Will demonized developers turn into city saviors? According to a March 2019 report issued by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition the shortage of affordable, decent, and accessible housing in the U.S. has risen to seven million, which translates to approximately 37 affordable rentals for every 100 low-income households. Most affordable housing projects don’t pencil out and the combination of bank financing and tax credits still results in...

Over the last few years the commercial office market has garnered its fair share of the news led by the high-flying WeWork phenomena. What has not hit the front page until last weekend in the New York Times Real Estate Section, is the rising rents for lofts and studios that have been the home to artists. Once edgy neighborhoods or off-the-beaten-track locations where painters, potters, guitar makers and the like called home to their craft, are...