02 Jan, 2025 Timeline Considerations For Boston's New RE Review Process By David Linhart Attorney David Linhart dives into Boston’s evolving large project review process and its implications for developers, communities, and...
13 Dec, 2024 Key Pillars of Boston’s Climate Strategy By Matthew Kiefer Peter Kaplan The Boston Municipal Research Bureau, which provides impartial research and policy analysis for the benefit of the City of Boston,...
08 Nov, 2024 Navigating HUD Programs: A Practitioners' Guide to the Labyrinth By Hara Perkins Attorney Hara Perkins co-authored Chapter 1, titled “FHA Multifamily Programs: General Overview and Recent Developments,” in Navigating...
15 Aug, 2024 City of Boston Office to Residential Conversion Program Extension By David Ingraham Matthew Kiefer David Linhart In June, Mayor Wu announced the extension of the City of Boston's Office to Residential Conversion Program with $15 million in additional...
11 Jun, 2024 Radio Boston - "Idea City": Top Boston thinkers on city's present and future By Matthew Kiefer Attorney Matthew Kiefer appeared on WBUR's Radio Boston program to discuss how to re-think zoning, a concept from Idea City: How to Make...
14 May, 2024 Podcast: How Real Estate Development Can Boost Urban Health By Matthew Kiefer Goulston & Storrs attorney Matthew Kiefer and environmental consultant Adele Houghton are advocates for a deeper understanding of the...
07 May, 2024 Boston’s Planning-Led Rezoning: New Skyline Districts By David Ingraham David Linhart Matthew Kiefer Boston is continuing its commitment to planning-led rezoning with the recent release by the Boston Planning and Development Agency...
08 Jan, 2024 Boston Adds Updated Inclusionary Development Policy to the Zoning Code—What Questions Remain? By Matthew Kiefer David Linhart In November 2023, the Boston Zoning Commission adopted Article 79 of the Boston Zoning Code, codifying for the first time long-studied...
22 Dec, 2023 Apartments in the suburbs By David Linhart Amy Dain’s November 2023 report on exclusionary zoning in Boston’s suburbs details how White neighborhoods either prohibited apartment...
15 Dec, 2023 Pro Bono Institute Signatory Showcase: Reproductive Equity Now Abortion Legal Hotline By Leaura Levine Each year, the signatories to the PBI Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® and Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® initiatives provide important pro...
31 Oct, 2022 "Let's Get 'Phygital'": How the Collision of Physical and Digital Commerce Compels the End of the Nexus Standard in ADA Adjudication By Michele Astor-Pratt As COVID-19 rapidly spread across the globe in early 2020, nations closed their borders and ordered citizens to stay at home to minimize...
29 Apr, 2022 There's No Place Like Dot-Com: Are Websites Places of Public Accommodation Under Title III of the ADA? By Michele Astor-Pratt On April 7, 2021, in Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that websites are not places...
22 Feb, 2022 Tax considerations for ground leases By Jonathan Stein For investors looking for new opportunities, ground leases are catching on in New York City and beyond. A ground lease occurs when the...
03 Feb, 2022 Time Doesn’t Kill Leasing Deals, Bad Negotiation Does By Hara Perkins Propmodo Every good deal maker knows getting a handshake agreement is just the start of the sale. In deal-making, as well as...
14 Jan, 2022 D.C. Zoning Commission Responds to Two of Attorney General’s Inclusionary Zoning Proposals By David Avitabile John Epting Phil Feola Cary Kadlecek Allison Prince Christine Roddy Paul Tummonds Jeff Utz +5 more... Show less On December 2, 2021, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG), filed four petitions with the Zoning...
11 Aug, 2021 The Property Industry Can’t Ignore the Affordable Housing Crisis By Hara Perkins There are few statements nowadays that almost everyone can agree on, despite their political leanings. But here is one: housing in the...