Take a look at these pictures (Thank you, Bob Drake!) of the Cannon Place/Fort Independence through lot, on which Jackson Development hopes to build a 7 story apartment building with multi-story parking.
Note, that neither an excavation permit nor a building permit has been obtained; building plans are as of yet unavailable; and financing has not yet been approved. Why the rush to denude the lot of trees and move the earth around?
Gee, are they just trying to make us feel like this project is inevitable?
Developers feel that once they have a toehold into a property, they can force the issue to build it because they want residents to feel it is hopeless to stand against them.
The property now has a chain-link and a see-through mesh. Unfortunately the mesh does not cover up the mess they have created.