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Article: KENMORE SQUARE BU GETS APPROVAL TO BUY BUILDINGS PLANS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO BRA REVIEW
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 14, 1987
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Boston University was authorized yesterday to buy six buildings
in Kenmore Square, including a 2,500-seat dance club, by the Boston
Redevelopment Authority's board of directors.
The university's purchase and sale agreement with Henry Vara
for the Kenmore Square properties expires tomorrow, but BRA
approval is needed for BU to buy buildings outside the boundaries
of its Charles River campus under a master plan agreement with the
city.
The board voted to approve the sale of 533-541 Commonwealth
Ave. and 508-510 Commonwealth Ave., provided BU does not use the
property for housing students and that any plans or designs for the
buildings would be subject to BRA review and approval.
BU ...