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Environmental Secretary Gives Thumbs Down to 900,000-SF Office Park

STONEHAM, MA-The state's environmental affairs secretary rules that the final environmental impact report for the Gutierrez Co.'s plan to build a 914,000-sf office park is inadequate.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on December 24, 2003

STONEHAM, MA-The developer of the Stoneham Executive Center has been dealt a blow from the state’s environmental affairs office: the Gutierrez Co.’s final environmental impact report on the proposed 914,000-sf project was ruled inadequate. The Burlington, MA-based developer will have to file a supplemental final environmental impact report if it wants to move forward with the project.

The ruling is yet another setback in what has turned out to be a long process to get this project off the ground. The developer underwent nearly three years of public meetings and numerous revisions to get to this last stage of approval. Arthur J. Gutierrez Jr., vice president of Gutierrez Co. did not return calls by deadline, but he was confident that the project would be approved by the state when he spoke to GlobeSt.com a few weeks ago, right after his company submitted its report.

The project involves the redevelopment of the 41-acre former Boston Regional Medical Center and consists of 914,000 sf of medical and office space. The existing 110,000-sf medical office building would remain operational, the existing 250,000-sf hospital building would be reused for office space, and a 14,000-sf accessory building would continue in use. In addition, the developer proposes to construct three new office buildings totaling 540,000 sf.

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