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Boston has a new tax incentive program to help developers convert downtown office space to housing. Conversions remain relatively rare, but more cities are looking at ways to push them forward.

The Seaport has long faced criticism for its lack of basic municipal services such as a fire or police station, library, or school.

Mayor Michelle Wu and Chief of Planning Arthur Jemison announced today that the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors will vote on a

The Boston mayor signed an executive order to clarify childcare zoning regulations.

Mayor Michelle Wu has chosen James Arthur Jemison II, a former Dorchester resident with extensive experience in Massachusetts, to be Boston’s inaugural Chief of Planning. Along with responsibilities for leading city-wide, inter-department land use planning efforts, Jemison is expected to helm the Boston Planning and Development Agency as its new director, a role expected to

The Boston Planning and Development Agency is “recalibrating” again as the city settles into its third mayoral administration within a year.  Formerly known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority, mention of the BPDA sparks mixed feelings across the city. In its earlier form, the agency oversaw the mid-century razing of the West End, and in more recent memory, the construction