Mayor Wu says to Carney Hospital’s landlords, don’t even think of redeveloping the property.

When it was announced last week that Steward Health Care would be shutting down the Carney Hospital in Dorchester, residents were upset and concerned, and local elected officials rallied to see if they could stop it.

Mayor Michelle Wu even warned Steward not to try to redevelop the site into a more profitable project other than healthcare. As part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Steward, which operates Carney, plans to shut down the facility by Aug. 31.

According to the Boston Globe,  Wu wrote a letter to Steward on August 1st expressing her concern and the action the City of Boston would take if they tried to rezone the property.

“I would like to be absolutely clear that my administration will oppose any effort by ownership to rezone the property for uses other than the provision of healthcare,” the mayor wrote. “Further, we will closely monitor proposals for the property to ensure compliance with all applicable processes — and to guarantee that the community’s voice is represented with respect to the future of Carney Hospital.”

The Boston Globe states that the site of the Carney Hospital is currently zoned as “multi-family residential.” But according to Wu’s letter,  that designation would only allow residential buildings to a maximum of three stories and with further limits on building size. The Boston Landmarks Commission would also review any proposal.

Wu closed the letter by stating the city would cooperate with any state and federal investigation of “illegal conduct by you and other entities involved in Steward’s collapse.”

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