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Boston Imposes Guidelines for Development of Medical Area.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2002

By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 11--With no master plan for Longwood Medical Area yet in place, the Boston Redevelopment Authority is imposing "interim guidelines" that will curtail at least three projects.

Two research facilities to be developed jointly by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lyme Properties, plus a new mixed-use complex at Joslin Diabetes Center, may shrink under rules announced over the last two weeks.

The guidelines, potentially limiting the height and density of anything not yet approved by the city in the increasingly crowded medical area, would be in effect for about 18 months, while a master plan is completed, said Rebecca Barnes, the city's chief planner....

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