Commercial & Industrial
Webinar: Urban & Suburban Development Trends
Experts from Colliers International, Redgate and Gansett Ventures discuss condo, life science and industrial development trends in Boston and beyond.
Personnel File
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
Breakthrough Buys East Cambridge Property for $133M
A life science developer that’s partnering on Harvard University’s next Allston project is adding an East Cambridge office property to its real estate portfolio.
NOAA: Rising Seas to Make ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding More Common
This month’s heavy rains follow a year in which coastal communities in the United States experienced record high-tide flooding, a trend that federal ocean researchers say is expected to continue into the future “without improved flood defenses.”
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.
Supreme Court Recognizes ‘Right to Exclude’ in Union Fight
A recent Supreme Court opinion limits government intrusions on property rights, it confirmed that the government may require property owners to cede access rights in exchange for certain benefits,
New Buildings Create Connections to Surroundings
The traditional cornerstones of luxury living are undergoing a dramatic evolution as people’s collective quest for health, wellness and connection reach a fever pitch in 2021.
Ideas to Fix Our Worst-in-Nation Heat Island
In mid-July Climate Central reported that Boston is among the major U.S. cities experiencing the worst urban heat island (UHI) effects – we are No. 6 between San Francisco and Chicago.
A Northern Heading for Business Growth
Massachusetts’ North Shore, a bubbling biotech, microelectronics and industrial tech hub, presents several desirable characteristics for companies looking for new headquarters and manufacturing expansions.
Hotel Rebound Begins with Leisure Travel
While the course of Boston’s hotel industry turned dramatically, Boston’s longstanding demand generators, industry growth and pent-up travel demand will help the city’s upcoming recovery efforts.
Hot Property: Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge
A property-wide renovation project is under way at Cambridge’s largest hotel, the 479-room Hyatt Regency, including an updated lobby, updates to 25,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a new bar and restaurant named Paperback Tavern.
Nubian Square Move Offers Path to Stability
The technical school had been poised to stabilize its finances through the sale of its century-old home in South End to developer Related Beal, while building a new facility in the emerging business and arts cluster in Roxbury, according to designs reshaped by the pandemic.
It’s Time to Curb the Economic Development Racket
The all-out scramble to lure GE’s headquarters to Boston still sticks in my craw. Five years on from that debacle, there’s a budding campaign to officials from throwing away our hard-earned tax dollars on such dubious corporate recruiting campaigns.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Meet the New Normal
Is this “new normal” basically the same as the “old normal,” but with a lot more dust on my desk cactus?
Want Job Creation and Increased Wages? Preserve Like-Kind Exchanges
Unfortunately, there is a real fear that like-kind exchanges, or so-called “1031 exchanges,” will be diluted or outright eliminated in an effort to offset historic spending plans that are being circulated by Congress and the administration.
Raising the Bar for Development Investment
As former Massport security official Herby Duvernéhis Boston-based development firm, RISE Together work to develop projects from Haverhill to downtown Boston, they’re seeking out new investors from diverse local communities who haven’t traditionally been part of real estate projects.
Suburbs Retain Desirability Amid Workplace Disruption
Greater Boston’s suburbs have always been popular because they offer companies and their employees an ideal mix of conveniences such as a short commute, free parking and green space that will never be available in most urban locations.
Speaker Open To Happy Hour Talks
Speaker Ronald Mariano said Thursday that he is open to discussing a reversal of the state’s ban on happy hour drink promotions, but he stopped short of either supporting or opposing the idea.
147-Unit Development Proposed in Mission Hill
A Mission Hill multifamily project that’s been in the planning stages since before the pandemic is moving forward with permitting for 80 apartments and 47 condos.
Amazon’s Mission: Getting a Key to Your Apartment Building
The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country – sometimes with financial incentives – to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device.
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