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1/22/2021 New York Flight Boosts Connecticut Demand—Multi-Housing News

New York City’s apartment market continues to struggle after a tumultuous year, but the Big Apple’s losses may be driving suburban gains.
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1/14/2021 Lawyer sought by police on rape charge—The Salem News

A well-known Boston defense attorney with ties to Salem is being sought by Boston police on rape and breaking and entering charges, Boston Police said Wednesday evening.
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1/14/2021 Residents rescued as 30 displaced by Cambridge fire—Boston Herald

Several people had to be rescued and 30 were displaced by a 4-alarm kitchen fire Tuesday night in a Cambridge building that has no sprinkler system, fire officials said.
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1/8/2021 Massachusetts Legislature approves Boston affordable housing move—Boston Herald

The state Legislature signed off on a Boston proposal aimed at getting more money for affordable housing.
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1/8/2021 Devens federal prison turns into Covid-19 hotspot; judge releases convicted BPDA manager there to home confinement—Universal Hub

A federal judge yesterday ordered John Lynch, who admitted taking bribes to help a developer get a zoning approval he needed, freed from the federal prison in Devens so that he can spend the rest of his sentence under home confinement in Dorchester, rather than risk contracting Covid-19.
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12/23/2020 Report: Home sales in Greater Boston are winding down, but prices are still winding up—Boston.com

The median selling prices for single-family homes and condos hit record highs for the month of November and show no signs of abating, even as the real estate market slips into its usual winter lull, a report released Tuesday suggested.
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12/23/2020 Boston Nurse Says City Plows Blocked Driveway With Pile Of Snow—CBS 4 News Boston

Dean Katica woke up early last Thursday during the snowstorm so he’d have enough time to make it to work at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “I couldn’t get my car out,” said Katica.
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12/22/2020 Boston First to Embrace Obama-Era Zoning Rules—ENR New England

Boston will become the first major city in the country to incorporate Obama-era, federal anti-discrimination rules into the process of reviewing major new apartment and condo projects.
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12/18/2020 The Massachusetts Statute of Repose Comes Marching One Building at a Time—Lexology

Have you ever wondered when Massachusetts’ 6-year statute of repose for defective design, planning and construction is triggered when dealing with the construction of a multi-building, multi-year condominium construction project?
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12/18/2020 Boston ranks 5th priciest luxury market in the U.S.—Boston Agent Magazine

The flight of homeowners from large urban centers to the suburbs has unexpectedly begun to reshape residential real estate, but luxury property in large cities have also gotten a boost from the hot market.
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12/18/2020 Mass. home sales soar during second surge—Boston Business Journal

Low interest rates and the work from home shift are contributing to a continuing "frenzy" of home-buying in Massachusetts and sales activity and prices both set new records in November.
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12/18/2020 Thomas O’Brien on Boston’s Newest Luxury High-Rise Residential Tower, Bulfinch Crossing Development, Pandemic and 2021—Boston Real Estate Times

In an exclusive video interview with Boston Real Estate Times, Thomas O’Brien, founding partner and managing director of Boston-based The HYM Investment Group, LLC, talks about the city’s newest luxury high-rise residential tower The Sudbury, his vision for the Bulfinch Crossing Development in Boston, overall market conditions, impact of current pandemic on both commercial residential markets and his take on 2021.
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12/18/2020 Developer proposes 76-unit complex—Newbury Port News

Plans are underway to bring a 76-unit condominium complex to the town center.
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12/15/2020 EV Charging Isn't Getting Easier At Many Multi-Family Properties—Inside EVs

At current growth rates, there will be more than 30 million electric vehicles (EVs) on U.S. roads within a decade, and that was projected before California and New Jersey called for a ban on gas car sales by 2035. So, the question is — where will they all charge?
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12/15/2020 No Covid-19 early release for Boston planning manager convicted of taking bribes to help throw a zoning hearing—Universal Hub

A federal judge today denied a request from from former BPDA manager John Lynch that he be allowed to finish his 40-month sentence at home because of the medical risks he would face should he contract Covid-19 behind bars.
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12/14/2020 First residents settling in at The Sudbury, located at Bulfinch Crossing—Boston.com

The soaring glass-clad Sudbury stands in stark contrast to the now-demolished, Brutalist-style Government Center Garage, which for decades straddled Congress Street where this 48-story residential tower now dominates.
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12/14/2020 Giant electronic billboard planned for Chinatown draws concerns—WCVB 5 News

Neighbors and some Boston city leaders are pushing back against plans for an electronic billboard in Chinatown.
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12/14/2020 Massachusetts apartment complexes scrambling to make space for deliveries—Boston 25 News

Apartment and condo complexes across the Boston area are scrambling to make space for a record number of incoming deliveries.
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12/7/2020 To deliver more goods faster, Amazon is getting closer to your door—Boston Globe

In the early days of the pandemic, Sarah Graham developed a slight Amazon problem.
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12/7/2020 Real estate Q&A: How do we deal with troublesome owner in condo?—Boston Herald

One owner in our condominium is a troublemaker.
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