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What happens to Boston’s closed school buildings? While some have been repurposed for housing or community use, most simply become other...
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Last week, the Boston Zoning Commission adopted Net Zero Carbon (NZC) zoning. As addressed in our 2021 and 2023 advisories, this...
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Lenders are increasingly enforcing personal guarantees on distressed real estate loans, using them as leverage in negotiations, while...
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Kearsarge Walpole LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Walpole involved a dispute over where a large-scale solar array could be placed in...
Jones v. Town of Harwich involved a dispute over the application of the Wetland Protection Bylaw and Regulations in Harwich,...
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Despite hurdles like elevated interest rates and office vacancies, real estate development in New York City in 2025 is propelled by...
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Attorney David Linhart dives into Boston’s evolving large project review process and its implications for developers, communities, and...
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I recently attended the IMN Distressed CRE Forum in New York, alongside my colleagues Brian Cohen, Zev Gewurz and Doug Rosner. It was...
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As lenders and borrowers try to get creative in working through ongoing distress in the real estate market, especially in certain asset...
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In June, Mayor Wu announced the extension of the City of Boston's Office to Residential Conversion Program with $15 million in additional...
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In this ongoing article series with Citybiz, members of the Goulston & Storrs Commercial Real Estate Workouts Group keep you up to date...
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As U.S. businesses face ongoing economic headwinds, commercial lenders are acting more aggressively to reduce their exposure to rogue...
In August 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of City Planning announced three major initiatives to...
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As keen observers are already aware, reports of the “death of brick-and-mortar” retail have been greatly exaggerated. Neither the...
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Amy Dain’s November 2023 report on exclusionary zoning in Boston’s suburbs details how White neighborhoods either prohibited apartment...
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On November 1, 2021, ASTM International released its revised standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. On March 14, 2022, the...