Are Clean Energy Tenants CRE’s New Savior?
As life science demand wanes, developers are increasingly marketing new projects to Massachusetts’ growing clean energy sector, flush with funding from venture capital and new federal programs.
National Development Proposes Labs Near Burlington Mall
After adding a hotel and restaurants to The District office park in Burlington, National Development proposes three life science buildings totaling 665,000 square feet to add momentum to the town’s growing lab market.
Healey Must Empower New Transit Vision
If we don’t move now, the world will move on without us, and not in ways that get us where we need to go. Just look at Burlington for a concrete example.
B&T’s Editorial Cartoon: The Latest Real Estate Fashion Is at Lord & Taylor
With three Boston-area Lord & Taylor locations set to be converted to lab space, scientists are about to get some makeovers.
Burlington Plants a Biotech Flag
Corporate headquarters ribbon-cuttings attract headlines and VIPs, but developers in Burlington say early-stage biotechs will be key to expanding Boston suburbs’ newest life science cluster.
This Month in History: Burlington Mall Opens
The Burlington Mall wasn’t the first of its revolutionary new breed of retail real estate in Massachusetts, but the mall marked a defining turning point for the genre.
Hot Property: Lahey Hospital Medical Simulator
A new simulation center at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center’s Burlington provides a realistic health care setting for training in new techniques and crisis response.
Burlington Plots New Course for Mall Area
Burlington is blazing a new zoning trail that other suburban towns may be following in coming years, hoping for new housing and better pedestrian connections in the commercial district near the Burlington Mall.
State Must Step Up to Help Towns Succeed
A planning process underway in Burlington this winter could be the herald of a dramatic and much-needed reinvention of Greater Boston’s suburbs. But it also exposes a fatal flaw in how Massachusetts thinks about its future.
Burlington Beckons Biotech Growth
Burlington’s latest effort to build a new suburban Boston life science cluster is getting traction among developers and spurring new activity in office parks set to be repositioned with biotech at the forefront.
Will the Suburbs Step Up?
Housing experts, developers and business leaders have high hopes that the recently passed Housing Choice Act will boost housing construction in Massachusetts, reversing a decades-long decline in the number of units built each year in the Bay State.
Can Our Underperforming Asphalt Become Bustling Boulevards?
It is Greater Boston’s frontier of urban planning: How do you adapt dated, low-rise shops and office buildings for a brave, new, post-COVID world while creating a greener future with more housing?
Life Science Firm Inks Lease for Up To 50K SF in Burlington
A company that provides consulting and production services for early-stage biotechs has signed a lease for a flex building across Route 128 from the Burlington Mall.
Two More Chase Branches Approved for Mattapan, Burlington
JP Morgan Chase has received approval to open two more branches as part of its expansion in the Greater Boston area.
Burlington Office Park Recapitalized for $37.8M
Boston-based Battery Global Advisors has joined the ownership structure for a Burlington office property in a $37.8 million recapitalization.
Burlington Mall Expansion Will Include Japanese Barbecue Restaurant
Electronic repair specialist uBreakiFix, Modern Acupuncture and Japanese barbecue concept Gyu-Kaku are joining the list of tenants at The Village at Burlington Mall, the redevelopment of the former Sears Auto building.
Caffe Nero Coming to Burlington Mall Expansion
Upscale coffeehouse Caffe Nero will open in September at The Village at Burlington Mall, part of the first phase of the mall’s expansion to accommodate new restaurant tenants.
Census Data: 82 Percent of MA Communities Growing
The state’s U.S. Census liaison is reporting “encouraging numbers” about population growth ahead of next year’s Census, with the largest population increases since the 2010 Census in the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Everett and Lowell.
Lab-Ready Construction Is the New Norm
Upgrading office and industrial buildings to lab-ready space is paying off for a growing field of developers hoping to snare the next hot biotech startup transitioning from early-stage research to commercialization.
Bear Visits Burlington Retail District
Police believe the bear may live in a wooded area between Burlington and Lexington and will likely go into hibernation soon.
