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IPaying for at least one major job on what the contractor called a "cost-plus" basis. The work, on 18-20 Ware St., cost many thousands of dollars; and invoices show columns marked "ten-per-cent profit." Other contractors in the area said such arrangements are unusual, adding that the contracts could drive up prices...
When Harvard Real Estate (HRE) decided to purchase and renovate an apartment building at 18-20 Ware Street, it encountered a costly problem: the size of the project seemed to mean that to comply with state law, HRE would be forced to install concrete wheelchair ramps and other equipment to make the building accessible to handicapped people...
Architect Stephen Tucker of Cambridge who received more than $10,000 from HRE for his work on 18-20 Ware Street and other buildings, spent some of his time trying to find a way around the law. And though HRE eventually installed the required modifications to the Ware Street apartments, Tucker's memo to HRE president Sally Zeckhauser and vice-president Robert Silverman provides a revealing look at one of the services tenants--as well as students and alumni--pay for as part of HRE's daily business operations...
...Today I went to City Hall to determine the assessed value of 18-20 Ware Street. This figure is of interest since it plays a role in determining the degree to which the Massachusetts Architectural Barriers Board rules will apply to the renovation...
...seen a daily deterioration of services under Harvard Real Estate for three years." Robert Epstein, a Ware Street resident, said at the Monday meeting...