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Originally Posted by aquablue
Pier 17 mall currently is a shithole full of tourist stores. This would be a high end experience that is open air in good weather, including a massive roof space.
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I'm well aware, as I used to be professionally connected to this project. When Pier 17 opened up in the 1980s, it was full of high end stores and was hailed as the next Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Within a few years the building had already lost profitability and the anchoring stores had moved out. All I'm pointing out is that this new design does not address the vast majority of the issues with the site, which may doom the redevelopment to a similar fate down the road. This is a very, very challenging site.