Assembly Row Growing Pains Strain Parking
Somerville’s Assembly Row is straining against the limits of its parking capacity as MBTA riders take advantage of 2,100 spaces near the 3-year-old Orange Line station, while shoppers check out 20 new shops and restaurants opening this year. “It was a free-for-all for anyone and everyone coming to Assembly Row, including people jumping on the Orange Line and working in Boston for eight hours,” said David Middleton, Assembly Row’s assistant general manager. ...
Building Strength on Strength
Paul Ayoub, a partner in the real estate department at the Boston-based law firm Nutter, has been named as the incoming chairman of the board of directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. His tenure begins July 1....
Framingham Bucks the Trend, Embraces Multifamily Housing
The rise of Amazon and ecommerce is fast turning into an extinction level event for malls, which now face the same fate as all the neighborhood stores and shops they once shuttered on Main Street. And our own bevy of retail bazaars here in Massachusetts is hardly immune to the pressures...
Century Bank Named in Lawsuit Targeting Medical Marijuana Facility
Medford-based Century Bank, the only known financial institution in Massachusetts that banks marijuana businesses, has been named a co-conspirator in a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case that hopes to shut down the Georgetown-based medical marijuana dispensary Healthy Phar...
Editorial Cartoon: Parking Gets Cutthroat at Assembly
Parking space spotted, two degrees north by northwest, full speed ahead!...
Time to Ditch Your Listing Presentation
Are you still doing a listing “presentation” where you use slides or do most of the talking? If you want to convert more listing appointments into signed listings, it’s time to shift from doing listing presentations to doing listening consultations. ...
Hot Property: 25 Thomson Place
25 Thomson is highly competitive in the Boston market and has been effectively positioned as an ideal place for growing tech-based companies in the city’s hottest neighborhood....
Transfer of Ownership Could Be a Wynn for Everyone
After all the fights, lawsuits and corporate posturing, MGM might get its hands on the Boston-area casino license after all. ...
Architects Push the Limits of Old Materials in New Construction
Vanity, after all, is often what pushes architects and designers to do their very best work. If you’re not trying to stand out and be the best, how could you possibly distinguish yourself and set your work apart?...
Equity-Affluent Americans Have Options
Americans are awash in record amounts of equity in their homes, posing the question for millions: So what do we do with it? ...
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