City Hires Marketer to Help Fill Vacant Industrial Park
MG Commercial Realty of Providence partners with the city and the Attleboro Redevlopment Authority to sell lots on Commerce Way.
A new marketing firm has been hired by the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority to market the city's industrial business park on Commerce Way, a park that has been the center of controversy for years. The city has hired and will retain MG Commercial Realty Corp. of Providence, a company which deals heavily in industrial and commercial property, as its exclusive marketing agent, Attleboro Director of Budget and Administration Barry LaCasse said during Thursday's ARA's meeting. MG is currently marketing a 93,773 square-foot multi-tenant industrial facility at 20 Townsend Rd., which is located in another industrial park. "ARA and the city are interested in marketing and selling lots as they become available or to maybe sell land to private …
Jerry Chase
8:52 pm on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Yes, I concur with Dan . . that the City is not qualified or competent to be in the land development business. To be sure, the City should be a facilitator and a catalyst for this IBP off County Street; but should have had all actual development "go out for bid" by private firms that actually know how to do this: a much better path, with less expense and ill will to IBP neighbors. Jerry Chase more ›