Shopping Center Owners Refuse to Meet With Selectmen
Property owners of two neighborhood shopping centers again rejected requests by the town to meet and discuss reviving the retail spaces.
Selectmen again publicly implored the owners of two distressed shopping centers in Framingham to meet and discuss what plans they have for the future of the neighborhood focal points. But the owners of the Nobscot Shopping Center on Water Street and the Mount Wayte Shopping Plaza on Franklin Street have indicated, through their agents, they have no desire or motivation to meet with town representatives, in a public forum. Alison Steinfeld, director of Framingham’s Community and Economic Development department, contacted both owners and reported to the Selectmen at their meeting this week. “The Mount Wayte owner has moved to Florida,” she told Selectmen. “They say they maintain the property and they pay taxes and they don’t see a reason to …
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Rich
9:48 am on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I dont think anything good comes with the Town becoming a developer. I agree that something has to be done and that retail is saturated between Route 9 and 20. I think CVS could trive there even as an expanded store (like on temple st or Walgreens by prospect). What I think could or might work best is small retail or office on the first floor and a second or possibly third floor of apartments or … more ›