Despite Green Light, Cambridge Housing Proceeds with Caution

Affordable developers have been treading carefully despite theoretical zoning permission to build tall, including shrinking buildings to placate neighbors.

Red traffic light with a construction site in the background

Sluggish Permitting Blamed for Worsening Housing Crisis

Greater Boston communities’ drawn-out land-use permitting inhibits development and further drives up some of the nation’s highest apartment rents and home prices, according to an analysis by The Pioneer Institute.

The Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants last week launched the Financial Literacy for Newcomers Program

Biz Groups Waver on Boston Tax Deal

Business organizations urged Beacon Hill legislators to pause approval of a new property tax structure raising rates on commercial properties in Boston following the release of new assessment data.

A sunny-day photo of the Edgewater Business Park in Waltham

Eastern Bank Slashes Suburban Office Footprint

Eastern Bank is consolidating its suburban office space north of Boston to a Wakefield office park owned by Hobbs Brook Real Estate.

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