From Adversaries to Partners: The Growing Trend of Municipal Collaboration in Retail Development
How municipalities are progressively evolving zoning bylaws to pave way for next generation retail developments
When planning new retail development, Economic Development Teams, Planning Departments, Developers and Retailers all have their own set of objectives that they seek to achieve. Increasingly, the parties are collaborating early in the process as partners in an effort to create projects that are mutually beneficial to all parties. Please join the Boston Next Generation committee to learn more on the permitting process surrounding today’s retail developments. We will present how modifications to zoning regulations, compromises made by each party, and a collaborative process bring forward projects that are favorable to the community, bridge a municipality’s redevelopment initiatives with physical site requirements of the retailers and create a sound economic return for the developer.
- Moderator: Bryan Furze, VP of Leasing & Asset Management, Linear Retail Properties
- MarketStreet Lynnfield Development Speaker: Ted Tye, Managing Partner, National Development
- MarketStreet Lynnfield Municipality Speaker: Bill Gustus, Town Administrator Lynnfield Board of Selectmen
- Assembly Row Somerville Development Speaker: Dave Webster, Director of Development, Federal Realty
- Assembly Row Somerville Municipality Speaker: George Proakis, Somerville City Planner
- Engineer Speaker: Bill Goebel, Partner/Branch Manager, Bohler Engineering
REGISTER HERE: http://www.icsc.org/events-and-programs/details/boston-next-gen-program-reception
