[Info-vax] OT. Auction of Maynard's Clock Tower Place

[Simon Clubley]

On 2015-03-15, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 March 2015 16:14:31 UTC, Simon Clubley  wrote:
>> 
>> I wonder what happened to all the businesses which had set up home
>> there ?
>> 
>> Are there any rules in the US about preservation of buildings of
>> historical interest and if so, has any such designation been applied
>> to the Mill's buildings ?
>> 
>
> There's a bit more info in
> http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/article/20150305/NEWS/150307873
>

Thanks, John. That article was rather informative and explained (for
the most part) what is going on.

> It's near impenetrable to me, but IF I read it right, it's a bit of
> financial engineering to let the place carry on pretty much "as is",
> under new management, but having got rid of a large debt the current
> owners can't afford to pay and the new owners don't want to pay.
>
> The ways of the world of big money are beyond me, so I could be wrong.

I hope so, but the fact the new owners still have to be silent until
after the deeds are transferred means we won't know for sure until then.

Simon.

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