Charlesbank Apartments, Inc. v. Boston Rent Control Administration

The plaintiff Charlesbank Apartments, Inc., a private, nonprofit, charitable corporation, owner of an apartment development with 276 rental units located at 650 Huntington Avenue, Boston, commenced an action against the defendant Boston rent control administration (Rent Board) in this court for the county of Suffolk, seeking a declaration that it was exempt from rent control and other regulation under Boston’s Rent Control Ordinance of 1975 (c. 15, Ordinances of 1975). After answer, the plaintiff moved for summary judgment pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974), on the basis of…