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Hearing examiner Margaret Turner stated in her recommendation to the board that the rents at 7 Sumner Rd. and 18-20 Ware St.--an apartment building the University asserts it saved from condominium conversion--were not comparable...
...Harvard's lawyers called that finding "paradoxical," arguing in the memorandum that Harvard could have raised rents at 7 Sumner Rd. to the level of 18-20 Ware St. if it had wished...
...city's rent control board last night postponed a final decision on Harvard's request for a permit to convert 7 Sumner Rd. from an apartment building to office space...
...indefinite postponement came after Harvard submitted a last-minute memorandum to the board, arguing that the University "has made a considerable effort to lessen the rental housing shortage in Cambridge" and hence should be allowed to take the Sumner Rd. apartments off the rental market for their...
...case--the most likely scenario has Harvard using the bottom two floors for office space, but allowing tenants to remain in the upper two stories. But Sullivan predicts that Harvard is afraid of "losing face." If he is right, and if the tenant forces keep up the fight, 7 Sumner Rd.'s stormy history may just be beginning...