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Mediation Fails in Home Depot Project Dispute; Case Heads to Court

SOMERVILLE, MA-The dispute over the development of a 175,000-sf Home Depot in the Assembly Square Mall will finally have its day in court, after mediation failed between developer Assembly Square LP and Mystic View Task Force, a local activist group opposing the development.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on April 10, 2002

SOMERVILLE, MA-A dispute over the development of a 175,000-sf Home Depot at the former Assembly Square Mall will go to court, now that the two sides have failed to reach an agreement.

The determination was led by Middlesex Superior Court judge Julian T. Houston, who determined that developer Assembly Square LP, and Mystic View Task Force, a local activist group in opposition to the development, would not be able to come to terms on their own. The development entity is a joint venture of Taurus New England Investments Corp. and Gravestar Inc.

The suit, which was filed nearly a year and a half ago, sought to have the special permit rescinded. Both the city’s planning board and the developer were named in the suit.

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