T-Mobile comes to Lincoln Plaza

T-Mobile is the first commericial tenant to join Lincoln Plaza.

Welcome!!

Leather District in the News!

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Zoom Technologies sells its Leather District buildings to Essex River Ventures

Essex River Ventures LLC, a Boston real estate investment and asset management firm, has bought two connected Boston office buildings for $8 million.

The 63,154-square-foot, six-story property at 201-207 South Street was sold by Zoom Technologies Inc., which has leased back 25,200 square feet of space in the Leather District building.

The property is currently 70 percent leased to eight tenants, and Essex River said it plans to make capital improvements and cosmetic upgrades to the building to "improve tenant satisfaction and services."

Essex River's partner in the deal was Cronus Capital LP, a New York private equity firm.(By Sacha Pfeiffer, Globe staff)

Posted by Boston Globe Business Team at 11:15 AM

*VOTE*VOTO*投票*VOIX*투표*STIMME*

Yes. One word. VOTE.

Tuesday, 11/7/2006.

Go before work, go during lunch, go after work. Just go.

Here is all you need to do your piece.



-> Lincoln Plaza Residents vote at:

Polling Place Name: Metropolitan
Polling Place Address: 38 Oak Street. Metropolitan Community Room
Ward Number: 3
Precinct Number: 8
Polling Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.



-> 2006 State Ballot Questions
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepip/pipidx.htm



-> 2006 State Election Candidates
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elecand/06_gen_ele_cand.htm

Silverline Public Hearing & Downtown condo plans ditched

Reminder:

Silverline Public Hearing
Boston Renaissance Charter School
250 Stuart Street ( Park Square)
Thursday, 10/19 @ 7 pm.


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Downtown condo plans ditched

By Scott Van Voorhis <mailto:sbvanvoorhis@bostonherald.com>
Boston Herald Business Reporter
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

In another sign of the cooling condo market, a New York developer that had planned a major downtown Boston condo project is instead putting the building site on the sales market.

Rose Associates, which has City Hall permits to build a condo complex on the site, will instead seek buyers interested in building out the acre-sized parking lot.

The company said it will entertain offers from office developers as well as condo builders. Rose owns the 46-story One Financial Center office tower, which is adjacent to the building lot and just across Atlantic Avenue from South Station.

LDNA Meeting

Hi All,

Let's show our Lincoln Plaza pride with a big turnout and attend the next LDNA meeting to meet our State Representative, House Speaker Salvatore (Sal) DiMasi.

See the details from LDNA Chair, Christopher Betke below.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Christopher Betke" cbetke@r-c-b.com
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:41:20
Subject: LDNA Meeting 10/4

LDNA Meeting

The next LDNA Meeting is this Wednesday, Oct. 4 @ 7 pm at the offices of Iron Mountain located at 745 Atlantic Ave., 7th Floor, Boston, MA [Enter the building at the corner of Atlantic and Beach, sign in with the security guard and proceed to the 7th floor lunch room]

SPECIAL GUEST: Speaker of the MA House Sal DiMasi !!!! Folks, it does not get any bigger than this so please plan on attending!

See you there! Regards, Chris

Christopher G. Betke, Esq.
email: cbetke@r-c-b.com

Linear buys Greenway building

Linear Retail Properties LLC purchased seven retail condominiums and three basement storage units from Cresset Plaza LLC for $3.6 million.

The retail space totals 16,341 square feet and is located in a Boston building which was recently converted to feature 85 new residential condominiums. It is the first acquisition in Boston for the Burlington-based real estate firm. Linear has hired Boston-based The Dartmouth Co. Inc. to lease the retail space.

Known as Lincoln Plaza, the building is situated on the corner of Lincoln and Essex Streets and will front on the new Rose Kennedy Greenway. The building is located in an emerging area of downtown Boston in between Chinatown, the Leather District and the Financial District where the former Central Artery once stood.

Since the firm's founding three years ago, Linear has purchased 17 properties for more than $100 million with its partner, a subsidiary of the Principal Financial Group (NYSE: PFG).

District Social Event

Thank you Kelly for organizing this event!



Did you know that District was voted "Top 5 Night Spots in the Country"?

Read: http://cityguides.msn.com/specials/default.aspx?cp-documentid=807317

*Get out the Vote*

Folks, tomorrow (9/19/06) is State Primary day here in the Commonwealth.

To find out the who, when and where to vote, please follow the link below.

Although I asked the Secretary of State's office to enter both Lincoln Plaza addresses, they only saw fit to enter 1.

With that in mind, please use the following information when you reach the website:

http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php

Street Number: 70
Street Name: Lincoln
City/Town: Boston
Zip: 02111

See you at the polls!

Lincoln Plaza Social Event

Folks,

Kelly Lora has offered to coordinate a social event for the Lincoln Plaza residents at The District.

Please pick a preferable date and email Kelly back at kelly.lora@gmail.com with your preference.

Once the totals have been tallied, a formal invite with details will be issued.

Thanks to Kelly for coordinating this!

Monday 9/25 @7pm
Tuesday 9/26 @7pm
Tuesday 10/3 @7pm
Tuesday 10/10 @7pm
Tuesday 10/17 @7pm

Parking Alert

----Original Message-----
From: "Christopher Betke"
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:10:53

Subject: Parking alert

Neighbors: It is my understanding that the CAT project will be doing final paving operations this Saturday (9/16) from 5 a.m. - 6 pm on Tufts, Essex, Lincoln and Surface Road. Any vehicle inside the paving zone will be towed!!!

Questions can be directed to John Romano @ 617-438-4301.

Regards,

Chris Betke, LDNA Chair

Boston Sports Club - South Station

*Special rate for Leather District Neighborhood Association (LDNA) members*

-----Original Message-----
From: "Christopher Betke"
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:29:03
Subject: Boston Sports Club Part II

Neighbors: There were some questions raised to me about the offer that the Boston Sports Club has made to the LDNA including some who indicated that they may have gotten a "better deal". I have taken the issue up with the BSC and there is a possibility that some people in the first 250 people that signed up with the club may have gotten a slightly better deal -- although that is not entirely clear.
However, I have been assured by BSC that currently the best deal available to anyone is the deal being offered to LDNA members. So, if you have not yet joined, the LDNA has arranged for you to get a better deal than the general public can now get.
Here is the comparison:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Best Price Non-LDNA~~LDNA Member
Initiation Fee:~~~~~~~~~~~~$32.00~~~~~~~~~~$0
Processing Fee:~~~~~~~~~~~$49.00~~~~~~~~~~$49.00
Monthly Membership Fee:~ ~~~$59.95~~~~~~~$54.95

I have been told that once the club opens, prices will go up. At that time, the LDNA will receive a discount but the prices will all be different and, presumably, higher. Because of some confusion yesterday, the BSC has agreed to keep the LDNA offer above open until the close of business on this Friday (9/15). You may take advantage of this offer Only by emailing Kelley Bubolo at:
kelley.bubolo@town-sports.com

YOU CANNOT GET THE LDNA OFFER AT THE CLUB ITSELF.

Personal Note: I do not work for the BSC. The information herein comes from the BSC, not from me. Accordingly, Please do not email me questions or comments about rates, etc. Please deal directly with the BSC.

All questions and comments about this should be directed to Kelley Bubolo.
Thanks. -- Chris Betke, LDNA Chair

Christopher G. Betke, Esq.
Ryan, Coughlin & Betke, LLP
175 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Direct Dial: (617) 988-8047
Facsimile: (617) 988-8005
email: cbetke@r-c-b.com

Follow-Up Meeting

A follow-up meeting will take place on Tuesday, 9/12/06 at 6:30 p.m. in the Courtyard.

We will discuss the retail space issue and the ammendement to the master deed.

If you are new to our blog - Welcome! We look forward to meeting you.

Meeting Minutes

Greetings!
Thanks to Debbie and Doug, meeting minutes are available for your viewing pleasure.

This is the result of Wednesday's meeting (8/23/06) and will include:

• Agenda
• Items discussed
• Cresset action items
• Lincoln Plaza residents action items

Please email us at jlpk@comcast.net if you are interested in obtaining a copy.

Thank you.

Peter and John

Meeting Announcement

Hello Lincoln Plaza neighbors.

We would like to get together for a quick introduction and to discuss a response to the "Re; Amendment to Master Deed..." notice we received from Cresset Development regarding the commercial spaces.

This meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 23, 7:00 p.m. in the Courtyard.

If you do not have a copy of the response draft, please email us at jlpk@comcast.net and we will email you a copy.

Please tell as many neighbors as possible to go the blog: http://lincolnplazaboston.blogspot.com/

Thanks and look forward to meeting you.

Leather District Neighborhood Association Meeting

Chairman, Christopher G. Betke (617) 988-8047

cbetke@r-c-b.com

Come meet your Leather District neighbors at the next LDNA meeting scheduled for Wednesday, August 16, 2006 located at the offices of Iron Mountain, 745 Atlantic Ave. (corner of Beach and South St.)

SPECIAL GUEST: Boston Transportation Commissioner Thomas Tinlin! We are really lucky to have the Commissioner to talk about issues such as parking, signage and, of course, CMART!

For more information, go to http://ldna.blogspot.com/ or contact Chris Betke