The MBTA’s proposed slimmed-down service menu for 2021 could cause indigestion for downtown Boston office landlords, discourage multifamily development near commuter rail stations and widen social inequities in accessing reliable transportation, real estate industry and economic development sources predict.
A German life science contract manufacturer has selected a Boxborough property for its U.S. expansion and inked a lease for 118,000 square feet.
Office vacancies and sublease listings soared during the third quarter as companies continued to hold off on long-term real estate decisions, according to local brokerage research.
As a former architect and development adviser for Colliers International, Mark Rosenshein has the savvy to help developers design and permit complex projects.
Sprawling waterfront development parcels and a transit-friendly downtown have proven to be powerful lures for projects in Lynn, attracting institutional investors and interest from national developers.
A Framingham office building that’s 100-percent leased to tenants including Fidelity Investments and Liberty Mutual has been acquired by Burlington-based R.J. Kelly Co. for $12.4 million.
A Georgia-based manufacturer of cabinetry is establishing its first Massachusetts presence at a Norton property owned by Boston-based Paradigm Properties.
A slew of covered land plays in recent weeks, from Widette Circle to Alewife, are giving investors a ready stream of rent while they assess the impact of COVID-19 on real estate and plan their next moves in growing development clusters.
Cooperative housing ownership structures are common in New York City but rare in Boston, and even harder to find in Massachusetts’ suburbs.
During the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, brokers for Colliers International’s southwest team completed 85,000 square feet of office leases at KS Partners’ three-building Dedham Row portfolio.
Facebook is considering its largest expansion in Massachusetts since arriving in Cambridge’s Kendall Square in 2013, as it scouts potential locations for up to 350,000 square feet of additional space.
Brookline town meeting Tuesday authorized the $14.8 million purchase of a 4-acre portion of the Newbury College campus from an Ohio developer that plans senior housing on part of the remaining site.
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
Local commercial real estate researchers are tracking nearly 500,000 square feet of sublease space in Greater Boston that’s hit the market since mid-March as the area faces questions about the future of office space and a sizable construction pipeline.
Tech data company IDG will make the move from Metrowest to the Route 128 office market with the consolidation of its headquarters in Needham.
As Boston’s second largest landlord, WeWork now faces possibly an even bigger challenge than just hanging onto tenants amid the worst downturn since the 1930s.
Pursuing lab users continues to be an effective strategy for suburban Boston developers in early 2020, as life science tenants comprised a majority of space commitments in the first quarter.
A two-building commercial property on the outskirts of Harvard Square has been sold for $16.1 million to a Cambridge-based developer.
Demand for industrial real estate remained strong in eastern Massachusetts with leasing activity contributing to a 1-million-square-foot uptick in absorption during the first quarter.
DivcoWest has sold an 86,040-square-foot office building outside Harvard Square for $101.25 million after less than three years of ownership.
