by Steve Adams | Jul 16, 2024
The biggest proposed changes in Boston’s development reviews since 1996 attracted pointed questions from city councilors including whether they would safeguard neighborhoods from undesirable projects.
by Steve Adams | May 19, 2024
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration is trying to cut through the murky process that forces real estate projects to shell out millions in unpredictable community benefits payments.
by Steve Adams | May 10, 2024
Changes designed to streamline Boston’s complex and often unpredictable development review process will get a first public airing at a series of neighborhood meetings starting this weekend.
by Steve Adams | Feb 4, 2024
For real estate developers pursuing projects in Boston, the road to approval often leads through McDermott, Quilty, Miller & Hanley partner Joseph Hanley’s State Street offices.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 4, 2024
Five years after initially floating the idea as a city councilor, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is closing in on key legal changes to eliminate the Boston Planning & Development Agency. And it’s leaving some in the real estate community scratching their heads at best about what it all means.
by Steve Adams | Mar 19, 2023
Commercial and nonprofit affordable housing developers say the biggest effects of BPDA reform won’t be felt until a comprehensive rezoning plan is completed.
by Steve Adams | Feb 17, 2023
The Boston Planning & Development Agency’s overseers are questioning Mayor Michelle Wu’s steps to make real estate development in Boston more predictable and transparent.
by Steve Adams | Feb 3, 2023
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu named an advisory team ranging from affordable housing activists and labor union representatives to commercial developers to revamp the city’s real estate permitting process.