by Sam Minton | Sep 29, 2024
After five years as CEO of major Boston nonprofit housing developer Madison Park Development Corp., Leslie Reid joined the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp. this summer to oversee its expansion and new product development.
by Steve Adams | Aug 5, 2024
A nonprofit with a long history of affordable housing development in Boston is proposing a 63-unit apartment and condominium building for a wide range of incomes.
by James Sanna | Jul 19, 2024
Outgoing Madison Park Development Corp. CEO Leslie Reid is joining the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp. to oversee expansion efforts and new product development.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jul 8, 2024
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
by Steve Adams | Mar 11, 2024
Two development teams are seeking to build hundreds of apartments and condominiums in a neighborhood where a history of redlining created barriers to wealth-building through real estate ownership.
by Steve Adams | Feb 28, 2024
Two teams of active local developers have responded to the city of Boston’s offer of 4.4 acres in Roxbury for housing development.
by Steve Adams | Jan 12, 2024
Owners of a Roxbury grocery store that partnered with a local nonprofit on a redevelopment say a housing tower that’s planned in an upcoming phase violates a decade-old agreement and will harm its business.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 19, 2023
A huge batch of state grants for 27 different projects announced Thursday will see 1,597 affordable and mixed-income housing units built or preserved.
by Cameron Sperance | Mar 26, 2023
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.
by Steve Adams | Mar 19, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank’s failure is creating a potential gap in financing for Massachusetts affordable housing projects and risks for commercial landlords that have a concentration of tech and life science tenants.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 13, 2023
Who’s on the move? From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
by James Sanna | Aug 15, 2022
Four new multifamily projects advanced at the Boston Planning & Development Agency board of directors’ August meeting Thursday evening.
by Steve Adams | May 13, 2022
After confirming the appointment of James Arthur Jemison as director, Boston Planning & Development Agency officials approved plans for a lab building in South End and multifamily housing projects in East Boston and Roxbury.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 28, 2022
In the latest installment of our CRE Insider webinars, Madison Park Development Corp. CEO Leslie Reid and A Better Cambridge Co-Chair Becca Schofield analyzed the newest developments in the affordable housing space on Feb. March, 2022.
by Steve Adams | Mar 27, 2022
Neighborhood activists founded Madison Park Development Corp. in the 1960s to fight urban renewal and its demolition of Roxbury properties. Now, its new head Leslie Reid is looking to accelerate affordable housing production on long-neglected parcels.
by Steve Adams | Mar 16, 2022
As city officials begin to review proposals for parcel P3, Boston-based HYM Investment Group wants to help Roxbury join the Greater Boston life science boom in force with 700,000 square feet of office and lab space.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 6, 2022
As we reflect on the last 55 years of our existence, Madison Park Development Corp. has been on a journey that has led to the transformation of Nubian Square in indelible ways.
by James Sanna | Jan 2, 2022
The nation’s first community-led developer scored its first victory 55 years ago this month in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, responding to city officials’ plans to demolish an entire community and setting the stage for a groundbreaking new way of developing real estate.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 9, 2021
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jul 8, 2021
A Roxbury nonprofit plans 65 units of market-rate and income-restricted housing to a Nubian Square commercial property owned by the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.