Malden and five other cities have struggled to draw investment to its blighted downtown areas. But thanks to a new partnership with MassDevelopment, locals hope that’s about to change
Old-style duplexes make up only 3 percent of new homes in Massachusetts. But CDCs like OneHolyoke are keeping them alive in the state’s Gateway Cities.
After sitting vacant for decades, a 111-year-old mill complex in downtown Holyoke has been converted into 88 loft-style senior living apartments.
As MIT-trained scientists pursue clean energy breakthroughs at Cambridge and Somerville incubators, Gateway Cities are seeking to capture a share of Massachusetts’ growing decarbonization economy.
A new state fund outlined in a bill before the state legislature would help facilitate improvements to underutilized commercial or industrial buildings in economically distressed areas.
A 180-unit market-rate apartment complex in Holyoke has been sold for $19.75 million to a New York multifamily investor.
The last piece of financing – $23 million provided by Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp. – has been put in place for a new 38-unit affordable, multifamily rental housing complex in Holyoke.
PeoplesBank has restored and renovated the Hildreth House in Holyoke for its newest banking center.
Holyoke will be the site of Amazon’s latest distribution center this fall, according to city Mayor Alex Morse.
Officials in the Pioneer Valley are hailing a new, daily Amtrak service through the region as a potentially “game-changing” economic development opportunity.
A 150-year-old brick mill in Holyoke could soon become a hub for Massachusetts’ burgeoning marijuana industry following a $3.2 million sale.
As proposals to build new pipelines and related infrastructure meet opposition from community leaders and environmental activists across Massachusetts, gas companies have frozen new gas hookups several communities citing a lack of pipeline capacity.
Epstein Financial Services has relocated to East Longmeadow from its old office in Holyoke. The new, expanded office space is at 12 Somers Road in East Longmeadow.
Prestige Properties & Development Co. of Manhattan has acquired Holyoke Crossing, a 140,361-square-foot retail power center, for $33.3 million.
