Town board sued by supermarket Star Market says Needham planners wrong in denying use of Carter Co. building site

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: January 27, 1991| Author: | Copyright information

NEEDHAM -- In what town officials describe as the biggest development battle in Needham's recent history, Star Market's parent company is taking the Planning Board to court for permission to build a large supermarket and drugstore in the former headquarters of the William Carter Co.

In November, the Planning Board rejected the controversial proposal to replace the three-story brick Carter building on Highland Avenue with a Star Market Plus and a pharmacy. If built, the complex would be the largest single development in Needham.

Neighbors of the Needham Heights site had lobbied ...

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