Plan to build and lease a new justice center in Western Mass. has community in an uproar via Catherine Carlock Samantha J. Gross Boston Globe Media But everyone from Gentile and her colleagues in the Hampden County courthouse, to the mayor of Springfield, to the unhappy losing bidders, is railing against the state’s location for […]
Springfield’s next courthouse will stand for 40 years. The people who work in the current one say the state never asked them where it should go. On this week’s Getting Answers on Western Mass News, developers Jeb Balise and Dinesh Patel told host Dave Madsen why they are fighting the state’s decision to award the […]
By: Samantha J. Gross, Catherine Carlock – Boston Globe When Massachusetts officials selected a pitch to build a six-and-a-half story courthouse in Springfield, they hailed the $2.1 billion project known as Liberty Junction as their lowest-cost option for the much-needed new justice center. But it’s not clear whether the winning team will, or even can, […]
Metro Center Voice has released a new television spot about the Springfield Regional Justice Center and where the state plans to build it. The spot makes its case by showing the route. It follows the walk from downtown Springfield to 125 Liberty Street, the Liberty Junction site the state has conditionally approved, almost 20 minutes […]
By: Ashley Shook, John Budenas SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield developers Jeb Balise and Dinesh Patel filed a Notice of Appeal, challenging a court order that refused to pause the state’s leasing process for the new $2 billion Springfield Regional Justice Center. The legal dispute centers on the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and […]