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01.31.2021

In Bollyinside: Real estate firm Colliers hires longtime nonprofit leader in Roxbury

or decades, the people who made large real estate deals in this city were mostly men and white people. But that is slowly starting to change. The movement towards greater diversity gained some momentum this week with the appointment of Jeanne Pinado as Executive Vice President at Colliers, a leading Boston real estate company. The longtime executive director of Madison Park Development Corp. – a Roxbury-based non-profit organization – Pinado will be a rare black woman to reach the top ranks of the city’s major real estate companies. She joins Colliers’ capital markets team – which sets up financing packages for large deals – at a time when city and state officials, and even private owners, are granting greater importance of attracting a more diverse range of investors for often lucrative commercial sales and construction projects.

01.05.2021

CommonWealth Builder Program Video

The CommonWealth Builder Program is a $60 million fund intended to spur the construction of single-family homes and condominiums that are affordable to households with moderate incomes, particularly in communities of color.

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.

09.17.2020

In Boston Real Estate Times: NEI General Contracting Completes Whittier Choice Neighborhood Phase 1A

The Whittier Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) is a collaboration between POAH, Madison Park Development Corporation, and the Boston Housing Authority to redevelop the Whittier Street Apartments site in Roxbury. When complete, the site will be fully redeveloped with over 350 units of mixed-income housing and commercial space. In addition to housing and safer streets, part of the vision is to promote family self-sufficiency by providing better access to quality education and job opportunities while using the community’s strengths to preserve its character.