Capping the Size of Stores
February 15, 2017
A citizens group called the Mystic View Task Force has organized to stop suburban sprawl from encroaching on 145 acres of urban land by the
Somerville, MA
We’ll Take Wal-Mart’s money, but we don’t want your store
November 10, 2012
Wal-Mart announced roughly five months ago that it was withdrawing its proposal to build a store in the Assembly Square neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, a
Wal-Mart Folds Plans In Two More Communities
June 16, 2012
Wal-Mart dropped plans this week to build stores in two suburban Boston, Massachusetts communities. In Somerville, a proposed grocery store has been scrapped, and in
Home Depot Gives Up, Gets Slam-Dunked into Mystic River
February 22, 2004
Another big corporation has been dumped into the Mystic River. This one may never become a Clint Eastwood movie, but it’s every bit as dramatic.
Home Depot Special Permit Overturned by Court.
January 19, 2003
Home Depot is back to square one after a Superior Court judge this week overturned a special permit granted in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Home Depot developer offers $2 M to citizens to drop case.
November 4, 2002
How much is it worth to someone to stop a Home Depot? A developer in Somerville, Massachusetts found out its worth a lot more than
IKEA, 2nd. Home Depot Opposed
November 19, 2000
IKEA, the Swedish build-it-from-a-box furniture retailer, has had trouble assembling public support for its 265,000 s.f. store in the City Park neighborhood of New Rochelle,