This Week’s Paper
Mismatched Priorities Extend Lab Market Woes
Commercial landlords’ business model and small biotech companies’ needs are at odds, throwing obstacles in the paths of filling empty lab buildings and form the next generation of industry giants, alike....
Growing the Workforce by Growing Others’ Businesses
Joe Rettman and NEI General Contracting are helping subcontractors grow in their bid to relieve the pressure on the Massachusetts' construction labor market....
Why Did the State’s Top Tax Official Ignore Boston’s Tax Mess?
What’s up with state Commissioner of Revenue Geoffrey Snyder? Why won’t he look into Boston’s admission that it hiked taxes on 150 struggling commercial buildings?...
Watertown Lab Market Chips into Vacancies
No one is prepared to say that Greater Boston’s third-largest lab market is in full recovery mode. But Watertown lab vacancies have started falling....
The Gossip Report: Oct. 2, 2026
This week’s roundup of Massachusetts’ most expensive home sales turned up nothing but Nantucket transactions....
Tenant Right to Purchase Bill Closer than Ever on Beacon Hill
Tenant advocates are heartened while landlord groups are steadfastly opposed to TOPA measures included in the Legislature’s sweeping economic development bills....
Why Real Estate Has to Be Part of Biotech’s Comeback
Lab lease terms are a real hurdle to getting the biotech industry back into growth mode. Here’s why you should rethink yours....
The Housing Crisis is Urgent and Statewide. The Solutions Should be Too
The Legislature has until January to act, but every month of delay means more families priced out and more slow-walking of the homes the state needs....
How to Keep Gateway Cities Growing
Between inflation, the high cost of borrowing and an immigration crackdown, growth in Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities is slowing. Three ideas can turn things around....
2026 Is an Inflection Year for Greater Boston’s Lab Market
Greater Boston’s life science real estate market is beginning to show clearer signs of an inflection point after several years of supply growth, declining rents and subdued tenant demand....
They’ve Got the Power in the Suburban Flex Market
When biotech startups are ready to graduate from incubators, a frequent destination is Cummings Properties’ 11 million square-foot portfolio in Boston’s northern suburbs....
Investor Lending Made Easy
For years, small-time investors could gain the same kind of favorable financing available to buyers who planned to live in their homes. Lately, they're opting for different types of funding....
Hot Property: Merrimack on Main
A historic Merrimack Valley building is now host to a local college's creative arts programs following an adaptive reuse project by Lupoli Companies....
The Gossip Report: Sept. 25, 2026
The fifth entry in this week’s roundup of Massachusetts’ most expensive home sales can boast windows on three sides, despite having a mid-block address....
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