by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 14, 2019
Dignitaries gathered Wednesday to celebrate the start of renovations to Boston’s Armory Street Apartments in Jamaica Plain and the groundbreaking for a 349-unit housing development being built on adjacent city land.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 13, 2019
A large affordable housing project could be coming to Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, courtesy of the Pine Street Inn homeless shelter.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 11, 2019
A new partnership between a major local event producer and Citizens Bank will result in a new name for one of the Theater District’s iconic venues.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Mar 10, 2019
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.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 8, 2019
A 19-building apartment portfolio in Boston and Lynn has obtained $62 million in recapitalization financing.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 25, 2019
A mixed-use building in Boston’s Downtown Crossing shopping district at the center of a court case over appraisers’ conflicts of interest has been sold for nearly $22 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 21, 2019
The city of Boston intends to put $16.3 million in city funds towards the creation of 290 affordable housing units, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Wednesday, part of a series of development projects containing 515 units.
by Bram Berkowitz | Feb 15, 2019
JPMorgan Chase opened its first retail branch in the city of Boston earlier this week, and it is clearly not afraid to flex its muscles.
by Steve Adams | Feb 10, 2019
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.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 30, 2019
Under an ordinance Boston Mayor Marty Walsh filed on Monday, electric scooter-sharing companies like Bird and LIME could soon be able to operate in Boston.
by State House News Service | Jan 30, 2019
Boston must improve energy efficiency and convert completely to cleanly produced electricity in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, according to the new Carbon Free Boston Report.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 27, 2019
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.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 14, 2019
Seven projects in Massachusetts have received nearly $12.2 million in financing from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, which will fund the creation or preservation of 779 affordable housing units in 19 projects.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Jan 13, 2019
To understand why the Back Bay is such a highly desirable location for businesses of all stripes, you need to look beyond neighborhood’s high-profile towers, as impressive as they may be.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 7, 2019
Boston is planning to ask state legislators for freedom to increase the per-square-foot affordable housing and job training fees the city charges developers when they want.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 6, 2019
Congratulations Massachusetts, you’ve done it again – though December figures aren’t yet in, 2018 is going to smash the single-family home price record. And that record is only a year old.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 3, 2019
Boston is one of the best cities in the country in which to seek employment.
by Steve Adams | Dec 9, 2018
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.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 7, 2018
Most small businesses in the Boston area expect to finish the year on a high note.
by Steve Adams | Dec 2, 2018
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.