Alexandria Lands 160K SF Tech HQ Lease in Andover
In a sign of shifting strategy for the nation’s largest lab landlord, Alexandria Real Estate Equities leased an Andover property to a tech company that will primarily occupy it as office space for up to 400 employees.
Leader Bank Adds First Cape Cod Branch
Leader Bank has added its first branch on Cape Cod, complimenting the Arlington-based bank’s existing loan office in Mashpee
Boston Could Mandate Training for Building Security Guards
A proposed law would place significant new training requirements on the unarmed security guards who protect many downtown buildings.
MassDevelopment Names New CFO
The state’s quasi-public economic development agency says it’s hired a new chief financial officer, former senior Healey budget staffer Bran Shim.
Legislature Makes Hot Works Law Pursuit a Summertime Project
Over 12 years after a Back Bay blaze sparked by welders killed two firefighters, the Legislature could finally tighten rules around so-called “hot works.”
Who Still Needs a Banker’s Advice?
Banks and credit unions spent the last decade retooling branches and marketing to play up their skills in dispensing financial advice. Does that bet still work in a world where consumers turn first to AI?
Will MassHousing Get the Investigation It Deserves?
Reports of million-dollar fraud at MassHousing should have everyone demanding a thorough inquiry that holds even the quasi-public lender’s CEO accountable.
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