Tenoch was blocked for a month by (I believe) the ZBA. Now the inside has been finished for a couple of weeks but they are still not open and say they are waiting on inspections. I wouldn't exactly call that business friendly.
Also, the shameful way they chased Beer Works away a couple of years ago wasn't business friendly. Then the business that the city wanted in that space pulled out after months of wrangling over construction easements by neighboring landowners (the city's lack of action is the problem here).
How about how they kept delaying and delaying the Crunch Gym application until they pulled out?
Then you have a lawsuit filed against the city over arbitrary decisions related to land use, which the city lost: https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/ma-land-court-finds-that-board-may-not-refuse-request-to-divide-property-into-two-lots-where-such-use-is-permitted-as-of-right/
I doubt you'll hear complaints from established businesses because they will fear retaliation from the city.
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Also, the shameful way they chased Beer Works away a couple of years ago wasn't business friendly. Then the business that the city wanted in that space pulled out after months of wrangling over construction easements by neighboring landowners (the city's lack of action is the problem here).
How about how they kept delaying and delaying the Crunch Gym application until they pulled out?
Then you have a lawsuit filed against the city over arbitrary decisions related to land use, which the city lost: https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/ma-land-court-finds-that-board-may-not-refuse-request-to-divide-property-into-two-lots-where-such-use-is-permitted-as-of-right/
I doubt you'll hear complaints from established businesses because they will fear retaliation from the city.