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At the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Mayor Walsh gives welcoming remarks to the ArchitectureBoston Expo.
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A
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
Boston
near
my
home,
getting
to
yes
on
housing.
Thank
you
all.
For
coming
this
morning,
I'm
Renee
loss
I'm
editor
of
this
fine
publication
architecture,
Boston
Magazine.
It
is
the
quarterly
ideas
publication
of
the
Boston
society
of
Architects.
Every
issue
has
a
theme,
and
the
theme
of
the
current
issue
is
housing.
A
We
do
have
a
terrific
panel
today
to
help
get
us
there,
an
architect,
a
developer
member
of
the
building
trades
and
a
public
policy
leader
sort
of
the
full
circle
of
the
housing
picture.
My
role
here
this
morning
is
just
to
introduce
the
and
to
who
will
each
make
a
presentation
of
about
ten
minutes,
each
I,
hope
and
then
I'll
come
back
and
facilitate
a
general
conversation
among
all
of
us,
panelists
and
then
I'll
come
back
and
we'll
have
questions
and
answers
from
the
audience.
A
We
are
honored
today
by
the
presence
of
the
mayor
of
Boston,
Martin
Walsh,
who
has
agreed
to
stay
with
us
for
about
an
hour.
So
I
will
make
a
special
plea
to
our
panelists
to
keep
your
remarks
extinct
so
that
we
might
be
able
to
include
the
mayor
in
the
general
panel
discussion.
I
think
he'll
be
slipping
out
right
before
the
Q&A,
so
I'm
going
to
get
right
into
the
introductions
and
and
we'll
get
started.
Thank
you
so
much
tomorrow,
Roy
is
the
current
president
of
Boston
society
of
architects
and
principal
at
stantec.
A
Her
portfolio
includes
luxury
mixed
market
and
affordable
housing,
and
also
the
hotel,
which
is
the
new
micro
hotel
on
support
Boulevard.
She
is
the
chief
proponent
of
the
housing
typology,
formerly
known
as
the
micro
unit
is
now
called
the
urban
housing
unit
or
you
who-
and
she
has
received
her
master's
degree
in
urban
design
and
architecture
from
excuse.
Me
I-
think
it's
berlage
birla
institute,
which
is
an
international
think,
tank
and
Amsterdam.
This
is
useful
to
know
because
she
lived
there
in
300
square
feet
with
her
husband
and
babies,
so
she
walks
her
walk.
A
Kimberly
Sherman
stamler
is
president
of
related
Beal,
where
she's
responsible
for
overall
management
of
the
firm
she
has
17
years
of
real
estate
experience,
but
most
notably
for
this
panel
discussion.
This
morning
she
was
central
to
the
conceptualizing
and
financing
of
parcel
one
be
over
by
hey
Mark
over
by
the
North
Station,
which
is
the
largest
affordable
workforce,
housing
development
in
Boston
in
the
last
25
years,
and
it
just
had
its
topping
off
ceremony
last
week.
In
addition,
she
sits
on
the
boards
of
the
Rose
Kennedy
Greenway,
Conservancy
and
habitat
for
humanity
of
greater
boston.
A
Mark
Ehrlich
is
the
executive
secretary,
treasurer
of
New
England
regional
council
of
carpenters,
a
19,000
member
organization
about
9,000
of
whom
were
here
today.
He
is
a
member
of
Carpenters
Local
40.
He
has
been
since
1975
he's
worked
as
an
apprentice
at
journeyman,
foreman
and
superintendent.
Special
thanks
to
the
Carpenters
for
organizing
this.
A
This
morning,
he's
also
on
the
a
member
of
the
Boston
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
I,
think
that's
still
accurate
and
mass
Inc,
the
public
policy
think
tank
and
he's
the
author
of
two
books
on
labor
issues
published
by
Temple
University
Press,
Martin,
J
Walsh.
He
is
the
54th
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
he's
going
to
offer
opening
remarks
for
us
a
former
eighth
term
state
representative
from
Dorchester
he's
also
former
head
of
the
Boston
Building
and
Construction
Trades
Council,
which
represents
skilled
workers
in
16
different
trades
from
the
iron
workers
to
the
pipe
fitters.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much
Renee,
and
thank
you
for
that.
Nice
introduction
I
want
to
thank
also
the
Boston
society
of
Architects
in
the
entire
building
community
representatives
here
today.
We
need
everyone's
help
at
the
table
if
we're
going
to
continue
the
progress
and
take
it
to
the
next
level.
Today's
panel
is
a
great
example
of
that
and
I
want
to
thank
them.
All
I
want
to
thank
Tamara,
Kimberly
and
mark
and
Kim
and
mark
for
for
their
great.
B
These
are
leaders,
organizations
that
have
stepped
up
with
the
type
of
collaboration
that
it
takes.
Two
to
get
workforce
housing
built
in
our
city
I
also
want
to
thank
today
we
have
a
few
people
from
the
city
here,
I'm
not
going
to
name
everyone,
but
I
want
to
just
shout
out
a
couple:
people
one
is
chief
of
the
environment
austin
Blackman's
with
us
today.
Thank
you
wants
them
for
being
with
us
today.
B
Because,
as
we
build,
we
have
to
look
towards
the
environment
as
well,
so
I
want
to
thank
Austin
and
his
team.
We
also
have
a
buddy
Christopher,
the
Commissioner
of
inspectional
services
with
us
today,
who's
in
charge
of
all
the
building
permits
and
making
sure
that
we
sign
off
another
building.
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
Commissioner
Christopher,
being
with
us
today
as
well.
B
And
we
have
representatives
from
the
pond
table
development
from
Boston
BPD
a
from
the
housing
innovation
lab
from
different
areas.
I
want
to
thank
you
all.
What
was
central
to
our
2014
housing
plan
was
not
just
an
ambitious
target,
but
to
foster
new
ideas
and
new
partnerships
that
we
needed
to
reach
the
goals
and
adapt
to
the
changing
conditions.
I
am
pleased
to
give
you
an
update
on
some
of
our
results.
We
set
a
plan
to
create
53,000
units
of
new
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston
by
the
year
twenty
thirty.
B
The
reason
we
did
that
is
because
the
growing
population-
and
it
seems
to
be
this
move
into
the
city
of
Boston
by
Millennials,
but
also
by
baby
boomers
coming
into
our
city,
and
we
were
finding
that
that,
and
we
knew
that
many
of
you
in
this
room
to
that
that
people
were
being
priced
out
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
couldn't
afford
to
live
here.
Couldn't
afford
to
buy
here
couldn't
afford
to
come
here.
To
date,
we
have
nearly
19,000
units
that
have
gone
into
construct,
including
5353,
25,000,
323
middle-income
units
3,600.
B
If
in
53,
lowing
communites
nearly
12,000,
those
units
are
completed,
including
3,500,
middle-income
housing,
2300
middle
low-income
housing
and
13,000
more
units
approved
in
the
pipeline,
that
is
roughly
40,000
units
of
the
of
the
plan,
is
either
built
under
construction
or
in
the
pipeline.
That's
a
total
of
eighteen
billion
dollars
of
new
investment.
It
puts
us
on
a
75-percent,
go
away
towards
our
goal
and
we're
well
ahead
of
the
schedule.
One
of
the
most
positive
signs
has
been
the
spread
of
this
growth
beyond
the
downtown
Boston
area
into
our
different
neighborhoods.
B
We
work
to
catalyze
this
early
on
with
our
neighborhood
home
initiative.
We've
got
hundreds
of
vacant
lots
into
production
for
moderate,
low,
moderate,
low-income
buildings.
We're
not
seeing
major
investments
in
large
developments
take
shape
in
several
neighborhoods.
Our
progress
has
already
produced
one
of
the
most
vital,
vital
outcomes
that
we
wanted
to
have
we're
seeing
rents
that
have
stabilized
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
pre-existing
housing
stock
in
areas
where
growth
has
been
high.
B
That
means
the
production
of
market
rate
units
is
meeting
the
demands
and
more
of
our
existing
stock
will
stay
within
the
middle
income
area.
For
people
and
that's
a
big
deal
and
we're
also
watching
to
make
sure
that
the
increase
of
housing
isn't
slowing
down
on
our
economy,
we're
keeping
an
eye
on
that
as
well,
watching
to
see
that
we're
not
over
producing
on
the
market,
something
that's
really
important
to
some
of
the
developers
in
this
room
that
we
continue
the
great
trend
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
We
now
have
a
chance
to
build
on
a
lot
of
our
progress.
Boston
voters
approved
the
Community
Preservation
Act.
Seventy
four
to
twenty
six
percent,
which
is
a
good
thing,
with
full
community
support,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
invest
in
low
and
moderate
income
housing,
while
also
protecting
our
open
spaces
and
historic
preservation.
And
it's
a
great
combination.
I
know
I
think
everyone
knows
what
the
cpa
is,
but
in
case
you
don't.
The
cpa
is
a
fund.
That's
a
1-percent
assessment
tax
on
real
estate
property
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
The
average
homeowner
will
pay
roughly
between
eighteen
dollars
and
twenty-eight
dollars
additional
a
year
that
money
will
be
put
into
a
fund
in
the
first
year,
we'll
be
able
to
collect
about
16
million
dollars
of
money.
We're
going
to
get
a
state
match.
It's
not
dollar
for
dollar
right
now,
so
we'll
get
about
a
25-percent
state
match
for
the
first
year,
but
we're
going
to
work
with
the
state
to
try
and
get
that
up
to
one
hundred
percent
funded.
B
So
we
get
to
all
of
a
dollar
at
least
ten
percent
of
the
Community
Preservation
money
in
the
city
has
to
be
spent
on
open
space,
historic
preservation
or
housing,
and
then
the
rest
of
money
gets
split
up
with
a
board.
That's
going
to
be
created
between
myself
and
the
City
Council
that
will
have
representatives
on
that
board.
So
this
is
going
to
ensure
that
for
a
long
time
in
the
future,
there'll
be
at
least
16
million,
and
that
number
will
go
up.
B
Obviously,
as
time
goes
on
in
a
fund
to
be
able
to
go
into
affordable
housing
going
to
open
space
and
parks.
If
you
look
at
Boston
I'm
excited
about
the
housing
aspect
of
it,
but
right
now
today,
I'm
a
little
more
excited
about
the
historic
aspect
of
it,
because
we're
approaching
our
400
days,
the
city.
We
have
many
historical
sights
in
our
city
of
Boston
that
that
are
in
desperate
need
of
repair.
This
will
give
us
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
fund
some
of
those
repairs
in
open
space
as
well.
B
We've
made
the
largest
investments
in
parks
history
over
the
last
two
budget.
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that.
So
I'm
pretty
excited
about
that.
Another
essential
factor
in
moving
forward
is
our
revamp
or
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
a
modern
and
Transplant
BPD
a
can
do
two
things
that
are
sometimes
thought
to
be
on.
It
can
make
the
approval
process
more
efficient
and
predictable.
B
It
can
also
foster
community
process
that
secures
broader
input,
makes
projects
better
and
achieves
genuine
buy-in
from
my
neighborhoods
and
again,
when
you
think
about
what
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
had
meant
for
our
city
for
finnaly
60
years,
it
was
created
to
move
our
city
forward,
created
to
really
build
an
economy
in
our
city,
build
a
downtown
district
and
really
look
at
business
side
of
it
and
what's
happened
for
the
future.
What
we
have
to
do
is
not
only
develop,
but
we
have
to
plan
for
that
development.
B
So
it's
important
for
us
to
look
up
differently
at
that
agency
to
really
think
about
how
do
we?
How
does
a
building
that
used
to
be
built
and
approved
through
the
system?
How
do
we
take
that
building
and
turn
that
into
a
planning
opportunity,
and
that's
really
what
we're
looking
at
with
the
BPD
a
is
looking
at
planning
and
development,
and
how
do
we
grow
as
a
city?
B
It's
a
win-win
for
our
city,
because
we've
launched
imagine
Boston
2030
the
first
citywide
plan,
whose
first
draft
is
going
to
come
out
this
week,
looking
at
looking
at
Boston
and
what
we're
going
to
be,
what
type
of
city
will
be
in
the
year
2030
we're
moving
forward
on
strategic
planning
areas
for
growth
zones
in
South,
Boston
and
Jamaica
Plain
Roxbury.
These
plans
are
not
are
not
spiking
density
and
already
built
up
neighborhood
they're,
extending
neighborhoods
into
areas
that
need
more
life
and
we're
working
on.
B
We're
also
going
to
be
we're
also
looking
at
climate
change,
and
certainly
Renee
mentioned,
the
federal
government,
with
with
with
a
lot
of
support,
I,
have
no
idea.
What's
going
to
happen,
the
federal
government
and
I
don't
think
anyone
in
this
room
does
certainly
eighty
percent
eighty-four
percent
of
Boston
Massachusetts
people
have
no
idea.
Was
going
to
happen,
but
given
that
we
are
still
committed
to
the
growth,
that's
sustainable
and
climate
ready
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
know
that
solving
the
workforce,
housing
challenge
takes
more
resources
and
it
takes
creativity.
B
That's
why
we
formed
the
housing
innovation
lab
right
in
my
office,
massey
and
Susan
are
here:
it's
exploring
ways
to
lower
costs.
That
includes
compact
units.
We
taught
a
model
around
the
city
and
showed
over
2,000
residents.
We're
looking
at
does
that
model
work
for
our
city
and
it's
important
for
us
to
make
sure
we
get
feedback
from
all
of
the
stakeholders
to
see
how
that
works.
B
It
also
includes
density
bonuses
that
we
are
piloting
in
South,
Boston,
Jamaica,
Plain
areas,
we're
looking
at
new
ways
on
how
to
support
Community,
Land
Trust
and
maintain
affordable
pricing.
We're
looking
at
studying,
studying,
accessory
dwelling
units
is
a
way
to
create
affordable
rents.
It's
important
to
note
that
innovation
is
more
than
a
design
challenge.
It's
an
in
neighborhood
contacts
and
community
consensus
as
well,
so
we
have
to
get
the
buy-in
from
the
different
stakeholders.
Finally,
the
regional
question:
Boston
economy
is
a
regional
economy.
A
housing
market
is
a
regional
market.
B
We
have
towns
in
Greater
Boston,
where
the
market
would
produce
workforce
housing.
If
zoning
allowed
it.
We
have
some
work
to
do
on
our
own
zoning
as
well,
but,
ultimately
we
need.
We
need
to
get
regional
solutions.
That
means
working
through
the
legislative
process
working
directly
with
cities
and
towns
and
working
with
regional
planning
groups
and
housing
advocates
to
make
sure
that
we
look
at
the
entire
region
one
way
another.
It's
going
to
happen.
If
you
look
at
Boston's
population
officially,
our
population
is
650,000
people.
B
When
you
unofficially
I'd,
say
it's
about
six
hundred
and
seventy
three
thousand
people.
We
haven't
seen
that
type
of
growth
in
our
city
in
in
nearly
three
decades,
there's
an
opportunity
here,
but
when
you
take
Boston
as
a
city
of
nearly
700,000
people-
and
you
put
us
in
the
region
now
we
become
a
region,
a
greater
boston
region
of
nearly
2.1
million
people
and
that
changes
the
way
that
we
deliver
services.
That
change
is
the
way
that
we
look
at
economic
development.
B
A
change
is
the
way
that
we
look
at
housing
that
changes
the
way
we
look
at
education
that
changes
the
way
we
look
at
a
whole
post
of
different
issues
that
we're
dealing
with
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
know
that
many
cities
in
this
region
are
concerned
about
preserving
their
character
and
we
are
in
Boston
as
well.
The
one
thing
we
learned
again
last
week
is
the
world
brings
challenges,
whether
we
like
it
or
not.
Sometimes,
in
order
to
preserve
your
deepest
values,
we
have
to
adapt.
B
If
markets
of
force
are
reducing
your
economy,
economic
diversity
and
reducing
your
ability
to
support
your
family,
local
businesses,
then
we
certainly
know
the
town's
character
in
the
city's
character.
It
will
change
so
protecting
property
value
is
not
the
same
as
protecting
character.
It's
worth
remembering
that
Boston's
North
End
is
known
as
learn
all
over
the
world
for
its
character,
but
it
was
built
to
house
low-income
immigrant
families
who
had
nowhere
else
to
go
thats
a
good
reminder
of
our
true
wealth
in
our
true
character
of
the
people
and
of
all
about
people.
B
A
So
you
know
what
I
might
recommend
that
the
panel
is
sit
in
the
front
here,
so
that
you
can
actually
see
the
presentations
on
the
screen,
because
I
realized
that
you
can't
really
see
them
from
where
you're
sitting
and
then
there's
come
up
one
at
a
time.
How's
that,
because
I
want
everybody
to
be
able
to
see
all
the
presentations,
because
they're
so
great
I
have
seen
them
already
so
I'm
going
to
now
turn
it
over
to
tomorrow.
Roy
and
then
I'll
come
back
up.
Thanks
great.
C
Thank
You
Renee
a
good
morning.
Everyone
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
too
ABX
a
conference
of
my
organization.
The
BSA
going
to
start
here
hope
this
going
to
work.
Yes,
okay,
so
I
I
found
this
on
social
media
I,
don't
usually
try
to
be
political,
but
I
thought
that
it
was
apropos
for
our
discussion,
so
I
think
we're
I
want
to
just
talk
again.
It's
only
really
ten
minutes
but
I'm
showing
a
video
at
the
end.
C
C
So
what
we
tried
to
do
is
show,
through
these
cute
animations
what
that
means.
What
is
a
shortage
in
small
units
mean,
so
you
have
seniors
actually
our
largest
growing
population
in
Boston,
who
need
to
downsize
and
would
like
to
move
to
places
with
elevators.
For
example,
they
can't
move
because
they
can't
find
that
housing,
and
so
they
can't
they
can't
get
families
into
their
housing.
C
Then
we
have
our
students
and
our
young
workforce
Millennials,
who
I
heard
the
yesterday
more
Millennials
live
with
their
parents
than
live
with
spouses
believe
that
they
would
like
to
live
alone,
but
they
need
to
pair
up
or
group
up.
They
can
pay
much
more
in
rent
than
a
family,
and
so
they
press
out
the
family.
Also,
and
then
you
have
the
baby
boomers
swarming
into
the
city.
For
all
this
great
stuff,
their
city
has
to
offer.
They
can
pay
two
three
four
times
the
rent
and
those
folks
of
limited
incomes.
C
C
So
what
we
find
in
in
architecture
and
development
is
that
just
the
size
alone
makes
family
units
too
expensive
to
build
today
and
that
you
know
at
normal
rates
for
dollars,
rental
and
300
for
construction
costs.
That
three-bedroom
unit
is
really
expensive
and
has
to
rent
for
a
ridiculous
amount
of
money
if
it's
new
construction.
So
that's
why
we
start
looking
at
smaller
units
for
affordability,
and
we
also
know
that
over
50
over
twenty-five
percent
of
our
folks
are
paying
more
than
half
of
their
income
on
rent,
which
is
outrageous.
C
So
I
took
a
quick
look
and
I
think
the
mayor
really
already
sort
of
went
through
these
stats
on
how
we're
doing
I
many.
As
he
said,
we
have
the
goal
of
53,000
units,
which
is
seventeen
percent
additional
to
what
we
already
have
and
we're
already
a
third
of
that
after
two
years,
which
is
incredible.
But
before
we
start
congratulating
ourselves,
two
percent
of
that
is
at
the
very
low
income
spectrum
eight
percent
of
that
is
below.
C
C
So
I
think
the
the
conclusion
really
for
all
of
us
is
we're
all
trying
our
best,
but
that
the
status
quo
is
is
struggling,
that
we're
doing
so
much
luxury
and
so
little
modest
and
our
car
analogy.
I'd
love
to
have
the
the
prius
on
the
right,
but
instead
and
we'd
love
to
have
those
numbers
reversed.
We're
eighteen
percent
was
luxury.
C
That
would
match
more
of
our
our
city
and
eighty-two
percent
was
modest,
but
how
could
we
possibly
get
there
so
we're
just
trying
to
keep
eyes
on
the
prize,
and
the
mayor
has
been
doing
amazing
stuff
in
this
area.
Pilots,
modular
partnerships,
land
swaps,
trying
as
hard
as
we
can
to
get
those
numbers
up
and
trying
to
prioritize.
C
I
think
the
next
step
is
really
just
being,
maybe
just
totally
extreme
about
it
and
just
saying
affordability
is
is
so
important
that
you
know
we
want
to
do
density
bonuses
for
anything
that
is
up
above
twenty
percent
affordable.
Can
we
lower
the
union
rates
for
affordable
project?
So
we
just
push
on
you
know
when
you're
doing
trying
to
get
more
affordable
housing
in
the
city
and
this
one
crazy
idea.
C
Could
we
earmark
those
extra
property
taxes
that
we're
getting
for
luxury
units
and
rather
than
just
spreading
them
through
the
city's
budget,
actually
say,
let's
take
from
those
folks
and
put
it
toward
the
folks
that
need
it?
So
what
can
we
do?
We
are
doing
at
the
BSA.
This
put
the
housing
innovation
lab
in
dnd
to
do
a
pilot
where
we're
doing
compact
living
for
middle
income
renters,
where
we
really
want
to
build
this
project.
Not
just
talk
about
it.
So
that's
exciting.
C
We
did
a
charrette
in
the
neighborhoods
where
we
taped
out
a
900
square.
Foot
three-bedroom
unit,
which
is
lower
than
the
a
zoning
would
say,
is
the
minimum
size
and
people
actually
said
it
could
be
smaller.
We
also
have
a
one
room:
mansion
exhibit,
which
is
a
tower
at
the
BSA.
Now
I
encourage
all
of
you
to
go.
It
takes
all
the
feedback
from
the
you
who
and
it
mocks
up
one
bedroom
boot.
C
Sorry,
so
we've
heard
again
innovative
housing
is
affordable,
that
it's
a
small
unit
with
common
spaces
so
going
out
outside
of
the
unit.
What
are
those
common
spaces?
We've
mocked
up
an
entire
micro
unit,
building
at
the
BSA,
and
you
can
walk
through
it.
It
has
common
spaces,
laundry
work,
space
etc,
but
what
it
really
does,
which
is
very
interesting,
is
push
these
sizes
really
small
and
lets
people
experience
them
and
like
the
615
square
foot
to
bed,
you
can
walk
around
there
and
say
there
is
no
problem.
C
I
could
live
in
this
and
that
is
400
square
feet
lower
than
what
our
city
minimum
is.
Then.
Lastly,
the
yoo-hoo
which
I'm
going
to
show
the
video
about
prefabricated
384
square
feet
traveling
around
the
neighborhoods.
We
also
did
a
design.
If
people
came
in
and
said
this
is
not
for
me
because
I
have
a
family,
we
did
a
design
on
the
right
where
you
put
two
yoo-hoos
together
and
it's
a
770
square
foot
3
bed,
which
many
people
responded
very
favorably
to
and
again
on
the
left.
C
C
The
rest
said
somewhere
in
the
range
of
maybe
yes,
so
I'm
gonna
show
the
video
now
and
thank
you
very
much
the
you
who
is
a
prototype,
385
square
foot
apartment
built
in
partnership
with
the
mayor's
housing,
Innovation
Lab,
the
Boston
society
of
architects
and
live
light.
Its
purpose
is
to
gather
community
feedback
about
compact
living
in
Boston
neighborhoods,
the
you
who
design
is
based
on
years
of
research
on
small
unit
living.
C
It
has
a
space
for
every
function,
a
large
entrance
foyer,
a
bed
alcove
that
can
be
hidden
with
curtains
for
more
privacy,
a
wide
hallway,
flanked
by
a
storage
closet
and
the
code
compliant
bathroom
and
a
living
room
with
a
full
kitchen
and
dining
area.
And
what
makes
the
yoohoo
extra
special
is
its
many
other
features
that
make
it
seem
so
much
bigger
than
it
is.
Let's
take
a
tour
at
the
entry,
the
you
who
is
designed,
so
you
can
see
right
through
to
the
large
windows
in
the
front.
C
There
are
hooks
for
coats
shelves
for
extra
storage
and
a
place
for
a
bench
or
other
furniture,
so
you
can
personalize
the
bedroom.
Elko
is
large
enough
for
a
queen-size
bed
with
space
to
walk
around
it
and
a
bedside
table
above
is
a
large
storage
area
for
whatever
you
have.
That
needs
to
be
hidden
from
view.
C
The
wide
hallway
has
lots
of
storage,
an
extra
wide
double
door,
closet
big
enough
for
a
stackable
washer
dryer
and
a
clothing,
organizer
and
storage.
Above
for
items
you
use
less
often
the
bathroom
has
a
wide
sink
area
and
a
large
mirror
cabinet,
with
space
for
baskets
or
a
storage
cabinet
below
a
towel
rack
and
a
walk-in
shower
easier
for
seniors,
and
it
feels
like
a
nice
hotel
back
in
the
hall.
C
The
dining
table
can
easily
transform
from
a
desk
to
seating
for
up
to
six
people
for
a
dinner
party
and
with
one
entire
wall
of
glass
and
doors
that
open
to
a
balcony.
The
room
feels
large
and
bright.
Most
people
are
afraid
that
compact
living
means
mini
fridges
and
living
like
a
student,
not
here,
the
kitchen
has
a
two
burner:
stove
who's
used
more
than
two
burners
lots
of
cabinets
and
shelving
a
large
sink,
a
full-size
refrigerator
and
a
pantry,
as
well
as
a
microwave,
convection,
oven.
E
F
D
G
That
was
working
on
this
project,
so
I'll
flip
through
the
slides.
My
presentation
is
kind
of
short,
but
I'll
probably
talk
a
lot
through
it,
but
one
of
the
notable
factors
is,
as
we
sit
up
here
and
we
talk
today
about
how
you
build
affordable
housing
and
how
you
build
workforce
housing
and
it's
a
dilemma
for
cities
throughout
the
country.
The
one
defining
factor
that
I
found
in
working
on
parcel
1b
is
the
great
desire
to
have
workforce
and
affordable
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
in
state
of
Massachusetts.
G
A
G
It's
located
in
the
bullfinch
triangle
in
Boston
in
downtown
Boston.
It
is
one
of
the
parcels
that
was
born
out
of
the
big
day
and
our
particular
parcel
was
a
land
assemblage
of
mass
dot
land
on
a
long-term
lease
and
a
private
sliver
of
land
that
we
ultimately
combines
and
made
one
parcel.
We
are
also
as
a
company
building
building
residences
on
Lovejoy
Wharf
and
we
built
converses
headquarters
right
across
the
street.
So
in
that
neighborhood
we're
building
about
a
million
square
feet,
call
it
and
it
was.
G
G
We
wanted
to
do
a
hundred
percent
workforce
housing
with
the
hotel
component,
so
just
for
some
project
stats,
it's
about
500,000
square
feet.
The
current
program
is
a
220
key
hotel,
239,
workforce
and
affordable
units,
10,000
feet
of
retail
220
parking
spaces,
we're
building
over
93
and
we
had
constraints
in
terms
of
going
below
because
going
below
is
the
highway.
So
we
go
five
feet
below
and
then
everything
else
is
above
grade.
G
So
we
change
with
this
is
this
is
actually
the
original
program
in
2007
over
time
and
iterated
through
various
different
programs,
and
then
we
ultimately
came
to
ours
because
of
the
M
sorry,
because
of
the
location
itself
over
the
over
93,
we
had
some
particular
particular
challenges
in
addition
to
the
complexity
of
building,
because
it
was
a
mascot
parcel
with
the
private
assemblage
in
an
area
that
was
had
both
city
and
state
jurisdiction.
We
also
have
federal
jurisdiction
because
it's
over
90
I
sign
off
on
everything.
G
So
when
I
was
saying
earlier
that
everybody
had
to
come
together,
it
was
a
little
bit
of
a
domino
effect
while
concurrently
working
to
get
this
project
done
in
terms
of
permitting
approvals.
Redoing,
the
interior
units
to
get
more
affordable
units
and
we'll
talk
about
in
a
minute
and
the
biggest
sort
of
smoking
gun
was
we
had
to
get
it
all
done
within
a
year,
so
in
2015
by
the
end
of
2015
or
financing
would
go
away.
Our
deal
our
long-term
lease
with
the
state
would
go
away
and
a
lot
of
the
benefits.
G
The
financing
that
we
needed
had
to
get
done
in
the
end
of
2015,
so
everyone
in
this
room
is
very
familiar
with
building
and
what
does
it
take
to
get
a
project
re
permitted,
essentially
refinanced
and
redesigned
in
12
months,
when
you
were
literally
putting
a
shovel
in
the
ground
12
months
later
so
yeah?
The
other
big
thing
was
because
we
were
buying
a
project
that
was
both
residential
and
hotel.
G
It
was
great
that
it
had
a
residential
component,
but
we
had
to
make
tweaks
to
the
residential
component
of
the
project
to
include
three
bedroom
units,
and
that
was
something
that
we
wanted
to
do
so
the
original
plan
was
studios
ones
and
twos.
We
wanted
to
add
three
and
of
the
239
units.
We
have
24
three-bedroom
units
to
accommodate
families
in
downtown,
so
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
about.
Oh.
G
And
that's:
that's
am
one
of
our
drawings
that
I
think
almost
everyone
in
our
office
has
on
their
bulletin
boards
just
to
remind
everybody
else
in
the
office
at
the
project
that
they're
working
on
that
that
that's
the
ground.
You
know
to
two
major
directions
of
the
highway,
so
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
before
I
get
to
this
slide
and
some
of
the
benefits
of
the
workforce,
housing,
location,
I
just
want
to
talk
briefly
about
the
things
that
make
this
project
happen.
G
So
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
feel
that
it's
impossible
because
of
lamb
cost
or
construction
costs
or
time
periods
for
permitting
or
different
jurisdictional
requirements.
But
one
thing
with
parcel,
1b
and
I'll
talk
through
a
little
bit
of
the
financing
of
the
programming
in
a
minute
is
every
single
bit
counted.
So
this
project
is
four
components:
hotel
parking,
retail
residential,
but
within
the
residential
it's
actually
two
components:
workforce
and
affordable
and
within
the
parking
it
had
to
be
split
for
just
different
different
sort
of
financing
reasons.
G
So
this
project
is
actually
seven
different
components
that
benefited
from
a
121
a
structure
Austin,
but
then
also
is
a
long-term
ground
lease
with
the
state
of
the
Commonwealth.
So
because
of
the
long
term
ground
lease
because
of
the
121
I
mean
because
of
the
components
it's
actually
a
28
and
a
sort
of
cake
of
seventy
three
tiers
of
seven
entities
and
the
only
reason
that
I
bring.
That
up
is
because
again,
it's
very
complex,
but
it
was
able
to
get
done
so.
G
The
benefits
that
we
got
and
the
benefits
that
we
were
seeking
where
this
project
could
not
have
been
done
without
is
the
121
a
gave
us
a
little
bit
of
breathing
room
on
the
real
estate
taxes
for
certain
components.
The
affordable
and
work
force
component
of
the
project.
We
received
a
state
tax
credit,
and
that
was
a
critical
component
of
the
project.
G
We
had
affordable
housing,
trust,
mom,
trust
fund
money,
and
we
were
very
appreciative
of
that.
Our
company
was
building
sites
across
the
street
that
we
had
committed
to
voluntary
contributions
of
affordable
housing,
but
before
we
even
got
involved
in
1b
or
131
Beverly
project
and
our
converse
had
quarters
project,
we
made
voluntary
contributions
that
ultimately
got
used
for
personal
1b,
but
we
hadn't
planned
on
that.
At
the
time
there
were.
There
was
another
developer
building
in
the
city
that
needed
production
units
that
we
put
onto
our
site.
G
So
we
were
able
to
do
that
and
then
we
also
finance
the
project
with
a
portion
of
tax-exempt,
but
toxins
and
bonds.
It
also
allowed
us
to
get
a
federal
housing
tax
credit,
the
come
the
the
financing
sources
and
our
company
had
a
conventional
loan
in
the
hotel
and
our
company
put
in
a
bunch
of
equity
with
including
with
a
partner
for
the
hotel.
If
I
put
it
on
an
org
chart,
I
mean
I
started
to
do
an
org
chart.
G
The
mayor
on
the
CRA
and
I
applaud
everybody's
interest
in
that,
because
those
are
meaningful
dollars
that
really
go
into
projects
and
make
them
work
and
the
dollars
are
so
critical
that
it's
make
or
break,
and
when
you
get
that
funding
and
you
were
able
to
push
a
project
forward,
you
can
do
very
complex
projects
like
ours
and
the
other
thing
too,
for
our
project
was.
We
really
thought
that
this
location
was
a
terrific,
wonderful,
affordable,
workforce
housing
where
you're
right
in
the
heart
of
downtown
Boston.
So
that
means
access
to
work
via
public
transit.
G
It
means
you
can
walk.
It
means
that
you've
got
the
public
schools
right
there
and
it
means
that
you're
commuting
time
is
less
and
in
our
particular
neighborhood
we
have
a
supermarket
and
we
have
all
the
kanay
bourhood
conveniences
right
there
for
people
to
you
know,
live
work
and
play.
This
is
the
ground
floor.
G
The
bottom
is
Beverly
street
and
so
you'll
see
that
there,
the
hotel
component
is
a
long
causeway
street
and
the
residences
are
further
back
on
Beverly,
with
a
parking
and
transpire
gating
the
two
and
just
to
go
over
some
of
the
some
of
the
programs.
We
did
not
see,
we
didn't
change
the
program
and
we
did
not
change
the
amenities
we
actually
added
a
few
you'll
note
our
dogs
bond
bullet
to,
but
we
we
have
a
you
know,
a
party
rooms
in
a
fitness
center
and
amenities
and
parking
and
everything
else
that
you
would
want.
G
We
have
children's
rooms
for
families
that
are
coming
in.
You
know,
and
with
growing
families
that
are
that
are
going
to
use
spaces
and,
like
tomorrow
was
saying
you
know
it's
very
important
to
take
advantages
of
space
outside
of
your
own
home
and
we
were
able
to
create
those
faces.
So
this
is
and
I'm
bummed,
because
I
did
not.
We
did.
G
We
had
our
topping
out
and
I
did
not
include
a
picture
from
the
topping
out,
so
I'll
have
to
come
back
next
year,
but
the
the
views
from
the
from
the
balcony
and
again
we're
14
stories
above
the
Greenway
above
the
above
the
central
artery
tunnel,
so
we're
facing
south
and
north.
So
we've
got
tremendous
views.
This
is
an
image
of
our
party
room.
G
We're
really
proud
of
this
project,
but,
like
I
started
with
they
think
the
one
defining
factor
was
the
city
in
the
state
want
to
see
this
done
and
to
be
able
to
get
into
a
room
with
25
city
state
and
public
agencies
and
roll
up
your
sleeves
in
12
months
to
get
this
done,
I'm,
not
so
sure
how
much
that
can
be
replicated
in
other
areas,
but
I.
You
know,
I
certainly
know
that
it
can
be
replicated
here
and
you
know
we're
looking
forward
to
doing
more.
So
thank
you.
H
This
is
an
exciting
period
of
time
in
the
history
of
the
City
of
Boston
and
there's
a
really
ambitious
effort
across
a
whole
lot
of
lines
to
try
to
do
something
about
the
housing
crisis
to
deal
with
the
population
growth
that
the
mayor
referred
to.
So
the
Boston
can
continue
to
be
the
International
cosmopolitan
city
that
it
is.
My
presentation
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
different
than
I
think
what
has
typically
been
discussed
as
part
of
how
to
deal
with
the
housing
crisis.
H
H
The
information
that
is
in
my
presentation
is
based
on
a
series
of
reports
that
have
come
out
over
the
last
couple
years:
I'm
sure
some
of
them
you're
all
familiar
with
other
ones.
You
may
not
be
they
refer
both
the
Boston
and
New
York
City
and
the
reason
I'm,
including
New
York,
is
because
New
York
is
just
has
some
some
of
the
same
challenges.
H
It's
a
growing
city
they're,
trying
to
build
more
housing,
but
the
other
reason
quite
candidly
is
because,
since
the
recession,
much
of
the
residential
industry,
much
of
the
housing
that
is
being
built
in
New
York
is
being
built
on
a
non-union
basis.
And
there
are
people
in
the
development
community
who
were
arguing
if
that
should
serve
as
a
model
for
what
happens
in
Boston.
H
So
I'm,
going
to
start
with
a
Tim
Logan
is
here,
but
last
year
attempted
a
an
article
about
the
northeastern
report
card
on
housing
and
it
talked
about
the
drivers
that
were
going
in
the
industry
that
were,
they
were
increasing
costs.
And
what
was
interesting
was
I
had
read
the
report
at
red
team's
article.
H
It
was
a
terrific
reporter
and
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
the
price
of
land
driving
costs
and
there
was
nothing
about
the
price
of
Labor,
but
the
headline
said,
and
land
labor
prices
reduce
prospects
for
affordable
residence
of
study
finds
so
I
called
him
up
and
I
said.
How
did
that
happen?
And
so
he
threw
the
headline
editor
under
the
bus.
Know
that,
then
that's
fine,
but
the
real
point
is:
why
did
that
happen?
H
H
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
actually
talk
about
what
these
studies
actually
say
as
opposed
to
what
a
headline
editor
might
have
interpreted
and
the
reality
is
in
its
very
similar
in
both
Boston
and
New
York
City
construction,
the
hard
costs,
labor
materials,
overhead
profits
for
the
contractors,
subcontractors
etc
is
59
percent
of
the
total
development
cost.
The
soft
costs
the
you
know
the
list
is
their
design,
financing,
etc,
etc.
About
twenty
two
percent
and
land
is
it
about
eighteen
percent?
H
What's
interesting
is
over
the
last
decade
the
cost
of
land
has
gone
up
four
times
four
point
four
times
faster
than
the
rate
of
inflation.
Land,
remediation
and
infrastructure
has
gone
up
five
times
faster
than
the
rate
of
inflation
and
financing
costs
have
gone
up
five
point
four
times
faster
than
inflation
and
labor
and
materials
the
which
make
up
the
bulk
of
the
hard
costs
have
actually
only
increased
three
fifths
of
one
percent
as
fast
as
the
rate
of
inflation.
H
So
when
you
compare
them
sort
of
summary
over
this
last
decade,
land
costs
have
gone
up
at
aggregate
of
forty.
Two
percent
and
construction
costs
have
only
gone
up
six
percent,
so
I
mean
this
really
runs
counter
to
kind
of
what
has
been
their
perception
and
the
argument
of
a
few
people
in
the
development
community
who
have
suggested
that
it's
labor
costs
that
are
real
the
real
problem.
H
The
other
side
of
that
is
what
happens
when
you
don't
use
people
who
get
decent
wages
and
benefits,
and
the
residential
industry
around
the
country
has
become
the
wild
west
of
the
construction
industry.
I'm
talking
about
the
privates,
the
private
residential
industry
in
New
York,
it's
largely
mid-rise
and
high-rise
because
of
the
nature
density
in
Boston.
Once
you
get
outside
of
the
downtown
core
into
the
neighborhoods
into
the
Sun
to
the
other
cities
and
towns
surrounding
Boston.
H
It's
the
typical
design,
as
you
all
know,
is
wood
frame,
five
stories
of
four
stories
over
podium
thats,
the
multi-unit
design
of
choice
that
we
see
in
today's
world
unless
you're
building
at
you
who,
of
course-
and
what
is
interesting-
is
a
study
that
the
fiscal
Institute
did
in
New
York
that
look
at
the
residential
market
an
estimated
that
thirty
six
percent
of
construction
workers
in
the
residential
industry
are
employed
illegally.
Now,
what
does
that
mean?
H
H
This
is
very
simple
in
a
highly
competitive
market,
where
materials
cost
roughly
the
same
for
everybody
if
you're
trying
to
save
costs
on
labor
and
you
pay
people
cash
or
as
independent
contractors,
you
save
roughly
twenty-five
to
thirty
percent
on
labor
costs,
you're
not
paying
the
mandated
state
and
federal
taxes,
you're,
not
paying
workers
compensation
insurance
in
a
highly
dangerous
industry
and
it
and
it
the
incentive
to
do
that.
It's
obvious
when
people
are
looking
at
the
bottom
line
and
the
dollars
are
hard
to
find
interesting.
H
This
study
pointed
out
in
the
affordable
housing
industry
in
New
York.
The
percentage
of
construction
workers
working
illegally
actually
rose
to
two-thirds,
that's
a
lot
of
people,
and
this
is
a
national
problem.
If
you
go
south
of
the
mason-dixon
line,
this
way
of
operating
is,
unfortunately,
the
rule
rather
than
the
exception.
What
does
that
mean?
It's
tax
and
insurance
fraud?
People
are
getting
out
of
their
their
obligations
to
pay
taxes
to
provide
insurance
for
the
workers.
It
is
what
is
known
as
wage
theft.
H
This
is
a
death
healy.
Some
of
you
may
have
seen
that
a
months-long
investigative
piece.
It
was
on
the
front
page
of
the
globe
two
months
ago
about
immigrant
workers
in
the
current
and
the
current
construction
boom
filling
the
gap,
and
this
is
largely
in
the
multi-unit
wood
frame
residential
industry.
The
very
projects
that
we
are
talking
about,
that
is
where
this
is
occurring.
H
H
What
are
they
hit?
The
consequences
free
for
the
individual
workers
who
were
in
this
situation
again,
I'm
referring
to
New
York,
because
there's
been
more
work
done
on
this,
but
the
dynamics
are
very
much
the
same.
Last
year
there
was
a
front
page
story
in
The
Times
about
safety
and
construction,
and
what's
going
on-
and
this
is
kind
of
these
numbers
of
scary
building
activity
increased
by
eleven
percent,
but
construction
accidents
were
up
nearly
five
times.
H
So
to
kind
of
look
overall
at
you
know
these
cost
factors.
I
just
want
to
point
out
a
couple
of
things,
which
is
on
the
Union
side
that
Union
wage
contractual
increases
throughout
the
trades
over
the
last
decade.
The
increases
have
really
been
relatively
modest
and
considering
we
have
a
boom
they've,
been
in
the
one
to
three
percent
range
and
that
I
would
like
to
remind
people
is
not
just
from
wages
but
wages
and
benefits.
It's
a
total
compensation,
so
the
three
percent
increase
is
really
is
again
considering
the
boom
that
we
have.
H
I
would
characterize
as
modest
the
carpenters
have
had
we.
Even
with
all
of
this.
We
recognize
that
the
residential
market
is
a
different
market
than
the
commercial
institutional
market.
For
20
years
we
have
had
a
rate
for
wood
framing
for
these
projects
that
I'm
talking
about,
that
is
sixty-two
percent
of
the
commercial
institutional
rate
for
that
on
most
projects
in
in
the
city
and
the
region
that
has
allowed
us
to
be
on
virtually
all
the
wood
framed
multi-unit
residential
jobs
in
the
city
of
boston
and
many
of
them
in
the
surrounding
communities.
H
Many
many
of
the
other
trades
are
either
considering
actions
like
this
or
adopting
similar
programs
or
trying
to
figure
out
other
way
of
subsidizing
costs,
but
one
of
the
studies-
and
this
will
again
for
new
york-
and
you
know,
drawing
on
New
York-
be
simply
because
they've
been
a
certain
amount
of
more
academic
research
done
there.
This
is
by
a
former
BR,
a
economist
John,
a
vault
who
says
with
construction
worker
wages,
comprising
seventeen
percent
of
construction
industry
Billings
in
the
city,
construction
costs,
representing
about
sixty
percent
of
total
development
costs.
H
It
means
the
construction
workers.
Wages
are
estimated
as
ten
percent
of
the
total
costs.
What
does
this
mean?
This
means
that
when
people
try
to
save
money
and
to
make
the
argument
that
that
workforce,
housing
market
rate
housing,
affordable
housing
should
be
done
on
the
backs
of
the
people
who
are
actually
building
it-
hey,
that's
not
that's
right,
either,
morally
or
ethically
and
be
it
actually
is
not
justifiable.
H
We
think
that
everybody,
all
the
players
who
were
involved
in
the
industry,
if
we're
really
going
to
tackle
the
workforce,
housing
crisis,
need
to
sort
of
step
up
and
make
similar
kinds
of
agreements,
and
the
city
has
been
an
absolute
model
of
leadership
around
this
under
this
mayor
about
really
trying
to
understand
what
it's
going
to
take
to
accomplish
the
incredible
goal
of
53,000
units,
the
final
thing
I
would
say,
and
I'll
close
with
this-
is
we're
talking
about
workforce
housing.
Well,
who's
going
to
live
in
it.
H
When
you
talk
to
the
people
who
are
marketing
that
housing
talking
to
teachers,
firefighters,
nurses,
construction
workers,
that's
who
that's
the
demographics
that
these
units
are
aimed
at.
So
isn't
it
a
little
bit
ironic
to
think
that
you
would
build
these
projects
with
construction
workers
who
can't
afford
to
live
in
them
because
they're
being
paid
cash
and
minimum
wages
with
no
benefits.
H
So
I
would
argue
that
when
we
think
about
the
myths
and
realities
that
the
workforce
that
is
actually
building,
these
units
has
to
be
considered
as
one
of
the
key
components
of
a
successful
public
policy
program.
We're
really
excited
that
this
city
is
when
specially
in
today's
environment,
and
last
week
at
this
city
is
one
of
the
cities
that
has
this
progressive
vision
of
building
housing
and
that
it
is
a
strong
Union
City
and
we're
very
much
part
of
the
solution,
and
we
are
grateful
for
that.
Thank
you
very
much.