The most successful placemaking projects are those that respond to the existing needs of a community rather than imposing an outside solution or vision of what the community needs or should be.
The city delegation has long pushed for better connectivity between Boston and the North Shore, lamenting the congested highways and tunnels many residents endure to get to work.
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.
The MBTA is struggling to deliver satisfactory service within its core area, but lawmakers are poised to ask the transit authority to study more expansion.
A Lynn public art group is teaming up with the state’s development agency to fund a new, temporary waterfront park between the city’s ferry terminal and the Lynnway.
A downtown Lynn apartment project has received a $3.7 million construction loan, arranged by NorthMarq.
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.
Over the last few years, Lynn and other Gateway Cities have been on an upward trajectory, with arts and other investments in their downtowns. And their value proposition isn’t going unnoticed by hopeful homebuyers of many stripes.
The Massachusetts real estate market is poised for another seller’s market across large swaths of the state this spring – as long as sellers keep their expectations in check and don’t ask for overly high prices, market-watchers say.
Procopio Cos.’ 10-story, 259-unit market-rate project under construction in downtown Lynn is aimed partly at workers in new developments near Boston’s North Station. The 17-minute train ride to Boston and friendly zoning in downtown Lynn make some bullish on the city’s prospects.
A federal stimulus program designed to encourage investment in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods is likely to deliver tax savings to investors in multifamily developments, particularly in Massachusetts’ working-class cities and suburbs.
Peabody Properties has assumed management of two apartment communities in Lynn, the Fabens Building at 312 Union St. and the Gateway North Apartments at 700 Washington St.
Three Massachusetts men were charged last week in federal court in Boston in connection with a 10-year mortgage fraud scheme involving at least two dozen fraudulent loan transactions and $4.3 million in losses to lenders.
New Bedford and Fall River are ranked at the bottom of WalletHub’s newest ranking of real estate markets in the country. Out of 300 cities, Fall River ranked 287, New Bedford ranked 288 and Brockton ranked 276.
Gov. Charlie Baker and Lynn Mayor Thomas M. McGee signed a bill authorizing the sale of the Lynn Armory to a city nonprofit. The nonprofit Neighborhood Development Assoc. Inc. plans to renovate the historic building into a military veteran apartment complex.
Credit report data including credit scores, debt collection rates and other measures of financial health reveals large disparities and vast economic imbalances between different neighborhoods in Boston and cities in Massachusetts.
The developer of an 1,160-unit multifamily project at the former GE Riverworks property in Lynn has agreed to pay for construction of a new public commuter rail station on the Newburyport/Rockport line.
Low-income senior citizens living at the 70-unit Rolfe House in downtown Lynn will see affordability extended for at least 20 years as a result of $6.5 million in MassHousing financing.
Through the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) the Baker administration awarded a total of $3 million in capital grant funding to the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, as well as to middle and high schools in Gloucester, Lynn and Salem.
