Powder House Community School

[wsguy.livejournal.com]

The city has selected Tufts proposal.

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2013/08/tufts_project_picked_for_powder_house_school_redevelopment.html?camp=misc%3Aon%3Afb-page%3AHLsomerville&dlvrit=282575

Comments

[ron_newman]

But if all the office space is to be occupied by Tufts, as the city report seems to indicate, it won't actually add any new "places to work" or "commercial/office development." Therefore, I don't see the benefit of this proposal.

[smammy]

In the Tufts proposal, all the office space is labeled "Administration", leading me to believe that you are correct. But, I suppose people will work in those offices whether they're occupied by Tufts or rented to other tenants...

[ron_newman]

But if they are people who already work for Tufts, there's no net benefit to Somerville.

[smammy]

It's plausible that Tufts wants more office space because they are growing and thus hiring more staff.

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

You must really dislike Tufts :-)

Daytime foot traffic is happening from the new office space. Property taxes happening. Fits the bill. If you don't believe there is a net benefit, what is the negative that is offsetting the benefit? The fact that the increase in office space is taken by an expanding Tufts or a new business moving into Somerville is a debate one could have, but there is a benefit in either case.

[ron_newman]

I don't dislike Tufts at all. I'd just prefer to see this be a place for new businesses.

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree with that sentiment. So I'd amend your earlier statement to instead of "no net benefit" to "could be an even bigger benefit than it is".

[somervilleguy.livejournal.com]

I dislike Tufts.