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Council invites Gerald Chan and other long‑term property owners to discuss Harvard Square Theatre and vacant storefronts
Summary
The Cambridge City Council voted to invite Gerald Chan to discuss plans for the long‑vacant Harvard Square Theatre and to broaden outreach to other long‑term vacant property owners, aiming to revive downtown commercial activity.
The Cambridge City Council on April 7 voted to invite Gerald Chan, owner of 10 Church Street (the former Harvard Square Theatre), to appear before the council’s Economic Development and University Relations Committee to discuss his plans for the theater and other long‑vacant properties in Cambridge.
The council amended the motion to broaden the outreach: staff were asked to invite other property owners who have kept storefronts vacant for more than five years, and to send a suitably engrossed copy of the council’s action to the…
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