Aug 15, 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...
Jun 14, 2024 "You are a New Yorker the first time you say, '"That used to be…'" By Hara Perkins According to one of my favorite novelists, Colson Whitehead, “No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the first time...
Mar 21, 2024 City-owned lots on Harrison Ave. in Roxbury could soon be big housing complex By Matthew Kiefer The Wu administration's push to transform city-owned parking lots into affordable housing has attracted developers across neighborhoods...
Mar 05, 2024 Will apartments solve housing scarcity? By David Linhart Governor Maura Healey has called out housing as Massachusetts’ biggest challenge—both increasing the pace of production and lowering the...
Jan 22, 2024 Newly Launched NYC Office Conversion Accelerator Program By Frank Ditta George Evans Hara Perkins Andrew Shaw +1 more... Show less In August 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of City Planning announced three major initiatives to...
Jan 08, 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...
Jan 08, 2024 Renting in the wake of homeownership By David Linhart After the Great Depression, federal policy pushed single-family homeownership as the gold standard of housing through Federal Housing...
Oct 23, 2023 Commercial condominium conversions offer flexibility in a challenged NYC office market By George Evans Kristen Liang Hara Perkins With the current state of the real estate market, building owners and developers should consider utilizing the flexibility of the...
Jan 18, 2023 Governor Kathy Hochul Proposes New York State Housing Compact By Brian Cohen George Evans Hara Perkins Andrew Shaw +1 more... Show less On January 10, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced The New York Housing Compact, a series of proposals to grow the housing stock...
Jan 07, 2022 It’s More Than An Affordable Home - It’s A Viable Community By Hara Perkins Brian Carrozza Bisnow - Reimagining Real Estate In our “Reimagining Real Estate” series, attorneys from the firm’s market-leading real estate practice...
Aug 11, 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...
Dec 18, 2020 BPDA Approves Fair Housing Zoning Amendment By Peter Kochansky Christian Regnier David Linhart Patrick Gallagher +1 more... Show less The Boston Planning and Development Agency (“BPDA”) has approved an amendment to the Boston Zoning Code that would require developers of...