2025 Boston Multifamily Summit
Fueling Growth, Affordability and Innovation in New England's Housing Market
Event Ended On: Wednesday September 24 2025
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Speakers and Panels
Supply & Demand Market Analysis: Multifamily, Condos, Site Selection
Tracking Trends, Pricing Pressures, and the Evolving Landscape of Residential Investment Across Greater Boston
Austin Smyth
Maximizing Operations: Through Space, Amenities and Management Strategies
How Smart Design and Thoughtful Management Decisions Are Driving Retention and Revenue
Affordable Housing in Focus: Tackling Barriers and Identifying Current Opportunities
Creating Opportunity Through Affordability: Solutions from Developers, Agencies, and Advocates
Dave Groom
Building Boston: Navigating Construction Challenges & Design Trends in Multifamily Development
Delivering the Next Generation of Housing Amid Rising Pressures
Why You Should Attend This 2025 Boston Multifamily Summit
What You'll Learn:
- What types of multifamily innovation are designers prioritizing with their amenities and technology?
- What neighborhood submarkets are seeing the most activity and which are poised for a breakout in 2025?
- Over 6,500 new multifamily units are expected to deliver in Greater Boston in 2025. How are developers navigating continued permitting constraints?
- Fixed costs such as Insurance are rising year over year. What creative solutions are available to make deals pencil?
- What types of housing product are seeing the most activity? (i.e. condos, affordable housing, market-rate)
- How are renters deciding where to live? Additionally, which neighborhoods and mixed-use communities are driving leasing activity?
- How are investors and developers getting creative to have deals pencil with elevated building costs?
- How are developments being financed in Boston and how is the capital stack evolving for new developments vs. acquisition deals?
How You'll Do More Business: Enhance your business by gaining a stronger understanding of Boston's commercial multifamily industry. Understand how to make deals pencil and construct more units in 2025. Hear from top designers and property managers on the future of multifamily amenities and technology and how these are helping to get buildings leased.
Who You'll Meet: Network with a diverse group of industry leaders, including developers, financiers, urban planners, policymakers, and real estate experts. This event is a melting pot of ideas and strategies, fostering connections and collaborations in the Boston real estate market.
For questions regarding content, speaking, and sponsorship opportunities, please email our Event Producer, Joshua Piquion, at joshua.piquion@bisnow.com
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Venue
Artists For Humanity
100 W 2nd St
Boston, MA 02127
Parking Information:
Public Transit
Redline “T”: Broadway Station, 6 minute walk
Parking
2HR Street Parking at the front and back of the building
Paid parking lot across the street from 100 W 2nd Street
Residential parking starts at 6PM (towing is permitted)
Channel Center Garage
116 W First St, Boston, MA 02127
The parking system is touchless and contactless, and you can pay through the app upon arrival, “Metropolis Parking”
Agenda
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8:00 AM 9:00 AM |
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM 9:45 AM |
Supply & Demand Market Analysis: Multifamily, Condos, Site Selection
1.) Understand how land pricing and site selection strategies evolve in an inflationary, high-rate market.
2.) Explore how investors evaluate risk across different housing types in Greater Boston. |
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9:45 AM 10:30 AM |
Maximizing Operations: Through Space, Amenities and Management Strategies
1.) Understand how asset managers track and optimize performance across aging and new portfolios.
2.) Examine what design and amenity upgrades are driving the strongest returns in 2025. |
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10:30 AM 10:45 AM |
Networking Break
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10:45 AM 11:30 AM |
Affordable Housing in Focus: Tackling Barriers and Identifying Current Opportunities
1.) Examine what incentives and tax tools are most effective for making affordable projects pencil in 2025.
2.) Explore the local and state legislative changes that could expand affordable housing supply. |
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11:30 AM 12:15 PM |
Building Boston: Navigating Construction Challenges & Design Trends in Multifamily Development
1.) Discuss the top cost drivers for multifamily projects in Boston and how teams mitigate them.
2.) Explore how teams are meeting sustainability requirements and how this is shaping design decisions. |
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12:15 PM 12:30 PM |
Post Event Networking
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