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Mayor Wu’s big plans for Boston’s development agency have run up against an uncertain economy. But she’s pushing ahead. - The Boston Globe

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Some people in the real estate world warn now is not the time to overhaul the powerful Boston Planning & Development Agency. The mayor disagrees.

I t was a sunny October morning in 2019 when then-City Councilor Michelle Wu proposed abolishing the Boston Planning & Development Agency. It was hardly a new idea. Boston politicians — especially aspiring mayors — had for years called for ridding the city of its powerful real estate arm. But none before had issued a 76-page white paper on the topic. Wu was serious. And when she won the mayor’s race just over two years later, she soon set about doing what she’d pitched, filing legislation to disband the BPDA that now awaits a vote on Beacon Hill. Related : In first State of the City address, M

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