The groups are seeking to overturn the commission’s approval, which paved the way for the developers to move forward with the city’s land-use review process and wind its way toward a City Council vote.
“We are confident the commission’s decision to approve this project was made in full accordance with the Landmark Law and that the court will dismiss” the lawsuit, said a Howard Hughes spokesperson who described the legal challenge as “a desperate stunt.”
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs take the Landmarks commission to task for not defending the “interests of members of the general public” including the protection of property values in the historic district and the loss of views for current residents. One of the groups involved in the suit, Seaport Coalition, includes residents of Southbridge Towers, a onetime Mitchell Lama building whose tenants voted to go private nearly a decade ago.
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