Rebecca Ostriker
@rebeccaostriker.bsky.social
Deputy Op-Ed Page Editor at the Boston Globe. Former Spotlight Team investigative reporter, Arts Editor at the Globe.
Back in September, developer Adam Burns urged that the program be extended: It “tackles the city’s severe housing shortage and office vacancy crisis not as two separate problems but as a shared opportunity."
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What a walk through Boston’s dark office buildings revealed about its housing future - The Boston Globe
Boston’s office-to-residential program is remarkable because it tackles the city’s severe housing shortage and office vacancy crisis not as two separate problems but as a shared opportunity.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Back in September, developer Adam Burns urged that the program be extended: It “tackles the city’s severe housing shortage and office vacancy crisis not as two separate problems but as a shared opportunity."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/o...
In related news, ICYMI: @markey.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov introduced the Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act to protect hospitals from predatory sale-leaseback deals with REITS. Yes, that's Stop MPT, after the Steward debacle. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Markey, Sanders, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Protect Health Systems from Predatory Real Estate Investment Trust Deals | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
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Washington (October 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In related news, ICYMI: @markey.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov introduced the Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act to protect hospitals from predatory sale-leaseback deals with REITS. Yes, that's Stop MPT, after the Steward debacle. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Opinion: The only real progress in sorting through the greed and corruption that propelled the Steward empire has come recently in a Maltese courtroom, where officials continue to pursue a case against former Steward executive and Brookline resident Armin Ernst, who led Steward’s international arm.
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Opinion: The only real progress in sorting through the greed and corruption that propelled the Steward empire has come recently in a Maltese courtroom, where officials continue to pursue a case against former Steward executive and Brookline resident Armin Ernst, who led Steward’s international arm.
It's a wonderful piece @karenkrussell.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It's a wonderful piece @karenkrussell.bsky.social