A CVS is now being built right across the street from where a Walgreens is being built, right across the street from where the old Dedham Cineplex used to be. Who knew people in Dedham were so sick?

Nobody wants to touch it. John Keith discusses how the developers of Russia Wharf, One Franklin (which is supposed to rise above what is now the Filene's hole in the ground) and 316-322 Federal Street are cutting out planned condo units and replacing them with commercial space.

The goal is to keep them building, the Globe reports; money could start flowing in four months and will use federal money. The Filene's hole in the ground could be one of the first projects.

People who like the existing old Shreve building at Boylston and Arlington and don't want it torn down for a new structure will protest at 10 a.m. on Weds., Dec. 10.

Location

Fans of the decaying industrial look need to get themselves down to River Street on the Hyde Park/Mattapan line pronto, before what's left of the old Bay State Paper plant is completely carted away as a developer turns the property into a mall (granted, a mall that sounds pretty cool). Already, about half the property consists of large mounds of dirt and gravel rather than hulking machinery and mysterious objects and buildings that look like they could cave in at any moment.

Like the valve says, the mill is closed:

The Dorchester Reporter breaks the news that Corcoran Jennison Companies is considering canceling its giant "Bayside on the Point" project because the MWRA is refusing to budge on its plans to build an odor-control plant nearby.

The housing project would replace the current Bayside Expo Center; the odor-control plant would use carbon filters and a smokestack to get rid of odors from up to 18-million gallons of sewage-laden storm runoff. The paper talks to South End residents who live near a similar treatment plant.

Residents furious the mayor now backs a plan to turn two vacant warehouses on Summer Street into offices instead of housing, the Herald reports, in a story that actually only quotes one resident, an "activist who declined to be identified," which kind of lessens the impact of the story.

The Attleboro Sun Chronicle reports the Kraft Group (as in Robert, not American Singles) wants to build a 1.6-million-square-foot biotech park on Rte. 1 across from Gillette Stadium.

Via Wade Roush.

Wicked Local West Roxbury reports the BRA has approved a developer's plan to turn the old Stop & Shop on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury into an LA/Fitness Club. Good news for spin-cycle fans: The laundromat next door will not only stay, but will get a new facade.

Paul Keleher watches the activity at the Mass. General construction site (and in his notes details just what they're doing in the scene).