When discussing Harvard in Allston, good reporters should spend the time to deconvolute their holdings. They have lots of campus holdings, and that is growing, but they also own plenty of things that aren't campus. They're the landlord for my auto repair place (Oriental Car King) and for the shopping mall with my grocery store (Brighton Mills). These aren't becoming campus any time soon in anything that Harvard has announced.
I stumbled across a planning map during my time at University of Illinois. It was marked showing 50, 75 and 100 year expansion possibilities. The land supporting 100 year expansion is already owned by the university and leased for commercial use.
Harvard is 200 years older than UIUC. I'm sure they are also planning for 100 years in the future.
