The Boston Globe recently ran a feature-length article about Michael Palmer of PGI Industries. 

The March of the McMansions

In countless Boston suburbs, the green movement and even the recession have been unable to halt the practice of demolishing Capes and ranches to make way for monster-size homes.

From the Boston Globe, July 18, 2010.  Written by Kris Frieswick.

It's a gorgeous day in Weston, and real estate broker and developer Michael Palmer is conducting a driving tour to show me the properties he's helped buy and sell. Palmer isn't just any broker, though. He specializes in finding homes to tear down.

His method is simple. The heavyset 50-year-old with a crop of dark blond hair pilots his Volvo around Weston and other high-end towns looking for worn-out candidates like a cattleman culling a herd. He's seeking a smallish house that might be a few decades old surrounded by new, large houses or other teardown candidates. Maybe there's a dilapidated basketball net in the driveway or the lawn hasn't been mowed in a while. Perhaps the shades have been pulled down for a couple of weeks and the gutters haven't been cleaned.  Click to contine reading...