ALLSTON CITY SAYS IT WANTS NEW DEVELOPER PROGRESS JUDGED SLOW ON FORMER SCHOOL SITE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 13, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Three years after the city tentatively named a community-based nonprofit group to develop a city-owned parcel in Allston, the Flynn administration is prepared to remove the group from the project and solicit new bids for the site.

Citing a lack of progress on the proposal, Public Facilities Department Commissioner Lisa Chapnick said yesterday her staff has recommended that the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation be "de-designated" as the developer of the former Washington School on Cambridge Street in Allston.

The 43,000-square-foot site was expected to be used for light ...

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