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Plans Scrapped for Kosher Hotel in West Roxbury
The property at 1650 VFW Parkway was instead sold to a Brockton business owner.
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The plans to build a kosher hotel and restaurant in Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood have been scrapped.
Nissim Shimon Trabelsi, a local developer, was pushing to bring a King David Hotel to 1650 VFW Parkway, the former site of McDonald’s. The property was instead sold to a Brockton business owner Thursday for $1.4 billion, Universal Hub reports.
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Trabelsi’s proposed project would have featured 69 rooms, mikvah baths, a swimming, pool, ballroom, and a kosher restaurant, according to Eater.com.
Initial plans for the King David Hotel can be viewed here>>>
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