By William Tauro
The Middlesex County Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse located at 40 Thorndike Street in East Cambridge is up for sale.
Built in 1971 the building is outdated and in desperate need of costly repairs hat involve a major undertaking of asbestos removal as well other well needed costly repairs and updates throughout the building.
It has been almost two years since the Middlesex Superior Court was forced
to relocate from the ill building to it's new temporary home at Cummings
Properties in Woburn as well as the Cambridge District Court that also
occupied the high rise, was forced to relocate it's court rooms to Medford.
In lieu of the astronomical estimated costs of repairing the building, the state
will be accepting bids for the sale of the East Cambridge high rise from
prospective buyers in the next few months.
Over 400 prisoners still occupy the top cell block designated floors of the high
rise and will have to be relocated to another county facility as soon as
alternate living quarters for the inmates are found.
With a recession in place and real estate values plummeting across the state,
the once $50 million price tag appraised in 2007 for the property will have to
be reconsidered and reduced for fair market value in today's real estate market.
to relocate from the ill building to it's new temporary home at Cummings
Properties in Woburn as well as the Cambridge District Court that also
occupied the high rise, was forced to relocate it's court rooms to Medford.
In lieu of the astronomical estimated costs of repairing the building, the state
will be accepting bids for the sale of the East Cambridge high rise from
prospective buyers in the next few months.
Over 400 prisoners still occupy the top cell block designated floors of the high
rise and will have to be relocated to another county facility as soon as
alternate living quarters for the inmates are found.
With a recession in place and real estate values plummeting across the state,
the once $50 million price tag appraised in 2007 for the property will have to
be reconsidered and reduced for fair market value in today's real estate market.
Some help for this article's author in regard to "it's" vs. "its": http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
Posted by: MC Slim JB | 04/29/2010 at 01:51 PM
I'll take it BUT leave the prisoners. I want to remake ConAir
Posted by: Robert Paulson | 04/29/2010 at 02:14 PM
"it's" turns it into possessive (relocate from the ill building to it's new temporary home). Who's temporary home? The buildings!
So the author hit the nail on the head and is correct.
Janis Denomento
Posted by: Janis Denomento | 04/29/2010 at 03:22 PM
@Janis: "it's" is used as a contraction of "it is" (as in, "it's windy outside"); "its" is the possessive form (as in, "relocate to its new temporary home").
Also: you should have written "Whose temporary home?", not "Who's temporary home."
If you're going to correct people's grammar, please do it...correctly!
Posted by: Steve | 04/29/2010 at 04:51 PM
Steve, Whose got to get a life?
Janis, Who's your daddy?
Posted by: Larry Fin | 04/29/2010 at 09:07 PM
If i had the cash I would buy it and house a shelter for the homeless :-)
Posted by: bunk loft beds | 05/01/2010 at 05:33 PM
Quick fix!
Just put a wall around Cambrdge and Somerville and give everyone 3-5
Posted by: Snowflake | 05/02/2010 at 06:32 AM
The state should just remodle and move back in! What's the big deal! They are spending ten times in rent today at other location for temp locatins!Eat Cambridge's ecomomy is dead because of the recent move1
Posted by: Remodle and stay | 05/11/2010 at 05:49 AM