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01.27.2021

In The Boston Globe: Real estate firm Colliers hires longtime Roxbury nonprofit leader

For decades, the people who put together big real estate deals in this city have mostly been male and white. But that is slowly starting to change. The move toward greater diversity gained a little momentum this week with the appointment of Jeanne Pinado as an executive vice president at Colliers, a prominent Boston real estate firm. The longtime executive director of Madison Park Development Corp. — a Roxbury-based housing nonprofit — Pinado will be a rare Black woman to reach the senior ranks of the city’s major real estate companies. She’s joining Colliers’ Capital Markets Team — which puts together financing packages for large deals — at a time when city and state officials, and even private landowners, are placing a greater premium on attracting a more diverse array of investors for often-lucrative commercial sales and construction projects.

11.16.2020

In Boston Real Estate Times: Fifty-Three Housing Owners and Operators Sign ‘Eviction Diversion Pledge’ to Keep Over 57,000 Tenants and Families Safely Housed

The Baker-Polito Administration, MassHousing, CHAPA, and the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Organizations (MACDC) announced a five-point Eviction Diversion Pledge, a commitment from Massachusetts property owners and operators to working with tenants facing financial difficulties because of the pandemic and supporting housing stability during the ongoing fight against the spread of COVID-19.

11.10.2020

On BNN: “Sparks for Arts” Event Goes Virtual

Kelly Ransom, Director of Communications & Events for Madison Park Development Corp., talks about the November 19 “Sparks for Arts” virtual fundraiser to support cultural programming at Hibernian Hall and help Black-owned businesses. Interview for BNN News. Aired November 10, 2020.

10.29.2020

From NeighborWorks America: Drive-in brings community together

For many people, the drive-in is a symbol of the past. But with COVID-19 and the call for social distancing, it’s become a symbol of the present, and residents in Roxbury couldn’t be happier about it.