Representative Matters
Developer Designations of Publicly Owned Sites
Developer designations from the Boston Planning and Development Agency for projects in urban renewal areas; from the Boston Housing Authority for housing redevelopments in Mission Hill, Orient Heights, and Charlestown; from the Mayor’s Office of Housing for a project in the West End; from Massport for projects in the Seaport; and from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for land and air rights parcels in the Back Bay, the Bulfinch Triangle, and Nubian Square.
Life Science Conversions
Conversion of Boston office buildings to life science use in the Seaport and in the New York Streets neighborhood.
Seaport District Projects
Regulatory approvals for real estate developments throughout Boston’s Seaport District, including apartments, condominiums, hotels, and tech, office, lab, and retail space.
Phased Mixed-Use Developments
Master planned projects approved under the Planned Development Area provisions of the Boston Zoning Code, including the 6.3-million-square-foot Seaport Square on 23 acres in the Seaport and the Harrison-Albany project, a 700,000-square-foot residential and commercial development in the South End.
Neighborhood Residential Projects
Market-rate, mixed-income, and affordable residential and supportive housing projects in the Boston neighborhoods of Allston-Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roxbury, the South End, and the West End. These include on-site and off-site compliance with Boston’s Inclusionary Development Policy, partnerships between for-profit and non-profit housing developers, and redevelopments of public housing communities.
Waterfront Projects
State waterfront licensing under Chapter 91 for projects with path-breaking climate resilience strategies, including Clippership Wharf in East Boston, the Innovation and Design Building in the Ray Flynn Marine Park, and Building 114 and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Institutional Master Plans and Projects
Institutional master plan approvals for major Boston hospitals and universities, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Northeastern University, the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology and Berklee College of Music. These include collaborations with for-profit developers for student housing and other revenue-generating campus facilities.
Cultural Institutions
Facilities for cultural institutions and other non-profits, including additions to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum and new homes for The Possible Project, United South End Settlements, the Boston Society for Architecture, Historic Boston Incorporated and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.
Historic Adaptations and Restorations
Adaptive re-use of historic buildings and historic restorations in the Back Bay, South End, and Beacon Hill historic districts.
Public-Private Partnerships for Public Open Space
Formation, regulatory approvals, and funding options for public-private partnerships to create public open space.