On November 19 at 5:00 pm, NAIOP Massachusetts will hold a year-end Annual Meeting where members will vote in Board members with terms expiring in 2028, thank outgoing Board members, and welcome NAIOP’s 2026 President Melissa Schrock of HRP Group, as well as the newest member of NAIOP’s Board Management Committee, Damian Szary of Redgate.
Then, NAIOP will honor our 2025 Award Winners. The following recipients embody NAIOP’s mission to propel the commercial real estate industry forward through inspiring leadership, unwavering commitment, and dedication.
On September 9, NAIOP CEO Tamara Small joined Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll and members of the Governor’s Cabinet as the Administration announced critical reforms to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) review process, impacting housing projects across the Commonwealth.
On August 6, a citizen’s petition called An Initiative Petition to Protect Tenants by Limiting Rent Increases was filed with the Attorney General’s Office seeking inclusion on the 2026 General Election Ballot.
The language, if enacted, would apply statewide and limit annual rent increases to a set cost-of-living adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index, with a maximum cap of 5%, regardless of a change in tenancy during the relevant 12-month period. For context, the cost-of-living increase last year was 2.9%, which would have been the maximum allowable rent increase in 2025 if the proposed measure had been in place. In 2022, the cost-of-living increase was 8%, but the measure would have restricted the maximum rent boost to 5%. Owner-occupied buildings with fewer than five units would be exempt, as would new construction for the first ten years of the building’s existence.
The above archive includes blogs posted from December 2020 onward, and reflect NAIOP updates from July 2020 to present. For posts prior to July 2020, please visit NAIOP's archived blog.