As the life science sector continues to remain one of the few bright spots in Greater Boston’s commercial real estate market during this recession, Alexandria Real Estate Equities filed plans to add a 370,000-square-foot infill office/lab building in Kendall Square.
Particularly in these COVID-19 times, when financial institutions, commercial real estate agencies or construction/design firms are grappling with how to cut costs without cutting personnel, the advantages of trimming costs can be very appealing.
In many markets the demand for lab spacehas exceeded the current inventory of available lab space, leading to the trend of building owners and developers exploring the option of converting existing commercial office buildings to provide a much-needed solution.
A recap of commercial and industrial property sales in Massachusetts for the month.
In the months ahead, we can expect more strides in regtech and suptech in the United States and globally due to the clear benefits of improved regulatory impacts and reduced industry and agency costs.
Greater Boston’s massive life science real estate boom largely bypassed Somerville and Charlestown in recent years as growing firms gravitated toward western suburbs instead.
As the office market in Greater Boston continues to suffer amidst the pandemic – with firms listing more than 2.7 million square feet of office sublease space in recent months – the region’s life-science sector remains red-hot, as biotech and pharmaceutical companies continue to sign major leases and relentlessly look to expand.
FinTech Sandbox had expected to welcome thousands of people to Boston this week for its fourth annual FinTech Week. But despite the pandemic – the conference has been rescheduled until March 2021 – the nonprofit still has big news: a new executive director in the person of Kelly Fryer.
By looking for ways to cut public transit in response to the COVID-19 recession, state leaders could be handicapping efforts to help the state recover once the virus has been tamed.
Who do you call when you realize you need to rein in money-laundering megabanks?
As a former architect and development adviser for Colliers International, Mark Rosenshein has the savvy to help developers design and permit complex projects.
Rent acceleration clauses allow landlords to evict defaulted tenants and demand that they immediately pay all remaining rent through the end of the lease term as liquidated damages.
Boston-based architects Dyer Brown designed WinnCompanies’ new 27,000-square-foot headquarters at 1 Washington Mall to evoke the look and feel of CEO Gilbert Winn’s favorite local hotels.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed lenders into an unfamiliar space as they continue to try and meet their customers’ needs for working capital as payment cycles get disrupted.
Greater Boston remains at the epicenter of the life sciences market in the country – if not the world – and the demand for state-of-the-art space has never been higher.
While proximity to Cambridge is important, and lab deals typically beget only more lab deals, there’s more to Watertown than that.
The redevelopment of Suffolk Downs promises to be one of the biggest real estate plays in Boston’s history, but amid a dire shortage of middle-class housing, it also represents a massive missed opportunity.
Sellers who need to bring their kitchens up to date, repair foundation cracks or make other fixes before putting their places on the market might not have to reach into their own pockets to do so.
A convicted bank robber from Rhode Island fraudulently obtained $600,000 in forgivable federal business loans and spent $30,000 in Las Vegas before being caught, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
