Related to SS Building issues

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I just noticed in the Boston Globe article about the structural issues of the Social Security building this morning that it states that Roche Brothers has pulled out of moving into that space. That's the first I've heard about it falling through, and I'll be disappointed if it's true.

Comments

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Wasn't one of the reasons BBW was turned down was that they didn't want to buy their liquor license on the open market, but wanted one of the special ones that the city had received that would usually be used for a smaller business?

[keithn.livejournal.com]

In short, that was BS. The argument was actually that the "special" ones were reserved for "economic development" and that Davis Square didn't qualify. They ended up granting one a few months later to the Korean restaurant that replaced McDonalds, in Davis Square, so it was a BS argument. I wrote a long comment about this at the time:

http://davis-square.livejournal.com/3314035.html?thread=35879539#t35879539

Another related comment I made in the same thread:

http://davis-square.livejournal.com/3314035.html?thread=35893875#t35893875