Blog
11 Jan Protecting New York City’s Urban Landmarks through Transferrable Development Rights
Our guest blogger this week is Kate Gilmore, HBI intern and student at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Kate has done extensive research on air rights and how they play into the preservation of architecture. In 1968, the owners of Grand Central Station...
04 Jan Boston?s Conductor Behind the Ferdinand Building?s Renaissance
The new Dudley Municipal Complex is well underway, including restoration of the historic Ferdinand?s Furniture Store, built in 1895 and once the largest retail furniture store in New England. While the project is a major development and public policy accomplishment of the Menino Administration, implementation...
21 Dec The Atlantic City Boardwalk Decision: What Does It Mean for the Federal Historic Tax Credit?
A recent court decision on investor risk for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall has called the investment structures of the Federal Historic Tax Credits. Matt Welch describes the problem and potential implications for preservation projects and the credits in part three of our series on...
21 Dec But How Can a Non Profit Developer Use Tax Credits?
Non-profit developers like HBI use historic tax credits regularly for rehabilitation projects, which seems unlikely since we don?t pay taxes. HBI Legal fellow Matt Welch answers Tax Credit Question #2 in this blog postBecause non-profit developers like HBI have no federal income tax liability to...
21 Dec Do You Really Know How Historic Tax Credits Work?
HBI is fortunate to have Matthew Welch, a recent graduate of the Boston University School of law, working here since September as a university-sponsored legal intern. Among several projects he?s working on, Matt has been helping HBI formulate policies and procedures for utilization of the...
13 Dec HBI and Roslindale Main Street Select Development Partner for the Transformation of Historic Roslindale MBTA substation
Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe HBI and its partner, Roslindale Village Main Street (RVMS) have secured a purchase and sale agreement for the Higgins Funeral Home and related parcels of land, allowing for a larger mixed-use residential and commercial development project that includes redevelopment of...
12 Dec Blower Doors and Compartmentalization in Historic Buildings
HBI set out to achieve a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating for its rehabilitation of H.H. Richardson?s Hayden Building. We enlisted Conservation Services Group to guide us through this process. Conservation Services Group?s Consulting and Construction Services group works with owners,...
03 Dec Hip Holiday Happenings Down Dudley
Photo courtesy of Boston.comCheck out the calendar of events here....
30 Nov B.U. Preservation Masters Thesis Jump-Starts Everett Square Theatre Feasibility Study
HBI has been benefitted in recent years from a strong relationship with students in Boston University?s graduate program in historic preservation. HBI has provided internship opportunities for several students with the intent of giving the students a taste of ?real world? preservation that is focused...