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| Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group reportedly has leased nearly 75,000 square feet at the Bay Colony Corporate Center. The deal is one of two major office leases recently signed in Waltham. |
Waltham Activity Redoubles With Two Office Park Deals
By Joe Clements
Two major office leases are helping kick 2006 off in a big way in Waltham. Raytheon Inc. is expected to commit to more than 100,000 square feet at 235 Wyman St. in the Hobbs Brook Office Park and UnitedHealth Group is headed for the Bay Colony Corporate Center, according to industry sources.
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Boston Mayor Seeking to Hike Linkage Fees
By Aglaia Pikounis
Large-scale development in Boston is about to get more expensive. In a recent speech, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced that he wants to increase the linkage fees that developers of commercial space and other big projects must pay for housing and jobs programs by almost 10 percent.
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Mortgage Volume Slips 9 Percent in State
By Andrea Gregory
The number of purchase and refinance mortgages dropped last year, but the good news is the decrease in loan activity was less than many industry practitioners say was expected.
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Bill Proposes More Flexibility for Credit Union Procedures
By Andrea Gregory
State-chartered credit unions could soon gain the ability to offer credit cards and safety deposit boxes to members without prior written consent, act as bill-paying agencies and adopt some practices intended to streamline businesses for the institutions.
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Allston’s Boston Tech Center Put on Sales Block by CC&F
By Joe Clements
After struggling for more than five years to lease up a hulking commercial property on Lincoln Street in Allston, Cabot, Cabot & Forbes of New England has opted to put the 450,000-square-foot building on the block, retaining Cushman & Wakefield of Massachusetts as marketing agent.
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Housing Organizations to Seek Additional Funding From State
By Aglaia Pikounis
Even as state legislators are focused on hashing out differences over health care plans, housing advocates will head to Beacon Hill tomorrow pushing for more funding to prevent homelessness and to expand a pilot program that brings housing counselors to community health centers.
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