Mass Construction Rundown
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Welcome to the Mass Construction Show Rundown! Your weekly deep dive into the world of construction and beyond. Join us every week as we bring you the latest news, trends, and insights from the construction industry, alongside a roundup of current events and news we find interesting! Join Joe Kelly, Regina Olivieri and Mike Yanovitch every week!
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Moon Building Code, Boston Office Buildings Continue to Plummet, Ret Control Dead, For Now
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Rich Town Sues State to Stop Apartment Building, Boston Building Sells for 1/3 of the Prior Purchase Price, The Case for Private Permitting
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Mamdani's "Free Inspections.," Hempcrete makes it in the building code. Brookline Rezoning Passes
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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2025 Housing Report Card, Real Cost of an ADU, NH creates "Social Districts"
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May 29, 2026 |
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Town sued over permit fees, Upcoming construction projects, FL no permits projects under $7500
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May 26, 2026 |
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Eye Popping Permit Numbers for NH & RI, The Mechanical Market, Whats Wrong with the Code?
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May 26, 2026 |
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Blocking Big Box Housing, Massachusetts Limiting Your Driving? UCLA Building Standards
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May 26, 2026 |
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Charging for city planner, Boston Congestion pricing, New Mass internships & Nano Banana
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Rundown Live Show!
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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🍯 Holliston, MA taking honey company to court over tent, 💰200 Violations, $4M in fines is it over the top, 💀MA life science market is dead
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Mamdani getting rid of sidewalk sheds, LA is a mess, SF vs Austin
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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👀 RI making MA Housing Numbers Look Good 🫠 $48/SF EXTRA for Permitting 🏢 Institutions Buying Houses Don’t Matter
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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😱Condo Nightmare 💰Tax abatement website 📉More tax troubles
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Exec order on Single Stair, VT pre-vetting home plans, City council zoning for Resi and strip clubs
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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🙄Chelsea requiring PMs on all rentals 🙄Illinois won’t issue permits if you’re behind on mortgage 😱Radical upzoning that’s working
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Boston Permitting Improvements, Whole New City in CA w/ a PLA, How to Fix Mass Permitting
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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🫠A city’s attempt at eliminating blight 🤖Tesla Self Driving 50% cheaper to insure 👏An Architect’s Take on San Fran Permits
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Zoning changes NOT enough, Self certifying permits & More single stair buildings
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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👎🏽CA 2026 construction laws prove it’s getting worse 👏 Feds rolling back Energy Regs 🤷🏻♂️ Gabriel House report
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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🏡⛪️YIGBY! 🚒 LAFD Report gets white washed by politicians 🤟Austin continues to crush planning and development!
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Cambridge getting sued and it could be a landmark case! 😴ADUs in MA slow out of the gate. ⚡️Sacramento repeals all electric
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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😵Honolulu shutting down their building department 🥳🍾San Fran continues to crush it with planning and permitting ↗️More single stair communities
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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🥇Boston leads US in construction ⏪MA backing off climate bill 🔙NY backing off all electric
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Protest to stop Waymo in Boston Chicago vacancy rockets to 28% DC blows millions in Rent Control database
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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🍇Vineyards win $50M in lawsuit against town 💵Couple buys home w/ 1M in fines.
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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👮Corruption and dysfunction
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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😳Stagger numbers on home batteries 💵Tax on construction materials 🕊️Laser beams killing birds
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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AI Permitting & Fire Inspections not getting done
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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🌆 Whole New Cities in MA? ⏪ VT reverses Energy code that was already adopted!
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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⏱️18 Minute permits 🏠 Residential everywhere as-of-right
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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🔋Battery powered stoves 🚩Housing red flags 🚶🏾Furloughs
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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🏢NH’s simple Single Stair change 👨🚒FD pushing back on ADUs 👨🏫 Fire psychology
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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💰Suffolk volume in NYC to surpass Boston 🚫 Another Resi Foreclosure 🚒 Fall River Fire
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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⛽️ Ballot question that would pour lighter fluid on housing ⚠️Seattle waving life safety to get empty spaces fill👎🏽Seaport condos going back to the bank
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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💥SF takes a chainsaw to permits 🙃NYC regulations are dizzying 💰Pay for a faster plan review?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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🤦🏻♂️Why does this house have a skybridge? 😥NFPA protecting themselves or the public?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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🤬 Torches are out over housing in MA 🏢 Up to 8 units can use IRC 👩⚖️ ADU lawsuit
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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💰$35 per thousand permit fee ⚡️Panels are not big enough
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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👨🏽⚖️You must get a home inspection! 🧐 Statewide Zoning - SmartCode
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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😮ADUs produced 43% of all new units in LA ❌ Inspections NOT getting done & The universal problem
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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‼️Pause the Code until 2031 ♋️ equitable code? 🏠 should ADUs be a state or local issue?
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May 22, 2025 |
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🌊 16 Pru Towers of Empty Lab space 🛍️ Why 1st floor retail doesn’t work 👻 You electric bill is going up to pay for wind powered substations
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May 14, 2025 |
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🏠Cambridge affordable housing disaster. 👨🏻💼New Worcester ISD commissioner 🤖AI plan review
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May 07, 2025 |
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😳 Statewide Bill for 3rd Party inspections ✅ EO for Self Certification of plans 🚒 Fire Dept. Education on Code
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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🖕Middletown Middle Finger 🏢Missing Middle Housing 💀Downtown is dead
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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🔥LA Permitting a disaster 🦞Lobsterman shut down by Zoning Board 👷CA tightening up on Construction licenses
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Housing Down in MA, Permitting woes in NYC, WV with some good government
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Construction work Shifting, HOA vs ADU, Tom O’Brien running for Mayor?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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🥊 Boston vs Austin 🤮 NOLA Building Dept. is an absolute mess!
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Builders self certification of permits, AI producing Structural Drawings, One Lincoln going to auction, Annnd bus lanes
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Battery Storage in Residential neighborhoods, 3rd party building departments, LA Fire Code Changes
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Boston passes Net-Zero zoning, Good bye speed humps in JP
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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👎🏽A loss for the state, Fusion Energy leaving MA for VA. 👎🏽AI legislation in MA 👩🏽💼"Executive Presence"
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Permit fees going up 🕵️♂️Building Officials need more discretion 👩⚖️Lawsuit over Energy Code
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Body Cams for Building Inspectors
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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💸Shrinking salaries 🧯NFPA fights back 🥳Permit Palooza
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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🤦♂️ANOTHER sweeping climate bill in Massachusetts! 🫵 Get the eff off my site ⬆️ ABI up after 20 months of decline
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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🏡Bleak Outlook on Housing Starts 🏢Cambridge high rise evacuated 🔋Stop the Batteries
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Development, zoning, housing and permitting news
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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🚫Back Bay Project on Hold 👎🏽San Francisco eases permitting but still can build! 🆓Are codes public domain
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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🦈 Planet friendly has jumped the shark 🤖AI tracking zoning changes 📉 ABI Down 20 consecutive months 💀
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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☎️Call center for inspections 💰Somerville to pay $30M to building owner 🚘 Autonomous Vehicles take driving tests
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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🤖AI Plan Reviews ⏱️Permit extensions 😳Fatal Fire investigation
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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💰Inspectors taking bribes 🤚🏽Single stair pushback 🙈Complaints 🔥Ignored building catches on fire
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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🔒Builder goes to jail 💨 Providence improving permitting 👎🏽 Another permitting software 🍃 NFPA standard for Cannabis
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Wins for Gas, single family homes and cars 🚗 🏡 ⛽️
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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🚒 Banning big Fire Trucks 🤬 Angry about one stair and more!
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Single stair buildings up to 6 Stories!
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Self-certification of plans for permit, 3rd party building inspectors, 6 Stories as of right in Cambridge
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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UCLA Study Finds that increased speed of permitting will lead to more housing, Zoning Commission votes down fossil free, What’s going to happen with real estate commissions?
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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👆🏽Mass Housing Bill ✌️Layoffs instead of termination 👌Not so happy employees at MassHousing
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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BOS to NYC High speed rail & Providence streamlining permitting
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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💥 Downtown incentives 💥 Developers say why they're not building multifamily
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Costco getting into affordable housing, Suffolk downs dead in the water, Private citizen paying for public Voc School
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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♻️ 65% of construction waste needs to be recycled to get a permit and occupancy! 🏬 NYC to inspect existing buildings
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Hazardous vapor in Boston, Transportation Secretary that doesn’t take public transportation, Boston extends housing incentive.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Magic 🍄 🍄, ANOTHER code change in Boston!, NYC zoning improvements, Office to Housing Incentive is over
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Jun 24, 2024 |