Wealthy Vacation Home Buyers Add to Cape, Berkshires Rental Crunch
Vacation home-owners once rented to year-round residents in the off-season. Now they lean toward short-term rentals, and it’s pulled at least 9,000 homes off the rental market.
PHOTOS: South Station’s Got a Bold, New Space
Commuter rail riders passing through South Station have been able to watch the monumental, 6-story arches that support Hines’ new office-and-residential tower take shape for several years.
Now, they finally get to walk underneath them.
Calare Leases Back Property to North Shore Manufacturer
Framingham-based Calare Properties expanded its industrial portfolio through a sale lease-back transaction with a North Shore manufacturer.
Will Healey Pick Up Aggressive Housing Ideas?
A blue-ribbon commission appointed by Gov. Maura Healey has suggested allowing up to four units on residential lots statewide that have existing sewer and water connections, among other recommendations.
Hot Property: Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum’s current exhibition features artwork of some of the city’s iconic buildings – and one that never got built – created by a prolific Winthrop architectural illustrator.
Generational Transition Takes Effect at National Development
Brian Kavoogian taking the helm at National Development, with a new leadership structure, as the storied company positions itself for the next real estate cycle with a focus on senior housing.
Mass. Environmentalism Has Hurt Our AI Prospects
As they spend billions on new AI ventures, tech companies are specifically seeking out states with nuclear plants, which can provide the kind of consistent, reliable power.
Housing Production Depends on Transforming the MBTA’s Suburban Transit
Suburban transit isn’t just about getting people to work – it’s about supporting local economies and making Greater Boston more livable. But right now, it is treated as an afterthought.
Braintree Retail Plaza Trades for $30M
A Braintree retail property anchored by a future Amazon Fresh store was acquired for nearly $30 million by a Needham developer.
Lyrik Back Bay Adding a Peruvian Flavor
A Peruvian-themed restaurant became the sixth retail tenant to lease space at Samuels & Associates’ Lyrik Back Bay development.
Community Good Works
Residential brokerage Jack Conway gave $500 to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation after the nonprofit was selected by one of its agents who won the right during a raffle at the company’s annual conference. See who else gave back.
Senate Budget Chief: Mass. Economic Health ‘At Risk of Being Upended’
The Senate budget chief knocked the possibility of dipping into the state’s more than $8 billion rainy day fund Thursday to address financial woes, but also warned that federal policymaking and looming cuts could cripple Massachusetts’s economic wellbeing.
Woburn Transit Hub Offered for Development, with Housing Limits
State real estate officials are seeking developers’ pitches for a transit-oriented project at the MBTA’s Anderson station in Woburn.
Trump Pledges Canada, Mexico Tariffs Will Start Tuesday
For the Massachusetts real estate and housing industries, tariffs could potentially hit in two ways: higher materials costs and higher mortgage rates, driven by rising bond yields and inflation fears.
Ex-Iron Mountain Building Slated for Redevelopment, with Wine Cellar
A Brookline developer seeks to modernize and expand a former Iron Mountain records warehouse in Boston’s Newmarket district for a range of commercial uses including an 813-unit self-storage facility.
John Fish, Cynthia Fish Give $10M to Private School
A private seaside boarding school on the South Coast is the recipient of a $10 million gift from construction magnate John Fish and his wife Cynthia Fish.
Legislature’s Housing, Transportation Committees Get New Leadership
House Speaker Ronald Mariano said he tried to “shuffle the deck a little bit” to get more representatives more experience and to restock the pipeline of women on track for higher posts.
Healey: HDIP Expansion Grew Gateway Cities Housing Pipeline by 600 Percent
Gov. Maura Healey took time out of her speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Wednesday to tout her administration’s recent housing wins.
MBTA Communities Holdout Town Agrees to Comply
The town of Holden, one of the first to defy the state’s MBTA Communities transit-oriented zoning law alongside Milton, has agreed to fall in line.
Courthouse-Multifamily Combo Pitched in South Boston
The Cedarwood Group has filed plans with Boston officials to turn a former bank branch into an unusual mix of apartments and a municipal courthouse.
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