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...
09 Apr, 2024 Stormwater Discharge Permit Changes: What Property Owners in Eastern Massachusetts Need to Know By Peter Tamm Patrick O'Connor Many currently unregulated commercial, industrial, and institutional properties in Eastern Massachusetts may soon require stormwater...
02 Apr, 2024 This Michigan Supreme Court Case Has the Potential to Guide Drone and Air Rights Law for the Nation By Jonathan Hayden While at first glance the Michigan Supreme Court case of Long Lake Township v. Maxon, appears to be a simple zoning dispute with a Fourth...
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...
19 Jan, 2024 Girl Scout's council sells more than 500 acres in Prince George's County By Wendelin White Jennifer Bisgaier Derick Wallace Goulston & Storrs attorneys Wendy White, Jennifer Bisgaier, and Derick Wallace represented the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital...
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...
21 Sep, 2023 How Real Estate Development Can Boost Urban Health By Matthew Kiefer Fall 2023 – Publications / Mentions Stanford Social Innovation Review Adele Houghton How can real estate development generate both profit...
29 Jun, 2023 Regulatory Changes: Massachusetts Wetlands Permitting By David Ingraham Peter Tamm The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in Sackett v. EPA that established a stricter test for whether the federal Clean Water...
22 May, 2023 Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient By Matthew Kiefer Cities everywhere are reinventing themselves in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston, long an urban innovator, must contend with a...
16 Feb, 2023 Boston Initiatives Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By David Ingraham Matthew Kiefer David Linhart The City of Boston is advancing three companion regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for medium-sized and large...
08 Feb, 2023 Shining a Light on Zoning for Solar on Campuses Across Washington D.C. By Allison Prince David Avitabile Washington Business Journal The DC Solar Expansion Act of 2022 will ensure the continued growth of solar across all eight wards of the...
19 Jan, 2023 The Intersection of Historic Preservation and Urban Planning By Shane Dettman There are seventy historic districts in Washington, D.C., with local neighborhoods accounting for more than thirty of these designated...
07 Nov, 2022 Securing the Future of the D.C. Office Market By John Ratino Washington Business Journal The Washington D.C. office market is likely in the early stages of a very big change. And, arguably, it’s a...
29 May, 2022 Can you put a price on waterfront access? Conservation Law Foundation aims to try. By Matthew Kiefer Developers looking to build on many waterfront properties in Massachusetts know they’ll probably need to offer something to the community...