One Canal (formerly Greenway Center) | Bullfinch Triangle | West End

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I'm not against all chains and would welcome Stop & Shop into the area. Lambert's and Golden Goose will continue to thrive because of specialty products and convenience.
 
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Don't you know? Green = good; no matter what it actually is, if you call it green it's automatically good.
 
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Used to be, employment counselors advised you to wear anything but green to a job interview.

They thought it made you look dodgy.
 
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green-suit-on-a-dapper-guy.jpg
 
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Activists have Target
Insist on ?full-service supermarket? for North Station area
By Thomas Grillo
Wednesday, September 15, 2010


A food fight is breaking out in the shadow of the TD Garden as competing grocery chains eye hungry residents of the North and West Ends.

Trinity Financial, the Boston developer of One Canal, a proposed $150 million apartment complex to be built above a supermarket on Canal Street, said Target Corp. wants to open a food mart in the building. Target has rolled out its P-Fresh market nationwide, the Minneapolis retailer?s version of a limited food store, and has its sights set on Boston.

But the idea, presented to the neighborhood by Trinity Monday night, has upset some residents. They say Stop & Shop is the preferred supermarket, because of its former store on Cambridge Street, and argue that Target is not a full-service grocer.

?The neighborhood needs a full-service supermarket, and we?ve been expecting one for many years,? said Victor Brogna, a North End resident and former president of the North End/Waterfront Residents Association. ?Trinity told us that Target would not have a deli and butcher shop.?

Nancy Caruso, a member of North End/Waterfront Central Artery Committee, said Target is not an option. ?We?ve been working for 11 years to get an affordable supermarket and Target is not it,? she said. ?They are lovely stores with great things at great prices, but we want a complete supermarket.?

Sarah Barnat, Trinity?s project manager, declined comment. Last month, she told the Herald she was confident that financing for the mixed-use project will become available because the development team has a ?bankable? tenant in Stop & Shop.

Trinity co-founder James Keefe said no decision has been made about which retailer would take the space. He said his firm is ?listening to the neighborhood.? A decision is expected in the next two weeks, he said.

Jessica Shumaker, a spokeswoman for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, said while the city is pleased that Target is considering Boston, the BRA is committed to having a full-service supermarket at that location.

Last month, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation designated Trinity as the developer. If approved, the project would include up to 275 units of luxury housing above the store. Construction on the 12-story project could begin as early as next summer.


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Re: Greenway Center (Bulfinch Triangle)

I'm inclined to agree with the "activists" (who writes this shit?) but I also have to ask, are there no other delis or butcher shops in the NORTH END?
 
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walking to the north end on a regular basis for food would be a pain in the tuckus...

but like others I used S&S for many years and would just like to see one back in that neighborhood...

Eff Whole Foods...PEACE OUT.
 
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Stop & Shop drops out of Bulfinch Triangle project
By Greg Turner
Tuesday, June 14, 2011


Stop & Shop has backed out of the One Canal project in Bulfinch Triangle after months of negotiations, the developer announced today.

Trinity Financial Inc., which took over the $150 million project last summer, said it is now seeking a different supermarket to anchor the mix of retail and apartments.

?We are disappointed at this turn of events, especially after we had been having detailed discussions with Stop & Shop since last fall and believed we had essentially reached an agreement,? said Sarah Barnat, senior project manager for Trinity Financial, in a statement.

?Nevertheless, we remain optimistic about the future development of this complicated site, even if it means finding another appropriate supermarket operator to serve the neighborhood.?

The loss of Stop & Shop is sure to disappoint many residents of the North End and West End who were looking forward to a full-service supermarket coming to the area.

Trinity said the grocery giant ?is now concentrating on occupying another site in the neighborhood.?

A spokeswoman for Quincy-based Stop & Shop declined to comment on Trinity?s announcement, saying the chain?s real estate strategy is ?highly confidential and proprietary.?

Trinity still plans to include a supermarket on the second floor of One Canal, with other shops on the ground floor below and apartments on the floors above.

One Canal would be built on three parcels owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and MBTA. The state tapped Trinity in August after another developer?s plan for an office and retail project fizzled.

Trinity developed the 241-unit Avenir apartment complex above North Station, selling the rental housing to Archstone Smith.


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Re: Greenway Center (Bulfinch Triangle)

I don't know where else Stop & Shop could go 'in the neighborhood', except maybe to a different yet-to-be-developed Bulfinch Triangle parcel. (But why do that?)

Looking a bit further afield, perhaps they could take over the Borders store? They'd be an instant hit.
 
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Ron Newman said:
I don't know where else Stop & Shop could go 'in the neighborhood', except maybe to a different yet-to-be-developed Bulfinch Triangle parcel. (But why do that?)

Looking a bit further afield, perhaps they could take over the Borders store? They'd be an instant hit.
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Supermarket spread over 3 floors wouldn't really work. 2 floors is doable, but 3 just pushes it too far.
 
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PaulC said:
Leasing info and pics at this site:

http://berensonbrowne.com/OneCanal.pdf
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The renders look a lot like Atelier 505. Vanilla-flavored contextual, with a side of value-engineering.

Gotta love the interior street/loading dock with ample space for trailer trucks -- of course no one would think of subdividing the site into smaller blocks...
 
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Pretty hard to have a supermarket without a loading dock. Putting the dock inside, instead of on the street, is much better for pedestrians.
 
Re: Greenway Center (Bulfinch Triangle)

If Stop and Shop indeed goes nearby, I doubt Trinity would put a competing full-service supermarket (e.g., Shaws) into Gateway Center. Maybe a scale like a Trader Joe's?
 
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The complete Herald article:

Stop & Shop eyes Garden site
Bruins owners’ project could include it
By Thomas Grillo

Plans to build a supermarket to serve the West End, Beacon Hill and North End neighborhoods have shifted from Canal Street to a major project in front of the TD Garden that is being developed by the Bruins [team stats] owners, according to sources familiar with the proposal.

Stop & Shop has expressed interest in opening a market on a Causeway Street parcel owned by the Delaware North Cos., which have city approval to build a pair of 400-foot towers with 1 million square feet of apartments, office space, a hotel and ground-floor retail on the site of the former Boston Garden. While the project has stalled, sources said improved market conditions have put the plan on the front burner again.

Boston Properties, the developer of Atlantic Wharf, the stunning $500 million glass tower on Congress Street, is working with Boston Bruins and TD Garden owner Jeremy Jacobs to jump-start the project as financing and demand have blossomed, a source told the Herald.

“The people from Delaware North are very thoughtful and long-term oriented,” the source said. “There’s an opportunity to re-examine the site in a phased project, because market conditions have improved and potential tenants have emerged.”

After months of negotiations, Stop & Shop and Trinity Financial, the developer of a $150 million mixed-use project at the northern end of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, have parted ways. Stop & Shop officials have told Trinity they are no longer interested in the site known as One Canal, a Trinity Financial spokesperson said. A Stop & Shop spokeswoman declined comment.

Lia Tota, chairwoman of the North End/West End/Beacon Hill Supermarket Committee, said residents have waited 11 years for an affordable supermarket.

“The One Canal site was very close to begin construction,” she said. “The 25,000 residents who live here can’t wait another decade.”
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http://bostonherald.com.nyud.net/bu...ject_could_include_it/srvc=home&position=also
 
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Supermarket plan shelved
N. End development going without store — for now
By Greg Turner
Wednesday, December 14, 2011


Residents hungry for a supermarket in the Bulfinch Triangle are worried the developer of One Canal, a project seen as the best hope to bring back an affordable grocer, is no longer committed to the cause.

Six months after Stop & Shop withdrew from the mixed-use project, Boston’s Trinity Financial is pushing forward without a supermarket on board — with retail space only “designed to accommodate an urban grocery store,” according to its development plan.

“It’s not good, in the sense that we don’t want to let them off the hook,” said Lia Tota, who leads a group of North End, West End and Beacon Hill residents who have been clamoring for a supermarket for years.

Trinity’s $175 million plan, in the public comment phase until Dec. 31, calls for 320 apartments in a 12-story, horseshoe-shaped structure at the north end of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway between Canal and North Washington streets.

The Boston-based developer ripped up its design for a two-story supermarket for Stop & Shop, replacing it with a smaller ground-floor retail space measuring 21,300 square feet.

“I understand people’s disappointment,” said Sarah Barnat, Trinity’s project manager. “I too am disappointed that we can’t deliver the full package right now. But we truly believe that by taking these steps to design the site, and permit it and build it, we’re going to be further down the road in fulfilling people’s aspirations.”

Tota said her “supermarket committee” will air its concerns in a meeting Friday with Boston Redevelopment Authority director Peter Meade.

The community has lacked a traditional supermarket since Stop & Shop shuttered its Cambridge Street location in 2003.

A Stop & Shop spokeswoman said the chain is “still evaluating several opportunities” in Boston, but has yet to make any commitments.



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