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Needham assessors ask owner to provide commercial leases after 221% land-value increase dispute
Summary
At a June 5 meeting, commercial property owner Nick Capullo challenged a 221% land-value increase on his downtown Needham property and the Board of Assessors requested confidential lease copies to reopen his abatement application; the board detailed the valuation approach and explained appeal options.
Nick Capullo, the owner who said he represents a property he identified as 18 Chestnut Street and as being in downtown Needham, told the Needham Board of Assessors on June 5 that the land value on his abatement application jumped 221% — “from $281,900 to $905,500,” he said — and asked the board to reconsider the assessment.
The board’s chair, John Bullion, said the assessors use income-and-expense records to value commercial properties and asked Capullo to provide copies of the leases he used in his abatement filing so staff can re‑review the application. “We will take another look at this ... in the next week or two following when you’re able to get that information to us,” Bullion said.
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