Time to Worry About WeWork

Beware of a business model that involves betting the house – or, in this case, the office tower – on the ability to push already sky-high rents ever higher, year after year, recessions be damned.

Hot Property: Pappas Commerce Center 

The two-story, 150,000-square-foot Pappas Commerce Center was recently renovated to provide office, flex and lab space with 75,000-square-foot floor plates, 15-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows with harbor and skyline views.

Lease Roundup: Dec. 21-Jan. 23

Companies are constantly on the move in the Bay State’s dynamic commercial real estate market. It’s a high stakes game of musical chairs – and the landlords with the best information on who’s heading where have an inside edge.

Frontage Road Debate: Revenues vs. Resiliency?

Weston-based Charles River Watershed Assoc. has floated two proposals for the Frontage Road site, including a no-build option that would restore the property as a wetland that could absorb stormwater and harbor flooding.

Curtain Falls On Arts Venues

While commercial developers move forward with large indoor concert halls in the Fenway and North Station, a study has concluded that prospects for enhancing Boston’s community arts venues are growing dimmer.