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3/11/24
The Boston Globe: Tibbits-Nutt sees link between real estate and transportation challenges

3/10/24
Banker & Tradesman: It’s Two Steps Forward, One Step Back in Fixing Our Biggest Problems

3/06/24
Contrarian Boston: Tough medicine: New T chief says longer shutdowns the way to go in fixing the ailing transit system

3/04/24
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Civil practice – SLAPP – Commercial fraud

3/01/24
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Governor Healey Files Mass Leads Act to Grow Economy, Support Businesses, Attract Talent

2/20/24
Boston Business Journal: Boston landlords facing crunch time on required emissions cuts

2/19/24
Contrarian Boston: Worst of both worlds: Wu’s campaign vow to “abolish” Boston’s longtime development agency comes back to haunt her

2/15/24
BISNOW: Milton Votes To Kill State-Mandated Zoning Plan, Setting Up Test Of Housing Law

2/15/24
The Boston Globe: Boston could face budget woes as office building values dip, report says

2/13/24
BISNOW: Massachusetts Grapples With 'Deeply Concerning' Trend Of More Residents Moving Away

2/12/24
The Real Reporter: Boston Investors Taking Measured Approach to Distressed Market Opportunities

2/11/24
Banker & Tradesman: Flooding Regs Generate Developers’ Concerns

1/30/24
Banker & Tradesman: Augustus, Driscoll Tapped to Chart More Housing Reforms

1/29/24
State House News Service: Healey Forms Two New Housing Advisory Panels

1/23/24
MASSter List: What would a reformed Boston Planning & Development Agency look like?

1/21/24
Franklin Observer: Real Estate Group Supports Housing Bill

1/21/24
Banker & Tradesman: Legislature Has Hands Full with Housing Bill

1/16/24
The Boston Globe: Under pressure from both developers and climate advocates, Boston charts a new path to a fossil fuel-free future

1/14/24
Banker & Tradesman: BERDO Turns Up the Heat on Landlords

1/10/24
BISNOW: Mayor Wu Aims To Build 3,000 New Public Housing Units, Boston’s First In Decades

1/10/24
The Boston Globe: Wu backs away from tax breaks to jumpstart stalled housing construction

1/10/24
Boston Business Journal: Wu decides against tax break meant to spur housing construction

12/12/23
Boston Business Journal: Wu says development reviews will get better in 2024. Developers are waiting.

12/01/23
Boston Business Journal: Augustus eyes changes to controversial 40B affordable housing program

11/27/23
Boston Real Estate Times: GZA’s Lawrence Feldman Receives NAIOP MA Government Affairs Champion Award

11/22/23
The Boston Globe: Critics’ successes in election could cool interest in Newton’s plan for more housing

11/22/23
Commonwealth Beacon: What commuter rail ridership gains mean for Boston

11/15/23
Boston.com: The battle between preserving the past and affordable housing

11/14/23
Boston Business Journal: BPDA ‘net zero’ proposal regains spotlight, with gas ban out in Boston

11/13/23
Banker & Tradesman: Wu Drops Proposed Ban on Gas Hookups

11/13/23
Banker & Tradesman: Rent Control Backers End Ballot Question Campaign

11/12/23
The Boston Globe: Boston’s plan to ban fossil fuels in new buildings goes up in smoke

11/11/23
The Boston Globe: Connolly suspending campaign to put rent control on statewide ballot

10/18/23
BISNOW: Boston Real Estate Leaders React To Gov. Healey's $4B Housing Bill

10/18/23
The Boston Globe: Healey’s big new housing push includes $4 billion in funding — and controversial tax and zoning changes

10/18/23
Banker & Tradesman: Healey: ‘We Have to Go Really Big’ with $4B Housing Bill

10/18/23
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Healey-Driscoll Administration Unveils $4 Billion Affordable Homes Act to Increase Production and Lower Costs

10/18/23
Boston Business Journal: Healey housing bill includes real estate transfer fee for cities, towns

10/03/23
Banker & Tradesman: Council Backs Wu on Affordability Increase

9/27/23
Contrarian Boston: Sigh of (tax) relief: Legislature rolls out long-awaited, billion-dollar tax reduction bill

9/19/23
Boston Business Journal: Mass. business groups push feds to speed up work permits for migrants

9/15/23
Banker & Tradesman: Boston Moves to Speed Up Affordable Apartment Leasing

9/14/23
Banker & Tradesman: Amenities Take Center Stage in Boston's Newest Office Tower

9/06/23
SHNS: Rent Control Supporters Lifted By AG’s Ruling

9/06/23
The Boston Globe: Rent control in Mass. is one step closer to making it on the 2024 ballot

9/06/23
Banker & Tradesman: Rent Control Could Be Headed for 2024 Statewide Vote

9/06/23
Boston Business Journal: AG Campbell OKs rent control for 2024 statewide ballot; NAIOP plans appeal

8/18/23
Contrarian Boston: Rolling out the big guns: A formidable array of real estate groups takes aim at budding rent control referendum

8/17/23
Banker & Tradesman: State to Allow Mixed-Use in Transit Zoning, Adds Penalties for Snubs

7/31/23
WBUR: Mayor Wu bans fossil fuels in new City of Boston buildings and major renovations

7/16/23
The Boston Globe: Mayor Wu’s affordable housing plan pushes forward, but resistance remains

7/10/23
Banker & Tradesman: Wu Offers Big Tax Breaks for Housing Conversions

7/10/23
The Boston Globe: Wu administration will offer tax breaks to turn office buildings into housing

7/09/23
Banker & Tradesman: What’s the Forecast for Commercial Real Estate?

7/05/23
Boston.com: Will the state’s new climate and housing policies push people to leave?

6/30/23
Boston Business Journal: Wu May Delay Start of Tougher Mandate on Housing Developers

6/29/23
Bisnow: Is Boston Ready for the Budget Crunch Its Struggling Office Buildings Are Expected to Cause?

6/18/23
Banker & Tradesman: Life Science Retreats to Established Clusters

6/16/23
The Real Reporter: Life Science, Industrial, and Retail Continue to Buoy Market at ‘Midyear Roundup’

6/11/23
Banker & Tradesman: Wu Signals Help for Battered Office Buildings

5/31/23
Banker & Tradesman: Housing Advocates, Developers Wary of IDP Changes

5/28/23
The Boston Globe: Slack CEO looks to artificial intelligence for help in rolling out new products

5/28/23
The Boston Globe: Wu plan to hike affordable housing requirements gets praise, pushback ahead of key hearing

5/25/23
Boston Business Journal: Wu changes proposed mandates on market-rate housing in city

5/20/23
The Boston Globe: Mayor Wu’s big plans for Boston’s development agency has run up against an uncertain economy. But she’s pushing ahead.

5/11/23
Contrarian Boston: As construction of new housing stalls, Boston's development chief looks at ways to get projects off the ground

5/8/23
The Boston Business Journal: Four Mass. cities join Boston on new DEI initiative for real estate

5/7/23
The Boston Globe: More cities join push to diversify the development industry

5/5/23
WWLP: Friday launches first meeting of state’s Economic Development Council

5/5/23
Banker & Tradesman: Jemison Says Developers Won’t Be Dinged for DEI Disclosures

4/3/23
ENR New England: Veteran NY Exec To Run Massachusetts' Troubled Transit Agency

3/30/23
Boston Business Journal: Women leading in 'male-dominated' jobs: How did they get there and why it matters

3/27/23
The Boston Globe: As Wu Mulls Incentives for Affordability, Climate Resiliency, BPDA Asks Developers What They Already Do

3/26/23
Banker & Tradesman: How to Protect our Economic Growth and Fight for our Climate Future 

3/23/23
Bisnow: 'Let's File Now': Developers Aim to Avoid Fee Hike On Boston Labs But May Delay Construction

3/21/23
Bloomberg Radio: Bitcoin Bump and a Looming Tequila Shortage (13:40)

3/8/23
Boston Business Journal: In win for Wu, Boston City Council passes rent control proposal

3/8/23
The Boston Globe: Boston City Council approves rent control proposal, BPDA restructuring

2/14/23
Bisnow: Mayor Wu Submits Finalized Rent Control Proposal to City Council 

2/1/23
Banker & Tradesman: Wu: Rent Control Alone Won’t Solve Housing Crisis

1/31/23
CommonWealth: Could Boston face an ‘urban doom loop’?

1/27/23
Banker & Tradesman: Opponents Say IDP Changes Would Hurt Condo Developments

1/27/23
Boston Business Journal: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2023?

1/26/23
The Boston Globe: Boston’s public housing is getting a green makeover

1/25/23
Banker & Tradesman: Wu Says Citywide Rezoning Will Begin With Commercial Corridors

1/25/23
Boston Business Journal: Editorial: Beware of unintended policy consequences

1/19/23
Bisnow: Mayor Wu Prepares Rent Control Proposal To Cap Increases At 10% 

1/19/23
The Boston Globe: Wu floats long-awaited rent control proposal, but many hurdles remain

1/19/23
Boston Business Journal:  Wu proposal would cap annual rent increases at 10%

1/18/23
Banker & Tradesman: Report: Wu to Seek 6 Percent Rent Cap

1/17/23
The Boston Globe: ‘There’s a dam breaking:’ Cities and towns start to kick fossil fuels with new building code

12/27/22
The Boston Globe: The latest employer planning to shed office space downtown? State government.

12/22/22
BISNOW: CRE Leaders Worry Boston’s Fee Hikes Will ‘Throw Ice Water’ On Development, Push Investors Away

12/18/22
Banker & Tradesman: Strategies for a Strong and Resilient Massachusetts

12/15/22
The Boston Globe: Wu set to require developers to build more affordable housing in new projects

12/15/22
Banker & Tradesman: Wu Seeks Sweeping Changes to Development Costs in Boston

12/11/22
Banker & Tradesman: Relief from Downtown Devastation Next Year?

12/2/22
Banker & Tradesman: Office, Lab Developers Lose Leverage Heading into 2023

11/20/22
BOSTON.com: Barely any Boston buildings have reported their greenhouse gas emissions, despite new ruleThe High Price of High-Cost Housing

11/20/22
Banker & Tradesman: The High Price of High-Cost Housing

10/26/22
CBS Boston: Cambridge lifts zoning requirement for off-street parking (1:06)

10/25/22
BISNOW: Cambridge Abolishes Parking Minimums For New Development

10/25/22
Boston Business Journal: Cambridge scraps parking minimums for commercial, housing developments

10/25/22
GHB: Cambridge drops zoning parking requirements, paving way for more affordable housing

9/29/22
The Boston Globe: Wu tells Greater Boston Chamber audience that her interests are aligned with theirs

9/28/22
Boston Business Journal: Boston proposes new buildings should hit ‘net zero’ immediately

9/16/22
GHB: First-in-the-nation step from New England EPA will regulate stormwater runoff in 3 Mass. urban rivers

9/13/22
BISNOW: For Boston Life Sciences, Climbing Housing And Transit Costs Could Be Drag Or Disaster

9/11/22
Banker & Tradesman: Rent Control Is Not the Answer to Our Housing CrisisBoston wants to ban fossil fuels in new buildings

8/16/22
The Boston Globe: Boston wants to ban fossil fuels in new buildings

8/14/22
The Boston Globe: Many office workers are back, but their favorite lunch spots are struggling with hybrid work

8/12/22
E&E News: Mass. enacts sweeoubg climate and energy law

8/11/22
Banker & Tradesman: Baker Signs Gas Ban Pilot into Law

8/1/22
The Boston Globe: Legislature amends climate bill, leaving its fate in Governor Baker’s hands

7/27/22
The Bay State Banner: Landlords weigh in on rent control proposals

7/25/22
ENR New England: Court Ruling Could Nix Boston Harbor Development Projects

7/25/22
Banker & Tradesman: Boston Landlords Give City Earful at Rent Control Listening Session

7/2/22
The Real Reporter: At Midway Point Boston CRE Pros Pitch Strong Outlook

7/21/22
Banker & Tradesman: Ban on Gas in New Developments Included in Climate Bill – with a Twist

7/14/22
Boston Business Journal: SJC ruling muddies the waters for future of Mass. coastal development

7/12/22
GHB: State’s highest court rejects Boston waterfront development plan

6/13/22
The Boston Globe: Now Hiring: The BPDA

6/8/22
Banker & Tradesman: BPDA Asks Developers for Help with Staffing Crunch

6/8/22
Boston Business Journal: Boston planning chief eyes 2023 for public rollout of reforms

5/29/22
The Boston Globe: Can you put a price on waterfront access? Conservation Law Foundation aims to try.

5/22/22
Banker & Tradesman: Missed Connections Hinder CRE Recruitment

5/19/22
The Boston Globe: At long last, Kendall Square will have a CVS

5/08/22
Banker & Tradesman: Virtue-Signaling Gas Bans Could Kill Biotech Boom

4/20/22
Boston Business Journal: Wu seeks help on developer fees, affordable housing policies

4/20/22
The Boston Globe: Wu launches study of developer fees for housing

4/19/22
The Boston Globe: What Wu’s pick to lead planning signals about the future of development in Boston

4/13/22
The Boston Globe: State climate bill would let 10 communities ban natural gas hookups. Business groups say that’s a bad idea.

4/13/22
The Daily News: Senate's climate change plan faces pushback

4/03/22
Banker & Tradesman: Transfer Taxes Tempt, But Would Only Worsen Housing Crisis

3/25/22
Boston Globe: The world of big-time development in Boston is overwhelmingly white. There’s a growing push to change that.

3/17/22
WBUR: Mass. is drafting a new climate-friendly building code. Here's what you need to know

3/11/22
Boston Globe: Wu and business leaders turn their focus to reviving downtown

3/07/22
Bloomberg Radio: Tamara Small, CEO, NAIOP Massachusetts, on Boston's Transfer Tax (35:00)

3/04/22
Boston Business Journal: With harbor plans, uncertainty extends far beyond Chiafaro tower 

3/02/22
The Real Reporter: NAIOP Panel Highlights DEI Initiatives of Omni Boston Hotel Project

3/02/22
Boston Globe: Transfer fee will be an early test of how Michelle Wu’s policies fare on Beacon Hill

2/28/22
Bloomberg Radio: Tamara Small, CEO, NAIOP Massachusetts, on Boston's Return to Office (6:00)

2/27/22
Boston Globe: At long last, employers are rolling out return-to-office plans (again)

2/25/22
Boston Globe: Brookline wants a fossil fuel-free future. With latest ruling, the AG says: Not yet (again).

2/25/22
Boston Business Journal: Healey rejects Brookline’s limits on gas hookups in new buildings

2/8/22
Boston Globe: In a significant step to cut emissions, Mass. officials propose new building codes to promote energy efficiency

2/8/22
Commonwealth Magazine: Baker administration unveils building code slide deck

2/8/22
Boston Business Journal: State proposal offers developers path to ‘net zero’ with fossil fuels

1/13/22
Boston Business Journal: Steps forward, Steps Back - Recent economic news masks a lot of uncertainty. Here’s what to expect in 2022.

1/13/22
State House News Service: Commission Eyes Roadmap To Cut Building Emissions

1/12/22
Boston Business Journal: State House hearing tees up fierce debate over rent control measures

1/11/21
Boston Globe: Baker administration’s next climate task: curbing heat emissions from buildings

12/21/21
Boston Herald: Michelle Wu Outlines Rent Control, Other Affordable-Housing Plans for Boston

12/19/21
Banker & Tradesman: Investing in Water Infrastructure Has to Be at the Top of the List

11/11/21
Boston Business Journal: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE: The city’s office buildings are facing a new deadline to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions

9/30/21
Smart Cities Drive: Boston passes new building decarbonization ordinance

9/23/21
Associated Press: Boston requiring zero emissions for large buildings by 2050

9/22/21
WGBH: Boston City Council Puts Big Buildings On Track To Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2050

9/21/21
Boston Globe: September is usually a big month in the Boston event circuit. Not this month.

9/12/21
Boston Globe: The ‘million-dollar question’ facing Somerville: Will a new mayor slow down the city’s development boom?

8/26/21
WGBH: Janey Moves to Withdraw Walsh-Era Waterfront Development Plan

7/28/21
Boston Globe: Mingling is back. For the moment anyway. Business groups finding ways to gather in-person once more

7/27/21
BISNOW: Lab Conversion Spree Runs Up Against Local Concerns at Boston Council Hearing

7/21/21
Bloomberg Radio: Tamara Small, CEO, NAIOP Massachusetts, on the Future of Work Report (50:18)

7/14/21
Boston Business Journal: Opinion: The Future of Work Report Misses the Mark

7/14/21
Banker & Tradesman: McKinsey Report Gets It Wrong on Offices, CRE Leader Says

7/13/21
Boston Globe: Boston and Cambridge Could See Major Changes as Some Workers Never Return, McKinsey Report Says

6/27/21
Banker & Tradesman: Optimism and Recovery Expected for CRE in the Second Half of 2021

6/23/21
WPRI 12: Survey: Estimated 61% of Remote Employees In Mass. Will Return to Office by January 2022

6/22/21
Boston Business Journal: 'See you Tuesday': Mass. Companies Expect Empty Offices on Mondays, Fridays

6/8/21
Banker & Tradesman: No Lab Rent Relief Seen Before 2023

6/7/21
MassLive: Connecticut hits pause on the Transportation & Climate Initiative leaving just Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington D.C.

5/28/21
Boston Business Journal: What lab glut? Boston’s 'only scratching the surface' of biotech demand, panel says

4/7/21
Boston Business Journal: Legal, real estate experts seeking answers after judge's bombshell decision

4/5/21
Bloomberg Radio: Baystate Business - Boston Harbor Development (Radio)

4/2/21
Boston Globe: Judge’s ruling could have ramifications for coastal development in Mass.

3/31/21
Engineering News Record: Massachusetts Contractors and Developers Back Final Climate Bill

3/29/21
S&P Global: Mass. climate act advances movement to restrict natural gas use in buildings

3/28/21
Banker & Tradesman: The Rubber Meets the Road with Realities of Resilient Reentry

3/25/21
National Law Review: Third Time's the Charm? Massachusetts Climate Legislation Finally Set to Become Law

3/18/21
Boston Globe: Legislature approves climate bill, sends back to Governor Baker

3/17/21
WCVB: New vaccine timeline could prompt return to office buildings in Mass.

3/16/21
Boston Business Journal: Planning a return to the office? Boston's real estate firms never really left

3/14/21
Boston Globe: When are we going back to the office? Big employers set timelines but remain cautious

3/10/21
Boston Globe: State lawmakers poised to pass revised climate bill

3/5/21
The Salem News: New state rules aim to ease housing crunch

3/4/21
Boston Globe: Where city leaders once saw a potential Olympic stadium, Amazon eyes a massive distribution center

3/2/21
Bisnow: Where Boston's Mayoral Hopefuls Stand On The Issues Most Pressing To CRE

2/23/21
Boston Business Journal: Climate bill threatens economic development, business groups say

2/9/21
The Boston Globe: Boston to big developers: Pay up

2/7/21
The Boston Globe: Baker sends climate change bill back to Legislature, asking for changes and 'common ground'

1/14/21
WBUR: Governor Baker Has Until Midnight To Sign Major Climate Bill

1/14/21
The Boston Globe: Reluctantly, governor vetoes Mass. climate change bill, but it may soon be back on his desk

1/13/21
Boston Herald: Massachusetts legislative leaders flexing political power over Charlie Baker as threat of climate bill veto looms

1/13/21
WBUR: With City Board Approval, Boston Set To Implement 'Fair Housing' Zoning Amendment

1/6/21
Engineering News Record: Industry Groups Worry Massachusetts Climate Bill Could Derail Development

1/6/21
RTO Insider: Massachusetts Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Climate Law

1/6/21
Boston Business Journal: 'Put business aside today': Mass. business leaders react to U.S. Capitol violence

1/4/21
The Boston Globe: Here's a look at the winners and losers in the state's far reaching climate bill

12/30/20
Banker & Tradesman: Mariano Elected House Speaker

12/22/20
Banker & Tradesman: NAIOP Supports New, Multi-State Car Emissions Pact

12/22/20
Boston Business Journal: Is remote work leading Mass. firms to mull moving jobs out of state?

12/21/20
Banker & Tradesman: How CRE in Massachusetts Navigated a Year of Pandemic and Social Unrest

12/21/20
Engineering Today
: Boston First to Embrace Obama-Era Zoning Rules

12/21/20
The Herald News: Emissions compact - just Mass., Conn., R.I. and D.C. - starts with room to grow

12/16/20
The Boston Banner: Council, mayor advance fair housing amendment

12/14/20
Boston Real Estate Times: Tom Andrews of Alexandria Real Estate Named President of NAIOP Massachusetts and Jessica Hughes of Tishman Speyer as President-Elect

12/11/20
Herald Citizen: St. John's Prep alumnus receives honor for diversity work

12/8/20
The Boston Globe: Boston may weigh housing discrimination when it considers development proposals

12/7/20
Boston Business Journal: MBTA head asks oversight board to delay decision on service cuts

12/1/20
Boston Business Journal: NAIOP Mass. executive director joins Florida company

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