There's a big empty parking lot back there going to waste. The adjoining Spalding Rehab hospital will be moving to Charlestown in a few years, opening up even more space.

both Bunker Hill Community College and Roxbury Community College have large swaths of surface parking that the state should sell off for development. Why not put a movie studio on one of these lots?

Bayside Expo Center closed because the new convention center took away all of its business. The owner had a plan to redevelop the property, but it didn't happen because of a foreclosure. It is big and cavernous and surrounded by undeveloped land.

Near Albany St. and I-93; huge floor plates, warehouses that can be knocked down, easy highway access, and one of the few places that explicitly doesn't want residential development. I think the old Boston Ice Factory is still for sale for chump change...

At least part of it is, anyway. In 2007 a developer wanted Boston to annex the Dedham portion of the land so he could build housing. It never happened.

How about no where in Boston. Judging by the plan in Plymouth, these studio's are giant sprawling parking lots and 2 story sound stages. Keep them out of urban boston. There is no need for them here when there is plenty of space in the suburbs for sprawl.

It seems the posts on this thread accurately summarize numerous under-deveoped proerties in Boston. Many will claim this is a product of the downturn in the economy. The fact is, however, these properties have been vacant and, in some cases, wastelands since before the dot com boom. Mayor Menino's administration squandered the good times and we have taken it harder during the recession. Don't be fooled by his "I'm no silver-tongue" horseshit. He is an embarassment. We deserve better. Please vote-out Menino on Nov. 3rd.

Put it in East Boston. On Border Street near the mystic there's a ton of abandoned factory warehouses that could use a new life.

Many of you are thinking way too short term. A movie studio in the center of Boston or in some neighborhood location? Not a good idea.

If you put it in the Nicosia building/vacant power station in the "500 Block" of Harrison Avenue, where will all the cars go that depend on parking for those buildings? Nicosia's additional developments are being held up for a lack of parking. That is why they took down the Diemont-Levy building at the corner of Albany and Thayer. Not everyone can take public transportation. Some people actually drive. You want to tell the key grip that they have to bring their tools in on the Silver Line because there is not enough parking? "500 Block" - Where are you from? Nobody in Boston talks like that. Sounds like some call into a car on Cops as its going through some part of Phoenix. Its 536 Harrison by the way.

Old warehouses is Southie? It may not look like it but most of those spaces are in use. Cities need these light industrial spaces on their periphery just like your house/apartment needs a space under the kitchen sink or a broom closet. They help support the overall running of the city.

Behind the Garden? Waterfront land / Parkland for interior movie studios? Kinda stupid when you really think about it. The jail was built there as the result of a land swap between the State and MGH. That was a bad idea, but you want to put an industrial movie studio on the tight Spaulding site next to commuter rail tracks? You want to hold up a Tom Cruise shoot because the 4:35 to Haverhill is going by and messing up the soundloop? Do you have any idea how big a soundstudio has to be? It needs to be about the size of a 1980's Stop & Shop, with tall ceiling heights.

Newmarket? Where are all the food companies going to relocate to? Guess where most of the food that you eat in the city outside of the chain restaurants and some of the supermarkets comes from? The produce area in Chelsea, the fish area along the SB waterfront, and Newmarket, with some other areas along Commercial Street in Malden. That's where. You say Newmarket like it is a wasteland. People work there, especially people who live near the area. You want to throw out hundreds of businesses to facilitate the making another crappy movie about Bulgere period Southie? If you relocate the food services operations of Boston to say, Wilmington, how will all those workers (some who cannot drive becuase of their immigration status) get there?

The impact of the movie industry is growing in Boston, but many people forget you need these so called wastelands around the city keep it going. These city councilors may be a little glassy eyed after seeing Cameron Diaz from a few feet away in the past few weeks. Plymouth's plan is well along, Weymouth is a little behind and most likely not get done. I would like to see more effort put into gettting the guns out of the city before trying to offer tax credits so city councilors can pretend they are bit players in a Boston version of Entourage.