by Steve Adams | Apr 16, 2024
Harvard University and its development partner Tishman Speyer are set to begin the public review of their next major real estate project in Allston, the second phase of the school’s Enterprise Research Campus.
by James Sanna | Apr 16, 2024
In its first earnings call after a major credit ratings agency downgraded its out look for the lender, M&T Bank announced progress in reducing its book of commercial real estate loans.
by Steve Adams | Apr 16, 2024
At an abandoned quarry in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Cell Signaling Technology plans to tap into the underground terrain for a geothermal heating and cooling system for its proposed 250,000-square-foot development.
by Steve Adams | Apr 14, 2024
Changes designed to attract more developers and commercial tenants to downtown Boston and avoid a looming fiscal chasm tied to declining office occupancy are moving closer to the finish line.
by Steve Adams | Apr 14, 2024
Roxbury-based BlueHub Capital’s Karen Kelleher is seeing no let-up in demand for the lender’s services as an intermediary piecing together financing packages for real estate projects in low-income communities.
by Susan Gittelman | Apr 14, 2024
As passions around the MBTA Communities law rise, it’s time to take a fact-based look at the law, put it in context with what other states are doing and plan accordingly.
by Jay Fitzgerald | Apr 14, 2024
The nation’s multifamily owners are facing a financial crunch as they try to refinance construction and other loans. But Boston is likely to see a lot less distress than Sunbelt cities, experts say.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Apr 14, 2024
Can downtown Boston escape the so-called urban doom loop? Probably. But it’s going to take a lot more than new “skyline” zoning for taller towers to bring it back.
by Steve Adams | Apr 14, 2024
A renovation designed by architects Margulies Perruzzi created a 20,000-square-foot training center including interactive learning spaces for doctors and Boston Scientific Corp. employees in Marlborough.
by James Sanna | Apr 12, 2024
Speaking to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s annual meeting Thursday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said her plans to increase troubled office towers’ share of the city’s tax burden were vital to “avoid making our housing crisis worse.”
by Steve Adams | Apr 12, 2024
A Fenway commercial property added a major new tenant in Berklee School of Music, a neighborhood institution that’s had a rocky town-versus-gown relationship with residents and Boston officials.
by Steve Adams | Apr 12, 2024
Developer Related Beal received approval to move forward with projects on city-owned properties in South Boston and Roxbury that could include more than 400 housing units and nearly 320,000 square feet of lab space.
by Steve Adams | Apr 11, 2024
Office vacancies in Boston rose slightly in the first quarter, and a wave of expiring leases in coming months will provide hints at the future direction of the market.
by Steve Adams | Apr 11, 2024
An investment partnership that completed a $171 million acquisition of the Hilton Boston Back Bay hotel plans a capital improvement program to modernize the 41-year-old property.
by CommonWealth Beacon | Apr 11, 2024
Only days after announcing a plan to seek state approval to raise property tax rates on commercial property owners, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu filed a $4.6 billion budget plan for 2025 that would hike city spending by 8 percent, or $344 million.
by Steve Adams | Apr 10, 2024
The final downtown Boston rezoning plan encourages multifamily housing and active retail and entertainment uses, while placing limits on research labs.
by James Sanna | Apr 10, 2024
A Chelsea affordable housing development is securing site control thanks to Eastern Bank and MassDevelopment.
by State House News Service | Apr 10, 2024
The mayor’s proposal would allow the city to lessen increases in residential property tax bills by temporarily levying that increased tax on commercial real estate for up to five years.
by Steve Adams | Apr 9, 2024
The developer of a 19-story lab tower in Somerville’s Assembly Square is seeking an extension to redesign the project following a change of ownership and continuing sluggishness in life science leasing.
by James Sanna | Apr 9, 2024
A blazing pile of materials outside Hines’ under-construction South Station Tower set off a large response from the Boston Fire Department Tuesday morning.