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FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, MOUNT VERNON COMPANY

The successful developer and N Magazine publisher is publicly flexing his muscle more than ever. Worried about the city’s direction, he’s working to bridge the divide between City Hall and those in the business community. Worried about the very survival of American democracy in an age of unprecedented partisanship, there he is, launching initiatives aimed at reducing tensions in the U.S. Senate as chairman of the board at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.

Nestled next to Back Bay Station, close to Copley Square, a 13-story, ritzy building on Clarendon Street has become home for more than 100 people transitioning out of homelessness and other low-income residents.

Partisan politics has gone beyond Capitol Hill and has now leached into the business world. The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate has teamed up with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Bipartisan Policy Center to find solutions.

By Bruce A. Percelay, Adam Hinds, Matt Sandgren, Margaret Spellings

Sep 29, 2023

Bipartisanship at the Kennedy Compound...The Hyannis Port confab was also part of a broader effort by the EMK Institute board, led by chair Bruce Percelay, to instill bipartisanship in the broader civil discourse, and in the US Senate in particular.

#45 Bruce Percelay, Founder and Chairman, Mount Vernon Company

As Mayor Michelle Wu's proposals on housing and development face strong pushback from the real estate industry, her top planning official signaled a willingness to compromise on the details.