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Ciao, Papa Razzi

Next up: Chipotle, Starbucks, Sally’s Apizza, and Citizens Bank.

Courtesy photo

Demo permit in hand, a team from Crosspoint Associates recently broke ground — and more — on the site of the former Papa Razzi trattoria.

Photo by Betsy Levinson

A new commercial development at the Elm Street property will become home to a Chipotle, Starbucks, Sally’s Apizza, and Citizens Bank.

Pictured left to right: Crosspoint’s Robin Blatt-Eisengart, Lorena Asllani, Jay McSweeney, Nick Carroll, Josh Klimkiewicz, Jonathan Hueber, and Kerry McCormack; Acton Town Planner Elizabeth Hughes; and Cory Bailey, Mike Halpin, and Chris Glynn of BLOCK Builders. Photo by Betsy Levinson
Birds will have to find a new place to nest. Photo by Betsy Levinson

And one look back from last year, before the fall… figuratively and literally.

Photo by Celeste Katz Marston

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