‘Hollywood East’ nixes loan deal

‘Hollywood East’ nixes loan deal

By Greg Turner Boston Herald November 11, 2009 Plymouth Rock Studios’ financing script needs a rewrite. The developer said yesterday that it canceled a $550 million construction loan agreement and will have to find financing elsewhere for its ambitious project....
Plymouth studios project on hold

Plymouth studios project on hold

Funding collapses as company cuts tie to financial backer By Thomas Farragher Boston Globe Staff November 11, 2009 Just weeks before its scheduled groundbreaking, Plymouth Rock Studios said yesterday that its construction funding has collapsed, raising serious...
Plymouth studios project on hold

Film studio executives making progress

State approves impact report By Christine Legere Boston Globe October 31, 2009 PLYMOUTH – After two years of plodding through the permitting process, the team of California film executives who comprise Plymouth Rock Studios have achieved two major milestones in...
‘Hollywood East’ nixes loan deal

Gov. Deval Patrick won’t cut films’ tax credit

By Jay Fitzgerald Boston Herald October 28, 2009 The state will keep its new film-industry tax credit even as the Patrick administration eyes tightening other tax laws to raise money for the cash-strapped state. Greg Bialecki, Gov. Deval Patrick’s secretary of housing...
Plymouth studios project on hold

He’s set on Boston

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe | NAMES October 28, 2009 Boston is being a most hospitable host to Hollywood, says Todd Garner, a producer of “Knight & Day’’ and “The Zookeeper.’’ And Garner, who’s been here since May working on the two...