East Boston’s Waterfront, Reimagined
Boston’s historic waterfront – once a booming working center for our region’s shipping and maritime industry – is experiencing an inspiring rebirth.
Emergency Communications Software Company Expands In Burlington
Emergency communications software company Everbridge has leased 46,000 square feet at the recently-renovated 25 Corporate Drive in Burlington with an option to expand to more than 70,000 square feet within two years.
Winthrop Square Tower Could Shift More Flights North Of Boston
Construction of a 775-foot-tall skyscraper in...
Grocery-Anchored Centers Thrive In The Suburbs
The retail landscape is shifting. After increasing growth in recent years across secondary markets, investment and development momentum is veering toward these non-gateway markets. The suburbs are hot – and investors are noticing.
Retail Clusters Create Suburban Destinations
The past year has seen impressive results for suburban retail in Greater Boston, with core markets like Burlington, Braintree, Framingham and Peabody continuing to dominate. However, it’s also been a year of transformation for the market.
New Tool In Anti-Displacement Fight
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh wants to give renters new protections against eviction in the city’s ever-inflating real estate market, but the proposal is just one of a series of anti-displacement policies up for consideration in the coming months.
2017 Looks To Be Another Good Year For Commercial Real Estate
PwC and the Urban Land Institute have published their 2017 outlook on national real estate investment and development trends.
A Retail Niche Where The Rules Don’t Apply
Retailers typically look for locations with plenty of foot traffic, good highway access and convenient public transit connections. Toss those considerations out the window when looking for a marijuana dispensary site
What Does BPDA Stand For?
The agency that’s responsible for managing Boston’s building boom has a new name, logo and set of strategies for connecting with its constituencies. But as it sheds its 59-year-old handle in favor of the Boston Planning & Development Agency, it’s facing a fresh round of questions about
One Hotel, Two Flags In Seaport Development Plan
Harbinger Development has filed plans for Marine...
Developing A Different Product In The Merrimack Valley
Sal Lupoli is sold on the future of the Merrimack Valley real estate market. The founder of the Sal’s Pizza and Salvatore’s restaurant chains has cooked up a second career as a real estate developer, restoring the massive Riverwalk mill complex in Lawrence into a multitenant office and medical complex.
BRA Picks Millennium’s $1B Plan For Winthrop Square
Millennium Partners has been designated as developer of the Winthrop Square garage site at 115 Federal St. in Boston.
Streamlining The Development Process
The old adage that “time is money” is particularly true when undertaking the permitting process for new development.
Mining Data To Predict Underground Conditions
Today, geotechnical exploration is taking advantage of data mining concepts to predict subsurface conditions. Traditional methods of drilling soil borings are still necessary,
An Open-Book Approach To Urban Renewal
Boston’s hot real estate market is challenging for everyone, no matter which side of the transaction table you’re sitting. Properties and parcels are fetching top dollar, and sales and leases have become incredibly competitive to snag. How are community development corporations faring when there is such a premium for space and resources?
Sudbury Sees Benefits Of Mixed-Use Developments
Twenty years ago, Sudbury officials probably would have bemoaned the loss of a major employer like Raytheon and the prospect of 50 acres of light industrial land along Route 20 sitting vacant for perhaps years.
Replacing Cubicles With Cabins
Working with commercial real estate tenants on their space needs didn’t used to be this complicated.
Blue Line Parcels Under The Microscope
For Revere’s largest development in decades, 2016 is shaping up as a potential tipping point. Two luxury apartment complexes containing 424 units are the first phase of the 1.4-million-square-foot Waterfront Square, which is designed to fill in nearly 9 acres of parking lots next to the MBTA’s Wonderland station. Up to 900 market-rate housing units could be built in all, along with shops and cafés.
Boston’s Towers Weather Brexit Well – For Now
Short-term, the Brits and their boneheaded and oh-so-Trumpian vote to give the finger to the European Union could give a surprise boost Greater Boston’s booming real estate market.
Medford Revisits Downtown Redevelopment
Add Medford to the list of inner-ring Boston suburbs where development is starting to spike.
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