by Scott Van Voorhis | Jan 23, 2022
Home prices in suburban Boston have surged during the pandemic, with disenchanted urbanites and others looking for more space to spread out. But it’s had only a limited impact, if that, on the commercial real estate market in Greater Boston’s sprawling suburbs.
by Steve Adams | Dec 13, 2020
There’s a land grab going on in central Massachusetts as developers seek sites where new drug candidates invented in Greater Boston’s ever-expanding lab facilities can be tested.
by Banker & Tradesman | Nov 18, 2020
A REIT owned by pension giant TIAA has made a large industrial acquisition in the Interstate 495 corridor.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 10, 2020
A 3.6 million-square-foot portfolio of industrial properties is hitting the market in the Boston area.
by Steve Adams | Sep 17, 2019
Stoughton-based Conroy Development is the new owner of a Taunton distribution facility for Williams Sonoma-affiliated furniture brands.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 12, 2019
An Andover office building near the intersection of Interstates 93 and 495 has sold for $8.27 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 5, 2019
A company that provides pharmacy services for nursing homes and senior living facilities is relocating to Taunton’s Myles Standish Boulevard.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 3, 2019
A luxury apartment complex in Marlborough has been sold for $44.25 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 19, 2019
A Chelmsford flex portfolio occupied by such tenants as Endeavor Robotics and Thermo Fisher Scientific has been sold for $15.75 million to a Springfield investor.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 13, 2019
A pair of fully leased industrial buildings in Leominster have been acquired for $7.45 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 6, 2019
A 171,245-square-foot industrial portfolio in Marlborough has sold for just over $18 million.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jul 23, 2019
In an effort to further boost its business districts, the city of Marlborough could create a shuttle service connecting them to the commuter rail station in Southborough, one town to the south.
by Steve Adams | Jun 30, 2019
Industrial development is ramping up to the highest levels seen in the current real estate cycle, driven by a group of large speculative projects designed to satisfy shifting shopping patterns and the Massachusetts building industry’s demand for storage space.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 29, 2019
Raytheon has signed a seven-year lease for 134,000 square feet in an office and manufacturing complex in the Interstate 495 belt.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 15, 2019
An office building just off Interstate 495 in Tewksbury has sold for $30.9 million to a Florida asset management firm.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Apr 21, 2019
The idea that 495 has become a low-cost alternative for homebuyers and businesses is great spin. But the gulf in prices points a grittier reason for the shift: Discouraged by increasingly grueling commutes, buyers are simply bypassing the outer suburbs in favor of communities closer to Cambridge and Boston.
by State House News Service | Apr 10, 2019
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.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 28, 2019
Work is underway at the future home of Workers Credit Union’s latest branch in Littleton.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 27, 2019
A large office building in Marlborough has sold for $21 million.
by Steve Adams | Mar 10, 2019
Well-situated Route 128 communities such as Burlington, Needham and Waltham have resuscitated moribund office parks with multifamily housing, restaurants and retail, enhancing their appeal to corporate employers tempted by downtown options. Can towns along the Interstate 495 belt duplicate their success?