coming from the basement, which also serves as a storage area, said Aaron H. Rosenthal, the Manhattan Chief of Detectives,l said.

''A club employee attempted to go downstairs, but couldn't get the door open,'' the chief said. He said the officers called to the scene saw Mr. Fisher standing near Mr. Mascuzzio's body as they forced open the door, Chief Rosenthal said. Occupation Not Known

Mr. Fisher and Mr. Mascuzzio had a business relationship, the chief said. The police said Mr. Mascuzzio had a long arrest record dating back to the 1960's, and had been convicted on a number of charges including gambling and robbery. but he added that Mr. Mascuzio's occupation was not known.

Chief Rosenthal said there were signs of a struggle where the body was found.

Mr. Fisher hadestate company, has floated plans to build a privately-owned bypass road along the corridor. The company has also shown neighbors architectural renderings of a massive new parking garage at its truck cargo terminal located at 440/480 McClellan Highway, located at the northern end of the corridor and directly across the street from the Suffolk Downs western access road.

In an “invitation for bids” that was quietly issued on June 21, the MBTA asks developers for offers on “a non-exclusive easement” to the property for a minimum bid price of $2.5 million, plus an agreement for the buyer to build and maintain a public multi-use bike and pedestrian path and flood mitigation improvements along the entire length of the corridor.

Jim Aloisi, a Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation under Governor Deval Patrick