The CRE Insider
Courts Force Abutters to Take Appeal Bond Seriously
A recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling imposes new requirements on abutters challenging the approval of housing developments.
How a Smart Growth District Changed Downtown Reading
The Smart Growth Zoning and Housing Production Act, also known as Chapter 40R, has had mixed results. But the Boston suburb of Reading has embraced embraced it, with positive outcomes.
Development Patterns Can Erase Missed Opportunities
Density can be a polarizing term. The word is sometimes even weaponized. But density can be looked at as an important tool for crafting the types of places we enjoy, from affordability to vibrant Main Streets.
A Stabilizing Force in Multifamily Housing
Preservation of Affordable Housing CEO Aaron Gornstein has been active in Greater Boston’s housing sector since the 1980s, starting his career at a Malden anti-poverty agency
SVB Sends Ripples Through Housing Development Circles
What’s keeping affordable housing developers up at night? The financial sword of Damocles currently dangling over the regional banking sector. Silicon Valley Bank has been a major lender to community development corporations.
Can Massachusetts Build Its Way to Affordability?
Recent studies challenge the notion that new development only increases the stock of luxury housing without helping improve affordability. In fact, less development “filters up” what housing there is into the hands of the wealthy.
Cambridge Seeks to Take Overlay to Higher Level
A group of Cambridge city councilors wants to build on the success of the city’s affordable housing zoning overlay by giving affordable developments big density bonuses in Cambridge’s busiest squares and corridors.
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