Word: landlords
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...think!” But the Cambridge of Josefina’s prime is not the Cambridge of today. Ominously, banks now seem to dominate the central trine of Harvard square, taking advantage, as Josephina emphasized, of skyrocketing rents that only they can pay. And Harvard, the landlord in many cases, has done nothing to stop the commercialization of what used to be a closer, more integrated community.Her philosophy of a coffeehouse, in this way, stands directly opposite to the quiet gentrification of Harvard Square. A coffeehouse should be a leisurely place for conversation and company...
...today. It was becoming harder and harder to find an affordable place to live in Cambridge.Meanwhile, the city was faced with mounting deficits that made it difficult to subsidize housing for Cantabrigians.But Harvard had financial woes of its own. Even though it was Cambridge’s largest landlord, Harvard was charging rents below market value and was losing money on its real estate holdings.To address this problem, the University in 1978 formed Harvard Real Estate, Inc. (HRE), a non-profit company that would manage Harvard’s non-academic property holdings.Within three years, HRE, under the stewardship...
...last August, as he strode out to bag his first stag of the season, everything seemed unfamiliar. For the first time in his 42 years, Mackenzie didn't have to look over his shoulder. For the first time, he wasn't a criminal trespassing on the property of absentee landlords. Who owns Scotland? On the whole, not the Scots. Until last June, the 17,800 hectares of Assynt's Drumrunie and Glencanisp estates belonged to members of the Vestey family, one of England's wealthiest, who would venture up from London every August to enjoy a spot of shooting...
That made Silverstein the landlord for the buildings (he would profit if he could increase the buildings' income). After 9/11 he became the custodian for a site of national mourning, a role that New York's politicians felt deeply uncomfortable with. "At the outset, the problem was the absence of a real leader," says Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner...
Robinson was a previous tenant of the same building who allegedly had a dispute with the landlord. He was indicted on charges of murder and arson in September...