City Seeks Davis Square Hotel Proposals by Feb. 4
The city could choose a developer by March.
Developers who are interested in building a hotel in Davis Square have until Feb. 4 to submit their plans to the city, according to a request for proposals issued Dec. 19. The city is seeking to sell the parking lot at Herbert and Day streets—home to the Davis Square Farmers Market—to a hotel developer and is accepting proposals from both big chains and independent operators, according to the request for proposals, which you can read here. The land is valued at $1,001,400, and developers will have to show how their proposal will add revenue to the city's coffers and maintain parking spots in the area, the request says. It says the city plans to interview development teams and chose a developer by March. Somerville sought to bring a hotel …
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Joseph
2:09 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
You seem to know a lot of the history of PHCS. It was meant to be used as a home for the school department offices, Special education, city recreation department, etc., etc. I feel that none of that was ever intended, and it was just used to get the school committee to close the building and turn it over to the city. At that time many promises were made by the mayor, one of which to keep certain … more ›