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Midtown Improvement District to purchase Opus eyesore site for ‘signature public space’
(saportareport.com)
From the Saporta Report:
Midtown Improvement District leaders announced plans to purchase and transform the long-vacant lot at 98 14th Street, the site of the failed Opus development, into a “significant public space” at the annual Midtown Alliance meeting on March 18. The District board is in due diligence and plans to close on the four-acre property by mid-May. […]
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