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Developers Withdraw Plans for 900,000-SF Mall

TEWKSBURY, MA-A proposed plan by Mills Corp. and Gator Development to develop one of the area's largest retail centers was withdrawn as they attempt to garner more public support for the project. This is Mills second recent attempt to develop a mall in the region.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on April 22, 2002

TEWKSBURY, MA-A proposed plan to develop one of the area’s largest retail centers near South Street was withdrawn. A town representative tells GlobeSt.com that local opposition to the proposed plan convinced developers that they need to garner more public support first.

Mills Corp., based in Arlington, VA and Melrose, MA-based Gator Development had put forth a proposal to develop a shopping mall on a 70-acre parcel right near the former Rocco’s landfill. According to Tewksbury town manager David Cressman, the developers were looking to build a mall between 750,000 to 900,000 sf. The parcel, currently owned by the Perkins Family Trust, is zoned for residential use and would require rezoning for the project to go forward. The proposed zoning article was supposed to be presented at an upcoming Town Meeting but the developers withdrew the article.

“The Selectmen said they were moving too fast,” notes Cressman. “They wanted them to talk to the neighbors.” The town representative says that abutters to the site objected to a commercial use of the property. “They want it to remain residential,” she says, noting that the residents have concerns about traffic and density. The developers, she adds, “thought they would work more with the community before requesting a rezoning.”

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