Merrimack Valley Credit Union Rebrands After Growth Spurt
The rebranding comes after the lender merged with Waltham’s RTN Credit Union last summer to form one of the five largest credit unions in Massachusetts.
Poll Tests Statewide Support for MBTA Zoning Law
The controversial MBTA Communities Act has generated legal action and plenty of hand-wringing around Beacon Hill, but a new poll found voters are more likely to support the zoning reform measure than oppose it.
Developer Proposes Partial Lab Conversion in Leather District
Three years after paying $210 million for an office building in Boston’s Leather District, a life science developer is proposing a partial conversion for lab space.
Personnel File – No. 381
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
Mass. Economic Plans on Hold Due to Beacon Hill Dispute
Nearly three months into the new fiscal year, about one quarter of the state’s planned capital spending for economic development is tied up in an ongoing dispute among top House and Senate Democrats, according to a new report.
NAIOP Pushes for Delay in New Boston Affordability Rules
Pointing to the doldrums in which housing development has been stuck, industry group NAIOP Massachusetts asked the Wu administration to delay next week’s implementation of higher affordability requirements.
TD Bank President Announces Retirement
TD Bank will have a new president and chief executive officer in April 2025.
Banks Can Win by Leading the Low-Carbon Transition. Here’s How
The global transition to a low-carbon economy is not just about managing risk – it’s a massive commercial opportunity for banks.
States Are Taking the Fight to Squatters
Some states are taking long-overdue legislative steps to deal with squatters: people who take over others’ properties without their consent, sometimes dumping the owner’s stuff and trashing their homes.
Building Opportunities for a New Generation
A self-described “builder,” the outgoing executive director of the Builders of Color Coalition, Colleen Fonseca, is reflecting on how much the group has achieved in three years, and where it still wants to grow.
Hot Property: Toll Brothers at The Pinehills
The newest 55-and-over community at Plymouth’s Pinehills includes 44 single-family homes ranging from 2,133 to over 3,300 square feet.
Nantucket Can’t Find Consensus on STRs
Nantucket’s thriving short-term rental industry offers benefits in a major source of local tax revenues and income for homeowners, but has attracted blowback in recent years for absentee investors’ role in the residential real estate market.
Harris Wants to Offer $25K Down Payment Assistance Grants. Will They Help?
If the state’s housing supply doesn’t also get a significant boost, some worry that a pulse of new aspiring homebuyers might only send demand – and thus prices – higher and higher.
Progressive Leader Misses the Mark with Housing Plan
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rose to national prominence with her Green New Deal. Now, she’s turning her attention to the nation’s housing crisis with similar fanciful thinking.
Sept. 23, 2024
Mass. Doesn’t Need a Hammer to Get More Housing Production
What if we could solve the affordable housing problem of Massachusetts towns with a few strokes of a (free) lawyer’s pen? A pro-business legal group has a new idea and an offer that Bay State local governments cannot refuse.
Beacon Hill Stalemate Could Hold Back Everett Docklands Project
Greater Boston’s clean energy sector has emerged as the nation’s fourth-largest industry cluster, but the fate of high-profile projects in Boston and Everett hinges upon approval of new procurement laws left in limbo in the past legislative session.
Boston Renter Is One-Third of Typical Income
While the median asking rent has dropped marginally year-over-year, Greater Boston renters are faced with the fifth-highest financial burden in the country.
Community Good Works
Country Bank donated its former 191 Sykes St. branch in Palmer, valued at $500,000, to Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School to provide classrooms and office space for the school’s expanding adult-ed programs. See who else gave back.
Feb. 2 ADU Deadline Looms as Next Housing Front
As officials start gathering information to write regulations implementing Massachusetts’ new ADU-legalization law, a top housing leader says property owners are raising “lots” of questions.
