BPDA Approves Big Downtown Tower Upzoning
Boston planning officials approved new downtown zoning regulations designed to encourage development of multifamily housing and reinvigorate investment offsetting declines in office occupancy.
PLAN: Downtown Seeks to Simplify Development Rules
by Steve Adams | Aug 24, 2023
The study recommendations offer “consistent and fair baseline and bonus heights” for new projects, the draft plan states, replacing a mishmash of more than 20 height limits.
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