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...latest announcement “changes very little regarding the state of Harvard’s property at the moment” and that it would be “premature” to begin planning in Allston Landing South, where CSX operates its Beacon Park railyard. But she noted that discussions with the State and CSX “provide optimism that...opportunities for regional economic benefit from this property are closer to a reality...
CSX’s Beacon Park railyard has long served as one of the primary and largest entry points for freight shipping to New England. Under Wednesday’s agreement, which reportedly is to be implemented over the next few years, the State will pay $100 million to CSX to take over various railroad tracks and railyards, including those in Allston. The acquisitions are expected to improve and expand commuter rail service in and around Boston...
...undeveloped parts of Harvard’s vast 341-acre Allston holdings are composed of a tollbooth and stretch of the Massachusetts Turnpike, a truckyard, a railyard and a few dilapidated storefronts—in short, an encumbered industrial wasteland...
...science expansion. While there are some important differences, Mission Bay and Allston share many similarities: it’s a separate campus centering on the life sciences, and it is being constructed in a run-down section of the city on waterfront property that used to be a railyard...
...told us they wanted to do it, yes. But what’s the future use of it, we don’t know. And will that have any economic impact on the future of our products coming into our city? There’s uncertainty about whether the railyard will be shut down...