by State House News Service | Oct 31, 2024
Homeowners clamoring for state help as they deal with the hefty costs of fixing their crumbling foundations, which could eventually render their houses unlivable, called on Gov. Maura Healey Wednesday to wield her executive power to kickstart a potential solution.
by Steve Adams | Oct 31, 2024
Vacancies in Greater Boston’s industrial market have risen for eight straight quarters, topping 11 percent as a recent development surge has left many newly-completed properties still seeking tenants.
by Sam Lattof | Oct 31, 2024
A pair of new surveys of local companies show business conditions in Massachusetts are favorable headed into the final quarter of the year.
by Steve Adams | Oct 31, 2024
A seasonal beer garden is expanding into a yearround location at Watertown’s Arsenal Yards, leasing 4,000 square feet for a new taproom.
by Steve Adams | Oct 30, 2024
The deal between Mayor Michelle Wu and four business groups will see commercial property tax rates rise, but not by as much as previously feared.
by Steve Adams | Oct 30, 2024
Milton officials are putting out feelers for developer interest in a fire station property that is offered for redevelopment or an adaptive reuse project.
by Sam Lattof | Oct 30, 2024
Small business banking customers are increasingly satisfied with the service they are receiving from banks and are confident that banks can meet their future needs.
by Steve Adams | Oct 30, 2024
The developer of a large apartment complex in the Fenway is proposing the first office-to-residential conversion in Boston’s North End, a project that would create 57 apartments near North Station.
by James Sanna | Oct 30, 2024
State officials have picked Northampton to round out its fossil fuel-free building pilot program, skipping over an application from Somerville officials.
by State House News Service | Oct 30, 2024
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Board voted Monday to appoint Marcel Vernon Sr. to lead the quasi-public agency into its next chapter, choosing the chief financial officer of a Boston-based social services organization with experience in state government over a leader from Washington D.C.’s convention center authority.
by Sam Lattof | Oct 29, 2024
NBT Bank made both deposit and income gains in the third quarter of 2024, partially a result of the acquisition of Western Massachusetts’ Salisbury Bank.
by Steve Adams | Oct 29, 2024
A Boston developer is seeking approval for 273 apartments in the largest recent development proposal in Everett’s burgeoning Commercial Triangle district.
by State House News Service | Oct 29, 2024
Rather than call in enough Democrats from the House’s supermajority to facilitate enactment of a clean energy bill, House Speaker Ronald Mariano said Monday he will postpone consideration of the climate compromise until whenever an as-yet-unfiled economic development accord surfaces.
by Steve Adams | Oct 28, 2024
The $500 million energy storage project proposed in the first phase of The Davis Cos. redevelopment of Everett’s former Exxon Mobil fuel tank farm received a key state approval.
by Steve Adams | Oct 28, 2024
A mostly-vacant office building in Boston’s Financial District is the latest to join the city’s incentive program encouraging residential conversions.
by Sam Lattof | Oct 28, 2024
While interest rate shifts saw income decrease, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston saw its assets increase in the third quarter of 2024.
by Steve Adams | Oct 28, 2024
A cold storage operator acquired an approved development site in a Fall River industrial park for a new facility scheduled to break ground in early 2025.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 28, 2024
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
by CommonWealth Beacon | Oct 28, 2024
MBTA officials say fare collection efforts are being stepped up on the commuter rail system, but the loss of revenue remains a problem, with a quarter of fares not being collected on trains operating out of South Station.
by State House News Service | Oct 28, 2024
After almost a full year without a permanent director at the helm, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is down to two candidates to lead it into its next chapter: the CFO of a Boston-based social services organization, or the senior vice president of operations of D.C.’s conventions and entertainment authority.