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1. Anon
   Comment by Anon | 01/30/07 at 8:00 am

   Obviously the building should be

   converted to loft condos. How many square feet of space are in the building? What’s the asking

   price? Can a penthouse floor be added to the building?

2. John A Keith
   Comment by John A Keith | 01/30/07 at 11:36 am

   It’s 19,000 sf, according to the listing, priced at $12

   million.

   Getting an additional floor put on might be possible; I think 485 Harrison next

   door is a floor higher, although that might just be their HVAC unit.

3. Jeff
   Comment by Jeff | 01/30/07 at 2:22 pm

   Supermarket, or mixed use condos/retail.

4. Blinders
   Comment by Blinders | 01/30/07 at 5:01 pm

   Make it a club that serves $15

   martinis and $1.50 PBRs. Remember the Tar bar? Hood needs more places like that. You know,

   bridge the gap between old and new.

5. Scientist
   Comment by Scientist | 01/30/07 at 5:57 pm

   Small biotech

   startup. Research Lab 2nd floor, cubes 3rd floor, management top floor

6. Anon
   Comment by Anon | 01/30/07 at 7:15 pm

   Are you

   sure about the $12 million price? That works out to $631 per square foot for industrial space.

   Something is not right. The penthouses at 495 Harrison next door just sold for around $200 per

   square foot for raw space.

   Retail on the first floor is a good idea, but is another

   supermarket needed in the area? There are already 3 within a couple of blocks.

7. Anon
   Comment by Anon | 01/30/07 at 7:34 pm

   The property address is 477

   Harrison. According to property tax records the building is on lot slight less than 10,000 sq feet

   and is assessed by the city of Boston at $1.6 million. No building size is given in the property

   tax records, but 4 or 5 floor building on 10,000 sq. foot lot should be larger than 19,000 I

   believe.

8. John K
   Comment by John K | 01/30/07 at 8:02 pm

   Check with the agent. It is definitely on for $12 mil, but the

   square footage may be wrong. The description was weird: the 19000 may only be what they are using

   for cars.

9. Anonymous
   Comment by Anonymous | 01/30/07 at 8:22 pm

   From the description, the building is set up for parking. Make

   it condos, I love coddos with enclosed parking!

10. john
    Comment by john | 01/31/07 at 9:18 am

    A gallows for anyone using the term

    SoWa!

11. Tape
    Comment by Tape | 01/31/07 at 10:07 am

    The gallows for anyone suggesting any building be made into effing condos.

    I

    suggest it be made into a massive multi-story laser tag battleground. THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES

12. MB
    Comment by MB | 01/31/07 at 10:51 am

    It should be…..priced lower! At $12M, it will not be anything for quite

    awhile. Seriously, you only have to look right next door to see what happens when developer’s

    grossly over-pay for a building.

13. Hooks
    Comment by Hooks | 01/31/07 at 11:29 am

    Kinda looks like the Texas School Book

    Depository.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_School_Book_Depository

14. Anonymous
    Comment by Anonymous | 01/31/07 at 1:34 pm

    Yeah, no more condos. I would like to see a building like this converted into small workshops for

    woodworking, metalwork, whatever. Rent it out.

    I just bought a project car. I really wish I

    could rent one enclosed space with power so I could work on it.

    Is this building too close

    to downtown for this kind of project? Maybe.

15. John A Keith
    Comment by John A Keith | 01/31/07 at 2:43 pm

    I

    like the idea of a “works” project, where a craftsman could work and park, in one place. However,

    it’s probably not the “best and highest” use for such a place, based on its location. The area is

    rapidly becoming residential (or, should I say, returning to residential). Condos, retail, or a

    mix, might be the only alternative.

16. Scott
    Comment by Scott | 02/02/07 at 4:46 pm

    Mr.

    Anonymous guy, I love hearing about project cars…what are you working on? I had an ’87 Porsche

    944 that I played around with then couple years ago bought a MAZDASPEED Protege and did the import

    tuner thing.

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