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Another Battle at Bunker Hill? A Long, Complicated Story of Boston’s Largest Public Housing Redevelopment

If you live in Charlestown (or have driven past the brick buildings near Bunker Hill Street…) you have likely heard about the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment. Depending on who is telling the story, it is either the future of public housing in Boston or a project that seems to take forever to get off the ground. In truth, it is both. The redevelopment is the largest public housing transformation ever undertaken in the city, and it has unfolded slowly because of its scale, complexity, and the stakes involved for residents who have lived there for generations.

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Treasury Proposes New Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions

Treasury Proposes New Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions

By Erik Sherman  Anti-money laundering has become an ongoing topic for the Biden administration. The latest round of reports focuses in part on real estate. As a result, the Treasury Department has proposed new rules that would government CRE transactions. The report addressed real estate as part of a luxury and high-value goods category. “Money laundering through real estate can […]

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Investors of All Stripes Continue to Bet on Build-to-Rent Projects

Investors of All Stripes Continue to Bet on Build-to-Rent Projects

Susan Piperato  Even in the midst of the broader troubled commercial real estate market, the single-family rental (SFR) sector has continued to expand driven by a surge of build-to-rent (BTR) projects which have set new records in the deliveries of new homes. While the SFR sector was built first through acquisition, real estate investment managers in the space have not been […]

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Healey wants more housing. But how hard will she push communities to approve it?

Healey wants more housing. But how hard will she push communities to approve it?

By Andrew Brinker Globe Correspondent,Updated March 2, 2023, 6:25 p.m Ever since word spread through Braintree of a 495-unit apartment complex proposed at the South Shore Plaza, an organized opposition campaign has been ramping up. Lawn signs decrying the “monster project” are appearing around town, and some residents are urging the Planning Board to deny the […]

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New Energy Retrofits for Multifamily Homes

In what is excellent news for the Bay State from both an economic and environmental standpoint, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center recently made an offer of $1 million to support energy-efficient retrofits for affordable multifamily housing developments. The MassCEC was created in 2008 for this exact purpose. They aim to accelerate the Commonwealth’s clean energy […]

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China Ramps up Investment into US Real Estate

With things looking shaky on the home front, Chinese investors have decided to try their hand in American real estate. Wealthy Chinese are pouring money into commercial and residential properties across the United States, from high-rise condominiums in San Francisco to office towers in Manhattan. Ms. Zhang Xin, the CEO of China’s largest commercial real […]

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