23 Nov, 2024 Democratizing development without losing sight of the social impact of economic growth By David Linhart As addressed in our prior advisory, Boston is reforming the impact review process in Article 80 of its zoning code. This process is...
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...
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...
02 Oct, 2017 20/20 Hindsight: Did our investments position us for a bright future? By Matthew Kiefer Architecture Boston Boston is changing: new neighborhoods, new residents, a new innovation economy, and now a new comprehensive plan. In...
05 Jan, 2011 Climate Change and Real Estate Development: Regulatory Experimentation in the Face of Uncertainty By Matthew Kiefer Published in in The Legal Impact of Climate Change (Aspatore Books, 2011)
06 Jan, 2006 Public Planning and Private Initiative: The South Boston Waterfront By Matthew Kiefer Published in Urban Planning Today, edited by William S. Saunders, University of Minnesota Press (2006).