As natural gas bans proliferate in Greater Boston communities, utilities are stepping into the search for fossil fuel-free heating and cooling systems. In Framingham, Eversource is set to start work on an experiment with ground-sourced heat pumps.
The first large apartment complex has been proposed in Framingham since the city’s 15-month multifamily development moratorium expired.
Major life science developer King Street Properties has sold three Framingham properties to the investment arm of a major Canadian pension fund.
State field teams will fan out across five communities that have recorded persistent dangerously-high transmission rates for COVID-19 as the state seeks to stamp out the disease.
Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer has rejected an attempt by the City Council to freeze approval of new multifamily developments in the city.
A proposal to convert a former shoe factory in Framingham to 258 market-rate and affordable apartments has landed construction financing.
Framingham’s City Council looks at 1,400 new apartments downtown and sees not new life, new residents and a newfound vibrancy, but rather trouble ahead in more traffic on city roads and more students in city schools.
Struggling office supply retail chain Staples has sold its Framingham headquarters to a major, New York-based REIT.
A retail plaza at a key intersection in northern Framingham could soon be redeveloped into a village center-style retail and multifamily project.
A real estate developer that specializes in industrial acquisitions has relocated to a new headquarters space in a Framingham property that it acquired earlier this year.
The $120 million acquisition of a Framingham office building is a sign of TJX Cos.’ long-term plans to grow in its MetroWest home base.
A Framingham farm could become the latest marijuana growing facility in Massachusetts under a plan to be put to the city’s planning board tonight.
Suburban life science developer King Street Properties has been named “Landlord of the Year” by the membership of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board Commercial Brokers Association.
The apartment business runs in the family at The Hamilton Co., the Allston-based landlord and developer founded by the late Harold Brown. His son Jameson, after working as a real estate agent in Boston, joined the company in 2009. Following his father’s retirement in November 2017, Jameson Brown was named co-CEO along with Chief Financial Officer Andy Bloch.
A San Francisco multifamily real estate investor has made its first acquisition in Greater Boston, paying $130 million for a 562-unit apartment complex in Westborough.
A Framingham apartment complex overlooking the Foss Reservoir has sold for $227.05 million.
The state’s U.S. Census liaison is reporting “encouraging numbers” about population growth ahead of next year’s Census, with the largest population increases since the 2010 Census in the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Everett and Lowell.
Gateway Cities like Lawrence that are within bearable commuting distance of Boston’s core have seen demand for their houses soar as Boston homebuyers seek to avoid the hellish traffic and transit problems gripping the region.
Communities west of Boston and near Interstate 495 continue to enjoy commercial rents and home prices well below averages in the metropolitan area despite steady population growth, according to a new report.
Walk down the streets of downtown Framingham, and you’ll witness something you haven’t seen in 40 years – new residential construction that is bringing vitality to the neighborhood.
