizens of Boston get stuck with TARGET.
GREAT JOB to all the PARTIES INVOLVED. TALK ABOUT A MUCK DEVELOPMENT FOR A PRIME LOCATION.
This deal actually makes the FAN PIER DEAL a good one. At least giving 71 Million in tax dollars to a private developer we get the relocation of some of the biotech industry from Kendal to Fan Pier.
Not giving taxpayers money we GET TARGET. Why is the BRA even in existence with this type of basic thinking?
Next I’m going to hear that Chiofaro’s Idea for knocking that harbor garage is the worst idea for development for the city and this guy wants to give the city 50 Million dollars in private money.
This city’s morals are really warped.