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,...
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...
02 Oct, 2024 Proposed Action Plan for Article 80 Modernization By Matthew Kiefer After an 18-month study process, the Boston Planning Department has released an Action Plan proposing strategies to modernize Boston’s...
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...
23 May, 2024 MA State Library Author Talk: Idea City By Matthew Kiefer The MA State Library Author Talks Series recently hosted a panel discussion between David Gamble, Matthew Kiefer, and Rosalyn Negron, all...
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...
28 Mar, 2024 Unlocking the Future of Build-To-Rent Housing at the Annual Build-to-Rent Forum (East) By Yuanshu Deng Jamie Einbinder Goulston & Storrs participated in the 9th Annual Build-to-Rent Forum (East) that took place on March 20-21 in Nashville, Tennessee. This...
27 Mar, 2024 Boston’s Planning-Led Rezoning: Squares + Streets Initiative By David Ingraham Adrienne Rosenblatt David Linhart Matthew Kiefer +1 more... Show less Boston’s campaign of planning-led rezoning is proceeding with a recent vote by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to...
21 Mar, 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...
05 Mar, 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...
22 Jan, 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...
19 Jan, 2024 Restraining retainage: Drilling down into New York’s 5% retainage law and its impact on your project By Frank Ditta Jaclyn Grodin Alexander Berger In the world of construction, retainage is a portion of funds withheld from payments made to contractors and subcontractors until work is...
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...
08 Jan, 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...