There was a bit of déjà vu at this week’s planning meeting, the second of five, regarding the RFP guidelines for the development of Parcels 7 & 9. This meeting reviewed the previous proposals and history of the project. The meeting was conducted by Peter O’Connor (MassDOT), John Romano (MassDOT) and Drew Leff (GLC Development Read More…
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Parcels 7 & 9 RFP Advisory Committee – Notice for 2nd Meeting
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Invites you to the 2nd meeting of the: Parcel 7 and Parcel 9 RFP Advisory Committee Wednesday, September 29th – 6:00pm Mariner’s House –11 North Street, Boston The purpose of the advisory committee is to advise MassDot in their preparation for Request for Proposals for the development and use of Read More…
Parcels 7 & 9 RFP Guidelines Advisory Committee Convenes for First Meeting
The first of five meetings was held this week by the Parcels 7 & 9 RFP Guidelines Advisory Committee. The goal of this committee is to prepare “request for proposal” guidelines that would be used by the State to issue a bidding document for developers. Parcels 7 & 9 are in the “Market District” near Read More…
First RFP Advisory Committee Meeting on Greenway Parcels 7 and 9
This meeting has been added to the Community Calendar.
Keeping Up With the Parcel 7 Public Food Market
Are you keeping up with the Parcel 7 public market debate? Parcel 7 is the 5-story building over the Haymarket T station with 310 parking spaces in a garage, an unoccupied ground floor and unused office space. Let’s review. Sitting empty for years alongside the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Parcel 7 was designated a few years Read More…
Questions Abound for Parcels 9 and 7
This week, Paul McMorrow writes two insightful articles in Banker & Tradesman regarding the fate of two parcels adjacent to the North End, Parcel 9 (abutting Haymarket/ Blackstone St) and Parcel 7 (garage with vacant space). Both parcels are in the long awaited, but still non-existent “Market District” across from the Greenway’s North End parks. Read More…
Globe: Public Food Market at Parcel 7 is Stalled
Boston Globe’s Casey Ross reports: “An effort to open a public food market along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is faltering, with Boston officials and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority expressing reservations about the only two proposals submitted so far. The market would go on the ground floor of an existing building on Blackstone and Hanover Read More…