Anyone know what's going in the old rent-a-car location?

[billharnois.livejournal.com]

Looks kinda bank-ish.

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[masswich.livejournal.com]

I suspect they are building the ground level commercial/retail because they had to - they mostly wanted to build the residential. So they may eventually get a tenant for the ground level space but may not have one at first.

The building looks OK but I don't like the fact that it has a plaque (covered by plastic right now, but occasionally visible when the plastic blows off) that names the building after the developer. That is always cheesy.

[ron_newman]

Just to be contrary, I think the Hobbs Building (Somerville Theatre) was named after its developer, way back in 1914. And that name is etched in stone.

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

I'm bothered by buildings switching to residential. There are 2 such buildings changing on Cedar St between Highland and Broadway and the entire Maxpak is a switch from commercial to residential. I live in Somerville because I want to walk to businesses. We also need more jobs to be located in Somerville.

[ron_newman]

This is switching from a single commercial business (a gas station, then a rent-a-car place) to a mixed-use building with commercial, office, and residential all together. That's a win by any standard.