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...sale of some highly desirable shorefront property on Martha's Vineyard for what seems like an incredibly low price has upset a lot of people...
...summer residents of the Vineyard are upset because they say they would have bought the land and set it aside for conservation, if they had known it was going for such a bargain price...
...there was at least one other potential buyer who offered more money and less development than Land-Vest did. In 1971, Albert L. Cohn, a Law School alumnus and Vineyard summer resident, offered Harvard $1.1 million for the property, proposing to divide it into only 27 lots and to set aside 199 of the 320 acres as common land. Cohn's plan met with the approval of the Vineyard Open Land Foundation, a non-profit group interested in protecting the island from excessive development...
Gerald A. Berlin, a Boston attorney and long-time summer resident of Martha's Vineyard, said yesterday that he knew two individuals personally and had heard of a third, all of whom had made better offers than Land-Vest. "I'm curious as all mischief to find out what Harvard is up to," Berlin said...
...first offer for the land came in 1971 from Albert L. Cohn, a Law School alumnus and summer resident of the island. Cohn offered to pay $1.1 million and tentatively promised the Vineyard Open Land Foundation, a non-profit group interested in protecting the island from excessive development, that he would not build more than 27 houses on the property...