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The Evolution of Industrial
May 27 | Fort Point Room
Join us for a forward-looking program that brings together developers, investors, and end-users to unpack the forces reshaping industrial real estate. We'll explore how emerging uses—from lab-adjacent manufacturing and robotics to defense and “tough tech”—are influencing site selection, building design, and capital allocation.
Travis McCready of JLL will kick off the program with a keynote offering a high-level perspective on current market conditions and the trends reshaping the industrial sector. He will then moderate a dynamic panel discussion exploring the growing role of advanced manufacturing, evolving industrial design, logistics, and end-user demand.
Panelists include:
- Quentin Reynolds, Chief Investment Officer, The Davis Companies
- Scott Pollack, Owner, SRPlanning & former Principal at Arrowstreet
The Future of Hospitality
June 9 | One Milestone & The Atlas Hotel
Join us for a timely conversation exploring the forces shaping hotel development, investment, and operations across the region. From ground-up developments and adaptive reuse projects to brand partnerships, financing strategies, and evolving amenity expectations, we'll examine how hospitality is being reimagined within today’s commercial real estate landscape.
The hospitality sector is evolving rapidly - driven by shifting travel patterns, rising construction costs, changing guest expectations, and new opportunities for mixed-use integration. Developers, hotel operators, capital partners, and advisors will share insights on market performance, deal structuring, design trends, and the role hospitality plays in activating mixed-use environments and urban districts.
Hear from:
- Sebastian Colella, Managing Principal, Pinnacle Advisory
- Nicholas Fils-Aime, Senior Director – Acquisitions & Development, Tishman Speyer
- Dave O'Donnell, Vice President of Communications, Meet Boston
Feature Blog Posts
U.S. Senate Advances Housing Legislation; State Releases Draft Surplus Land Regulations to Advance Housing; Legislature Holds Hearing on Rent Control Ballot Question
In March, there were several actions related to state and federal housing policy.
Updates range from the U.S. Senate’s advancement of the Bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act – and it’s inclusion of problematic provisions impacting owners who build-to-rent; to the State’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities’ release of draft regulations for the disposition of surplus land; and the state legislature holding a hearing on the rent control ballot question.
Learn More Rent Control Ballot Question Challenged in Court
In February, Housing for Massachusetts, the ballot committee created to defeat the rent control ballot question, worked with four small property owners to file a challenge to the Rent Control Ballot Question’s validity before the Supreme Judicial Court. Yesterday, the full complaint was filed.
It is critical to understand that Massachusetts has one of the most structured and constitutionally constrained ballot question processes in the country. The process follows a strict path with strict timelines. A question can only be challenged in the Courts on the Constitutional issue of whether it can be placed on the ballot and in what form, according to Article 48 of the state constitution.
This poorly written, poorly thought-out question would not only inflict lasting damage on housing in the Commonwealth, but is potentially unconstitutional and should not be placed before the voters in this or any similar form. Arguments are expected in early May, with the Court issuing its determination of whether or not this Ballot Question can advance in June.
NAIOP is committed to defeating this measure, and your continued engagement and support are critical to our success.
Learn More Housing for Massachusetts Launches Campaign Against Rent Control Ballot Question
In December 2025, NAIOP joined other real estate groups in officially establishing Housing for Massachusetts as the official committee registered with the Office of Campaign & Political Finance to oppose the rent control ballot question.
On January 29, 2026 small property owners, local elected officials, Chamber leaders, and more joined Housing for Massachusetts to kick off the campaign to defeat what would be the most restrictive form of rent control in the nation. Housing for Massachusetts will remind voters about the state’s history with this failed policy, and the devastating impact it would have on housing creation.
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