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Menino in turn wrote a stern letter to the lead developer of thecurrently stagnant Downtown Crossing development, also known as theFilene's project. The mayor said in the letter, "The notion thatyou would purposefully cause this to occur--not due to financingdifficulties or other problems beyond your control, but as anintentional cynical ploy to extract concessions from the publicsector--is inexcusable."
As the Herald reports, Hynes the CEO of GaleInternational--partner in the project with Vornado--explained in astatement: "We have asked the city for help, but there's a bigdifference between asking for help and trying to blackmail them. Wehave done nothing but try to find a financing solution. It's neverbeen our strategy to deliberately put the real estate in badcondition."
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