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Revision as of 21:12, 15 November 2024 by LM1289 (talk | contribs) (Professional work, children,)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Greg Bialecki is an American attorney and government figure who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development under Governor Deval Patrick from 2009 to 2015. Prior to serving as secretary, Bialecki was Undersecretary of Business Development and spent twenty years as a real estate and environmental attorney at the law firms Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper.
As Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Greg led key initiatives to promote the state’s innovation economy and to support transit-oriented, mixed-use real estate development. His accomplishments included the development and implementation of the state’s economic development plan, “Choosing to Compete in the 21st Century,” the creation of the MassWorks public infrastructure investment program, and the establishment of a statewide multifamily housing production goal, the “Housing that Works” initiative, designed to increase the supply of market-rate multifamily housing for young people and families.
Under Greg's leadership, the Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development office the Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Award from the Urban Land Institute in 2013.
In 2013, Greg also received MassEcon’s inaugural Public Service Award at the annual Economic Impact Awards.
After six years as Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Greg joined Redgate as a Principal in 2015. There, Greg leads Redgate's site acquisition, permitting, and financing activities for investment projects. Greg has worked on major development projects across Boston and the Mid-Atlantic, including the redevelopment of the L Street Power Station in South Boston, which will be transformed into approximately 2.1M SF of mixed-use development. Greg has served as a Development Advisor to New Jersey Transit on the Hoboken Terminal and Yard Redevelopment project, a 36-acre site to be transformed into a multi-phased, mixed-use ferry and train terminal with office, residential, retail and transit uses. He has supported the Clarendon Hill redevelopment in Somerville, Massachusetts and has advised on the Brookland-CUA Metro Development by WMATA in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Greg serves as a board member for Boston College Law School’s Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy’s Advisory Board, Boston Society for Architecture BSA Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Women’s Foundation of Boston’s Board of Directors, Foundry’s Board of Directors, and Boston Neighborhood’s Community Land Trust’s Board of Directors. He was the former Chair of the Board for Mass Development, having served in 2011-2014.
Bialecki attended Harvard University for both his undergraduate studies and law school.
He has four children.