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When realtor John Briston Sullivan wanted to erect the Treadway on city land between Mt. Auburn and Eliot St. in 1961, he had to go to Crane for the needed parcel. And in a unique deal Crane engineered the sale of the "air rights" to Sullivan to build the hotel provided he leave some municipal parking spots underneath. The Boston Phoenix reported in 1971 Crane was duly rewarded with some legal business at the other end of the state. Although Harvard had at the time offered to build a much larger parking garage on the site and then give...
...bids are reopened, there is a chance that new entries may complicate odds on the sweepstakes. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is believed to be interested in the land, says Hayes. Cambridge developer John Briston Sullivan, a $4 million bidder last year, said last night that he is also back in the running...
...castle has been voiced by most of the city councilors. Even Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 stated Monday, "I think Harvard has gone a little too far this time." Councilors Hayes and Walter Sullivan recalled Harvard's opposition to the building on stilts which Cambridge developer John Briston Sullivan tried to erect over the small Cambridge Common, only one block from the castle site...
Cambridge developer John Briston Sullivan upped his bid the most, but his final offer of $4,750,000 is still considerably behind the highest bids. Francis J. Roche, a Cambridge attorney, has a final bid just under $6 million, but his offer is apparently not taken seriously...
...three of the private bidders have announced that they would in some way or other make part of the land available for University use. But John Briston Sullivan has restricted himself to giving Harvard the land on a lease basis...