But that monster was too big for residents to tolerate, and the developer scaled it down. development that included a Kmart, Home Depot, Borders Books, Stapled, and Linens N’ Things. The group’s lawyer, Art Kreiger, said they want a “high-value, mixed use development, not a big box store.” When the developer originally approached the city, it was with a 353,450 s.f. A citizens group called the Mystic View Task Force, has been opposing this project for nearly two years. The judge threw the case back to the Somerville plannning board, asking them to reconsider their previous approval of a permit for the Home Depot. Getting this development right is very important to me.” In September, a Judge in Middlesex Superior Court agreed with the Evarts lawsuit, which said that the Somerville Planning Board was required to hold public hearings and an environmental impact review. My conscience would bother me if I took $2 million and let an unlawful development proceed. “They weren’t offering anything but money. “It felt like a bribe,” Evarts told the Boston Globe. Louana Evarts, whose home abuts the Home Depot proposal, refused to drop her legal case even when offered $2 million dollars. The Assembly Square Limited Partnership, which has been trying to push a Home Depot off on unhappy residents, offered a local activist $2 million to drop her lawsuit against the developer. How much is it worth to someone to stop a Home Depot? A developer in Somerville, Massachusetts found out its worth a lot more than they thought.
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