While looking at this 2006 Daily News story about New England Development’s purchase of properties in and around downtown Newburyport, I remembered that the company owns 13 1/2 Pond Street
13 1/2 Pond Street is the home of CVS, the White Hen, Panda’s Cleaners, and an ATM. (Apparently, Express Video is at 13 Pond Street and I don’t know if Stephen Karp’s company also owns that.)
Presuming NED owns both the front and rear of that footprint, I am reminded of a January 10, 2008 post on the AroundTheNorthShore.com forum (see link on right of this page) by “bafergus68″ who wrote the following:
I think we need a public private partnership for the senior center sited at the Pond st mall (which Karp owns).
Tear it down and rebuild with retail on the first floor and senior center above. Retain the White Hen and CVS so seniors can simply go downstairs to get their meds, cigs, and lottery tickets.
…it is a nice location – across from the Bartlett Mall, walking distance to downtown and across from the fire station.
Did the senior center site selection committee consider this as an option? Is it an option? Should it be one? The idea clearly has merit.
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