Metro Center Voice has posted and reviewed each of the seven courthouse proposals submitted for sites in Metro Center, downtown Springfield. Every proposal now has its own page at metrocentervoice.com/proposals, with a summary of the site, the team behind it, and a link to the full proposal. The review was limited to Metro Center on […]
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 […]
Board emphasizes courthouse’s role as essential civic and economic infrastructure within the Springfield Business Improvement District SPRINGFIELD, MA — September 2026 — The Springfield Business Improvement District’s Board of Directors is unanimous in its position that the Hampden County Courthouse should remain within the core of the Springfield Business Improvement District “The Springfield Business Improvement […]
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 […]
When Kimley-Horn set out to study what moving the Springfield courthouse would mean, the assignment did not stay simple for long. “It wasn’t just a straightforward study,” says Jessica Rossi, the planner and economist who led the work. “We really had to think creatively about that connection between a courthouse and a downtown, and not just any downtown, downtown Springfield.”
By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — The Register of Probate has joined other officials in the legal community to question the state’s decision to have the new courthouse built by an out-of-town developer in the northeast section of downtown. Rosemary Saccomani released a statement Friday questioning the state Division of Capital Asset Management and […]
By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.com SPRINGFIELD – Calling the new Springfield courthouse pick “a miss,” Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulliuni is asking the state to redo the bid process, even though that would mean extending the time it will take for staff to move into a healthy building. Gulluni has remained mum since the state […]