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A year ago, merchants and tenants in Harvard Square were feverishly trying to divine what Chan’s grand plan might be. Denise Jillson, who runs the Harvard Square Business Association, says those worries have largely abated, since Chan’s buying binge hasn’t been followed by any radical changes.
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I hate to say it, but I think that whatever it is that Gerald Chan is doing with Harvard Square stinks badly. I don't know his motives, but it seems that whatever his intentions were in buying up all that property likely has something to do with the fact that the FTT-XB center is located at
1299 Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square. Coincidence? Me thinks not. And the reason that they started a FTT there is not even a logical one. They started the training extension because apparently WL had expressed desire that there would be a training there in Boston. So I don't think anyone is going to figure out what Gerald Chan's master plan is with that area is. It's likely that it's rooted in an LC plan that defies logic.
Gerald Chan has the right to do whatever he wants with his money, but I sure hate to think that with respect to the LC campus work there near Harvard, that they have deluded themselves into thinking that money can buy them influence or relevance on the campus.