Lexington Officials Ink P & S Agreement for Scottish Rite Property

With the Board of Selectmen signing a purchase and sale agreement, the town is a step closer to obtaining about 10 acres of the Scottish Rite property of Marrett Road.

Earlier this year, special Town Meeting authorized officials to make a nearly $11 million bid to purchase a swath of the Scottish Rite property off Marrett Road. The offer was quickly accepted. And now this week the Board of Selectmen has signed a purchase and sale agreement for the property, finalizing some of the details of the transaction. To read the agreement in full, click on the PDF posted to your right. Among the terms of the deal: The approximately 10 acres of property the town is acquiring is located behind the National Heritage Museum, which the Scottish Rite is not selling, and includes the 17,840-square foot “mansion” or main building, a 5,260-square foot carriage house, about 88 parking spaces and additional acreage. Of the $…

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ACCEPTED: Scottish Rite OKs Sale of Marrett Road Property to Town

Scottish Rite has accepted the town's offer of $10.95 million for about 10 acres off Marrett Road, just one day after the bid was approved at special Town Meeting.

The Trustees of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry have accepted the town's $10.95 million-offer to purchase about 10 acres of the Scottish Rite property off Marrett Road, according to a press release from the town.  This news comes less than 24 hours after a special Town Meeting authorized the Board of Selectmen to make the offer to purchase the parcel many are eyeing as a future home for a community center.  Here's the press release from the town. Check back on Patch for more on this story as it becomes available. The Board of Selectmen is pleased to announce the purchase of property at 33 Marrett Road owned by the Trustees of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry…

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UPDATE: BOS Will Discuss $10M-Plus Bid for Scottish Rite Property March 14

Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday evening at Cary Hall.

Less than 48 hours after its negiotiating team made public the town's $10 million-plus third and final bid for 10 acres of the Scottish Rite property off Marrrett Road, the Board of Board of Selectmen will discuss and vote to approve the offer at 6 p.m. tomorrow, March 14, at Cary Hall. The property in question is approximately 10 acres of the Scottish Rite’s land behind the National Heritage Museum, including the carriage house and annex, which the selectmen are identifying as a possible location for a community center. The selectmen's negotiating team publicly announced the bid, which is contingent upon approval by the Board of Selectmen and a special Town Meeting vote, in an email to Town Meeting members Tuesday, March 12, the same day …

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Five Things: Town Boards Mulling Sizeable Real Estate Purchase

A quick look at what you need to see, do and know on Feb. 4 in Lexington.

1. Town Boards Talking Scottish Rite Property: The Appropriation, Capital Expenditures and Community Preservation committees will participate in a Board of Selectmen meeting at 7 p.m. this evening at the Town Office Building, and the only item on the aenda is to discuss a possible real estate purchase at 33 Marrett Road. 2. Sidewalk Committee: It meets at 8 a.m. this morning at the Town Office Building. Take a peek at the agenda here. 3. Fuel Assistance for Eligible Lexington Residents: The Fuel Assistance Program, a program that helps with the cost of heating your home, accepts new applications through April 30, 2013. Call the town of Lexington Senior Center/Human Services Department at 781-861-0194 to schedule an appointment and/or to …

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