Company that left a giant hole where Filene's Basement used to be will help buy Filene's Basement

By adamg on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 8:54pm

And then promptly kill off the Downtown Crossing store forever so it can rent it to somebody more lucrative, the Herald reports. Vornado teamed up with Syms on what is now apparently the winning bid for the frail Filene's Basement.

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Comments

Brilliant

By neilv on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 9:26pm.

Yet evil.

maybe they should worry

By tape on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 11:45pm.

maybe they should worry about building their building before they worry about destroying things that are awesome.

assholes.

Did anyone really expect the

By anon on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 7:33am.

Did anyone really expect the old FB would ever reopen?

But might reopen nearby?

By Ron Newman on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 9:52am.

Today's Globe article suggests that the new owner may do what the old owner should have done all along: reopen the Downtown Crossing store across the street in the former Barnes & Noble location.

(Didn't Syms have a Downtown Crossing store for a few years on Summer Street, where CVS is now?)