
Lowell Mixed-Use Building Sold for $2M
A four-story mixed-use building at 177-181 East Merrimack St. in Lowell recently changed hands for $2 million.
A four-story mixed-use building at 177-181 East Merrimack St. in Lowell recently changed hands for $2 million.
Two Democrats who have a chance to stamp their mark on Gov. Maura Healey’s $3.5 billion plan to reinvigorate the state’s business climate want the benefits to stretch beyond the Boston metropolitan area.
The Massachusetts Municipal Association supports Gov. Maura Healey’s policy-heavy, $4 billion housing bond bill, but there are pockets of concern among local leaders as the state deploys other carrots and sticks to generate more construction.
Lowell’s Western Avenue Studios is one of the initial recipients of Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Common Good Awards, which recognize the inclusion of arts and culture in civic life.
Joann Kalogianis Spaneas and Demetrius Spaneas have built a successful husband-and-wife partnership in developing and selling luxury properties north of Boston. The firm’s projects include redevelopment of a Lowell mill and raising equity for a planned hotel.
It is essential that this new source of revenue be used to strengthen transportation infrastructure, and RTAs are key in realizing a robust transit system that delivers for all residents.
The adage across all commercial real estate during economic cooldowns is a financial flight to quality – high-end buildings in the urban core. That might not be the case this time around.
Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union has started construction on a new office building as part of a development in Lowell’s Acre neighborhood that will include more than 30 condominiums.
Following the decline of the textile mill industry in the mid-20th century, the city of Lowell turned to urban renewal to revive its economy.
With the legislature and local governments beginning to make decisions on how to spend billions of dollars in federal relief funding, two economic experts on Thursday urged policymakers to be mindful of equity as they chart a path forward for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the Boston Red Sox, decision to shutter its Lowell Spinners minor-league affiliate team, city officials hope renovating the team’s former ballpark can help lure a new team back.
The Red Sox’s Christmas gift for the city of Lowell came early last month. Unfortunately, it was a lump of coal. The Sox ended a 26-year affiliation with the Lowell Spinners, hurting the city’s economy.
Real estate investors should pay special attention to downtown areas of Brockton, Fitchburg, Lowell, Lynn and Worcester, where overlapping HD zones and Opportunity Zones are within walking distance of commuter rail stations.
The frontier in Greater Boston residents’ quest to find affordable homes moved to the South Shore and Greater Worcester this year, with implications for the way towns, cities and the state plan for the future.
As policymakers eye ways to get more people on public transit to ease traffic, a new study says many potential riders can’t afford to get on board the state’s 400-mile commuter rail network.
About $80 million in government funding and $40 million in tax credits will preserve and produce nearly 1,600 housing rental units in Massachusetts, under a round of awards announced Thursday by Gov. Charlie Baker.
A Lowell man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for a masked and armed bank robbery.
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.
A proposal to redevelop a former corduroy mill in Lowell into 71 units of market-rate housing moved forward last week.
Retail has been the weak link in Greater Boston’s commercial real estate boom, and one that’s attracting increased scrutiny from municipalities because of vacant storefronts’ tendency to sap vibrancy and spread blight.