Strange twists | THC for Thanksgiving | Farewell, HomeGoods.com

Welcome to the BBJ's LinkedIn Weekly Edition! I'm Digital Editor?Jess Aloe, bringing you the business knowledge you need this week.

The strangest saga in Boston development just got even stranger.

On Tuesday morning, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority posted an agenda showing that its board of directors would vote Thursday on the provisional designation of a team led by Jon Cronin to develop more than six acres near the convention center in South Boston.

The agenda suggested MCCA executive director David Gibbons and a selection committee had chosen the Cronin Development bid — 1.6 million square feet of new development, mostly lab and office space —? over a rival proposal from a team led by John Hynes III’s Boston Global Investors .

But a few hours later, things changed.

And then changed again Thursday, when the chair of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority’s board took the agency to task for its handling of the bids and declined to allow MCCA leaders to present their preferred developer to the board.

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Here's what else happened this week

CCC executive director resigns

The MCCA isn’t the only agency with twists. This week, Shawn Collins, the executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission , officially announced his resignation. This comes weeks after the CCC became embroiled in controversy after now-suspended chair Shannon O’Brien announced that Collins would resign by the end of the year. Catch up on the latest developments at the CCC.?

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TJX shutters HomeGoods.com

Discount retail giant The TJX Companies, Inc. has shut down its Homegoods e-commerce website. The announcement came as TJX touted an increase in sales driven by customer traffic in its brick-and-mortar stores. Here’s more.?

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Dana-Farber has hoops to jump through

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have several regulatory hoops to jump through before breaking ground on a new hospital building in the Longwood Medical Area.

This means obtaining city, state and federal approvals to build the $1.7 billion, 300-bed adult inpatient hospital facility—which may slow — or even stop — the process along the way.

Read more.?

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THC for Thanksgiving

This newsletter will be off next week for the Thanksgiving holiday. And if you’re looking for an unusual side to bring to dinner–what about THC-infused cranberry sauce? Middleborough cannabis company Suncrafted? has brought together the Bay State’s two biggest crops. The goal? “Make Thanksgiving peaceful again.” Get the details.?

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