MCCA Says Development Would Be Lifeline for Hotels
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center officials framed their plans for commercial development on 6.2 acres of nearby parcels as a necessary lifeline to hotels in the neighborhood.
Newton REIT Sells Hotel Portfolio for $137.3M
Newton-based Service Properties Trust sold a portfolio of Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott hotels for $137.3 million to a joint venture.
Convention Biz, Vital to Hoteliers, Bouncing Back ‘Extremely Well’
After two years when its gathering halls were nearly empty of traditional big events, save for COVID vaccination clinics, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority officials have declared that they just completed their most successful financial year in history.
Bill Would Phase Out Shelter-Based Emergency Housing
Advocates for people experiencing homelessness and elected officials are hoping to capitalize on pandemic-era experiences in an effort to shift the state’s shelter system to other settings, like repurposed hotels or purpose-built shelters with individual rooms.
COVID Sinks Leather District Hotel Project
The pandemic’s blows to the hospitality industry are prompting developers of a 230-room hotel approved for Boston’s Leather District to change course and propose 115 housing units instead.
