2024 Calendar Preview

A preview of our 2024 event calendar, speakers & topics including:

  • Late January – real estate market outlook via zoom
  • April – John Cissel, Core Investments – On the Dot Boston : 21-plus acres of mixed use development, west of Dorchester Avenue between B Street and Southampton Street. On-site visit.
  • February, March, August, October topics likely to be: office loans (and work-outs); preservation-oriented development; apartment development in the inner suburbs; how AI and social media affects public processes in development
  • June 12th – hold the date for the annual LAI Boston Lowell Richards III Memorial Cruise, Rowes Wharf
  • December – annual lunch and new member meeting at the Union Club

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2022 Kick-Off Event

The first 2022 meeting of the Boston LAI Chapter included a presentation from Emmy Hise, Director of Hospitality Analytics, and Chris LeBarton, Managing Analyst of the CoStar Group. They provided an update on the real estate market in Boston, as well as a deep dive on the recovering hospitality industry. We especially enjoyed their forecasting specialized for the Boston market as well as fascinating insights shared during our Q&A.

Boston LAI Chapter Thanks Tom Goodwin for his Service as President Since 2015

At the Boston LAI Chapter Annual meeting Tom Goodwin was acknowledged and thanked for his seven years at the helm of the chapter. His gracious leadership will be missed as he moves to Colorado, but we plan on seeing him quite often at our Boston events. Pictured at our December 2021 Annual Luncheon at the Union House, left to right [see attached]: LAI International President Gary Leach, Outgoing Boston Chapter President Tom Goodwin, Incoming Boston Chapter President Kara Brewton.

Our guest speakers at the annual meeting were Dan Brown and Todd Fremont-Smith of Nordblom. They enlightened us on the current state of affairs of the life sciences real estate sector in greater Boston. Who knew unfinished office space could be more valuable than finished office space?

Chapter Video in the Works

The Boston LAI Chapter is working on a new video for their Chapter website. Filming to date includes member Etty Padmodipoetro talking about her infrastructure design work to rebuild the Old Northern Avenue bridge and Chapter President Tom Goodwin hosting a conversation with founding Boston Chapter members Gary Leach, John Griffin, and Roger Blood. Also featured: Kathy Murphy and Peter Norstrand reflect on their groundbreaking deal structure related to the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in the Longwood Medical Center. Thanks to LAI National for editing our raw footage; film release anticipated in Spring 2022.

Annual Lowell Richards Memorial Harbor Cruise, June 23

Annual Lowell Richards Memorial Harbor Cruise, June 23
Lowell Richards III Memorial Harbor Cruise Lowell Richards III Memorial Harbor CruiseThe Boston chapter of LAI held our annual Lowell Richards III Memorial Harbor Cruise on Thursday, June 23rd to commemorate our former member and Chief Development Officer of Massport. We were lucky enough to be informed by Jim Doolin of Massport, the current CDO, and Rich McGuinness, Waterfront Development Director for the BRA. Given the amount of development currently under way and planned around the harbor (a significant subset of the 14 million square feet (!!) under construction in the city)  they had plenty to speak about. Our thanks to Jim & Rich for an informative and interesting afternoon, Tom Goodwin President, Boston Chapter, LAI

Boston Chapter Annual Meeting

Boston-Chapter-Annual-MeetingAt its January 6th Annual Meeting, the Boston Chapter welcomed twelve new chapter members whose distinguished professional careers include real estate development, banking and finance, property law, architecture and urban design, environmental consulting and engineering, public service and academia. Over fifty members and guests attended the traditional Union Club luncheon event. Guest speaker Brian Golden, Director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) shared intriguing insights on how this powerful agency—responsible for both the City’s planning and its development functions—is becoming more professionally managed, more efficient and more transparent. He also updated the group on projects in the BRA’s pipeline—an impressive volume of commercial and residential development in Boston’s currently burgeoning market. Roger Blood Boston Chapter Scribe