by Steve Adams | May 1, 2022
Critics have long accused some Boston developers of switching out city-approved designs for aggressively value-engineered alternatives. A new position at the top of the city’s planning bureaucracy is expected to tackle the problem head-on.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Apr 24, 2022
In what looks to be an emerging trend, Boston’s mayor is leaning heavily on housing advocates for advice on highly-charged real estate issues, while excluding outspoken critics.
by State House News Service | Oct 9, 2019
Their specific requests varied, but the roughly half-dozen mayors and state lawmakers who addressed the MBTA’s oversight board Monday all echoed a common theme: that expanding service and connectivity on the commuter rail will bring significant benefits for the riding public, regardless of costs.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 8, 2019
When a developer feels a $50,000 bribe is a good investment to secure a permit extension that is generally regarded as a formality, it’s clear there is larger rot in Boston’s land use decision-making apparatus.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 21, 2019
The city of Boston intends to put $16.3 million in city funds towards the creation of 290 affordable housing units, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Wednesday, part of a series of development projects containing 515 units.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 16, 2019
Roxbury’s commercial heart is getting a new entertainment venue, a jazz club to be located in the Boston Public Schools’ headquarters building in Dudley Square.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 16, 2019
During his State of the City speech on Tuesday night, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced the creation of a new Economic Development Center focused on connecting residents to better jobs, helping small businesses grow and improve public input in economic development and policy-making.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 7, 2019
Boston is planning to ask state legislators for freedom to increase the per-square-foot affordable housing and job training fees the city charges developers when they want.
by Peter Paul Payack | Dec 9, 2018
It’s just a matter of a few simple steps to get the city’s approval…
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 2, 2018
An icon of the Boston skyline was very nearly protected against the city’s current rapacious development culture – but then the mayor stepped in.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 27, 2018
One troubled school system is enough.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Oct 1, 2017
The mayor’s job in Boston is up for grabs this fall and once again the politics of development will take center stage.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 17, 2017
The Boston metro region has a lot to recommend it. The economy is thriving, neighborhoods are revitalizing and, despite the natives’ predilection for complaint, the weather isn’t actually that bad.
by State House News Service | Aug 1, 2017
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh worries about the city’s ability to pick up the burden if Congress scales back funding for affordable housing.
by Steve Adams | Nov 18, 2016
A draft report of Imagine Boston 2030 – the first citywide master plan in a half-century – released Thursday spotlights concerns about housing prices and displacement of lower- and middle-class residents, recommending that developers be given density bonuses to include income-restricted affordable units in multifamily projects.
by Abby Patkin | Aug 12, 2016
“I don’t want to be the type of elected official to throw babies out [of events],” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joked in his opening remarks at last week’s South Bay groundbreaking ceremony.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 20, 2016
Roxbury’s Dudley Square and Dorchester’s Glover’s...