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Home Depot is Sticking Point in Mall Mediation

SOMERVILLE, MA-After a protracted legal battle, Assembly Square Limited Partnership and the Mystic View Task Force have agreed to mediation to settle their case over development of the 26-acre Assembly Square mall site here.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on March 05, 2002

SOMERVILLE, MA-Assembly Square Limited Partnership and the Mystic View Task Force have agreed to settle their clash of opinions over how to develop the 26-acre Assembly Square mall site here through mediation, with Middlesex Superior Court Judge Julian Houston acting as the referee.

If the case is settled through mediation it will be the end of a protracted battle between this citizen’s group and the developers who make up Assembly Square Limited Partnership, Gravistar Inc. and Taurus New England Investments Corp. The developers also have plans for two other parcels within the 145-acre Assembly Square district.

The battle has its roots in the developer’s push to build a 176,000-sf Home Depot on this site. The city wanted to see mixed-use development in all new district projects and the developers agreed to include an office complex, a hotel, a waterfront park and structured parking in the project. The developers signed a memorandum of agreement with the city in November 2000 and received a special permit from the city to build its project.

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