Staff at the state convention center authority got pushback from its board for recommending a developer for a 6-acre South Boston site through an allegedly opaque process. Now, it’s unclear when a project team will be chosen.
A re-run of an RFP process for a clutch of parking lots next to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston didn’t produce any additional bids, but Boston Global Investors and Cronin Group don’t appear to have scaled back their ambitions for the 6-acre site.
A planned commercial development that drew criticism from some South Boston elected officials has been put on hold by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.
