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A Banker Trying to Walk the Walk
Corporate responsibility is part of PeoplesBank’s DNA, but under Matthew Bannister’s leadership it also became a key tool as the Holyoke bank expanded into Connecticut.
A&S Clauses Take on New Importance in Lease Negotiations
With so much sublease space on the market in Boston’s biotech sector, well-crafted assignment and sublet clause are vital to give landlords and tenants a clear framework to reduce the risk of disputes.
The Making of a Top SBA Lender
Brookline Bank was named the top SBA 7(a) lender to manufacturers for 2024 by the Massachusetts SBA District Office. And Tom Smith is one of the people it can thank for that.
Firm Leaves Big Mark on Campus
Timothy Mansfield, a 31-year CambridgeSeven employee, takes the helm at the storied design firm as it and demands from one of its traditional client bases – higher education – are in transition.
A Growing Lender’s Deposit Advantage
Brian Harrington joined Merrimack Valley Credit Union as its vice president of finance and treasury at an intriguing time. The financial institution is about to rebrand as it grows its footprint across three states.
Putting Donors’ Dollars to Work in Housing Production
A career spent in the social impact and human service sectors has impressed upon United Way interim CEO Daphne Principe-Griffin the central importance of housing in improving residents’ quality of life.
When Others Say Say No, They Give a Quick Yes
A new fund managed by Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp., led by Moddie Turay, will offer financing to preserve private but moderately-priced housing.
A Downtown Blueprint for the Route 128 Belt
Under CEO Peter Gottlieb, Hobbs Brook Real Estate has bucked suburban Boston vacancy trends by executing 683,000 square feet of office leases in the past 12 months – 15 percent of its portfolio.
Advice for Developers Fills the Luxury Market Niches
Over the past four decades in Boston-area luxury brokerage, Sue Hawkes has followed the market’s shifts during up-and-down cycles. Now, her firm is casting an eye towards the suburbs.
Building Solutions to the Affordability Challenge
Bay Staters’ ability to afford their first home is getting worse and worse. Elliot Schmiedl is the point person for one of the newest attempts to reverse that.
Keeping a Close Ear to the Ground in the Fenway
Steve Farrell is leading Fenway Community Development Corp. as the 51-year-old nonprofit housing agency expands its development and acquisition pipeline.
A New Face on Familiar Terrain
Business confidence is rising in Massachusetts and Ren Cato, a new senior business banker at South Shore Bank, hopes to harness that to drive growth for the bank.
Best Practices for Keeping Heads in Beds
Big data, AI, attracting and retaining apartment tenants in a temporarily saturated high-end market – it’s all in a day’s work for Peabody Properties’ vice president of operations, Adam Kenney.
Strategic Moves in Newton
As one generation of The Village Bank executives hand the baton to a new cohort, the current and former board chairs – one a former TVB CEO – and the current CEO reflect on how strategic planning has changed in the banking sector.
Express Lane Acquisitions Fuel Shopping Center Owner’s Growth
As a vice president at RK Centers, Ken Fries orchestrated recent deals including the $26.3 million acquisition of the Stop & Shop-anchored 99 Charles St. in Malden.
A Century of Arguing Property Rights in the Courts
Eminent domain disputes in Boston, Somerville and Nahant in the headlines all have a common thread: Attorney George McLaughlin III represents the owners fighting government takings.
Creating a Common Framework for Building Contractors
John Ferrante is charting a course for Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts that takes a broader view of what a trade group is for, adding workforce development and more to its advocacy work.
The $28B Merger That’s Not About Scale
Once DCU and California-based First Tech Credit Union join up, the combined entity will be one of the five or six biggest credit unions in the nation. But to its future president and CEO, Shruti Miyashiro, this deal wasn’t about chasing size.
Life Science Is Part of TRIA’S DNA
Sherwood Butler’s on-the-job training designing life science projects early in his career prepared him for the rising demand for lab design, a specialty he turned into a business when he founded Boston-based TRIA in 2015.
After Surviving Downturn, Firm Finds Growth Footing
As college classmates-turned-co-founders of Dorchester’s RODE Architects, Eric Robinson and Kevin Deabler have carved out a niche designing mid-sized projects in Boston’s neighborhoods.
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