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03.04.2021
In Bisnow: Where Boston’s Mayoral Hopefuls Stand On The Issues Most Pressing To CRE
Major commercial real estate priorities for the next administration include advancing affordable housing, carefully handling a life sciences boom and leading an economic rebound in the city’s business districts decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, industry leaders said. While some hopefuls have a track record of housing reform efforts, only one has laid out a large plan that would directly impact all levels of commercial real estate in Boston.
03.04.2021
On BNN: Nonprofit Group eyes New Gains for Roxbury
The CEO of Madison Park Development Corporation, Leslie Reid, talks about marking the organization’s 55th anniversary, along with plans for housing, community control of commercial property, and youth development programming
03.03.2021
In the Boston Globe: Black Market, the Nubian Square incubator, aims to buy the building it’s been renting
When Kai Grant and her husband, Chris Grant, started the Black Market retail incubator in Nubian Square in 2017, they wanted it to be a place where Black entrepreneurs could launch and grow small businesses in the heart of Roxbury.
02.27.2021
On BNN News: Partnership Aims to Boost Creative Economy in Roxbury
Kai Grant, Owner and Chief Curator of the Black Market in Roxbury, talks about a new partnership with Madison Park Development Corporation to purchase the building where the Afro-centric pop-market is located–and other steps to foster growth in the creative economy around Nubian Square. Interview for BNN News. Aired February 26, 2021.