Work continues at Franklin and Washington streets, but the site has remained largely unchanged for months.
(Globe Staff Photo / Essdras M. Suarez)
Hole in the funding
Tight credit market puts a snag in redevelopment of old Filene's site as a jewel of the new downtown
Work continues at Franklin and Washington streets, but the site has remained largely unchanged for months.
(Globe Staff Photo / Essdras M. Suarez)
The $650 million redevelopment of the historic Filene's building - which Mayor Thomas M. Menino envisions as the new center of downtown Boston - is struggling because the developers have been unable to raise financing. (Full article: 916 words)
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