CambridgeSide’s New Food Hall Opens
CanalSide Food+Drink is the latest phase in the former CambridgeSide Galleria mall’s multi-year transformation into a superblock of labs, offices and – eventually – housing.
CambridgeSide Charts a New Course
This summer, New England Development is scheduled to begin the most dramatic updates to its well-known Cambridge mall to date. The construction is part of a master-planned redevelopment that will expand the 1.1 million-square-foot property by over 50 percent.
Medical, Life Science Uses Offer Way Forward for Retail
The demise of brick-and-mortar retail is no longer a debate; it’s an unfortunate reality and that has rapidly accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant resulting shift in consumer preferences toward the conveniences of e-commerce.
Worcester Residents Raise Concerns over Mall-Warehouse Conversion
Worcester residents who would be neighbors of Amazon’s proposed “last-mile” distribution facility continue to raise concerns surrounding traffic and noise.
Shuttered Berkshire Mall Could be Used as Site for Jury Trials
A shuttered Massachusetts mall is being considered as a site to hold jury trials when they resume early next year, officials say.
Warehouse Planned for Dying Worcester Mall
Worcester’s Greendale Mall won’t wind up as Central Massachusetts’ latest mixed-use destination, after all: Owner Finard Properties is proposing to replace it with a distribution facility, instead.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Nesting at Best Buy
Testing out the TV? No, just scoping out a future living room at the Cambridgeside Mall.
Industrial Market Continues to Gain Momentum
Call it a tale of two industries. Executives continue to be awed by the industrial sector’s transformation. But for retail real estate, analysts wonder when the carnage will end, as e-commerce firms continue to bite into the sales of large, brick-and-mortar retailers.
Champagne and Shoes: Luxury Stores Adapt to Changing Shopper
New entrants have disrupted the luxury sector by creating different channels to attain the seemingly unattainable. For luxury department stores that once had a lock on where the well-heeled could shop, that has forced them to reimagine their approach.
Pedestrian-Friendly Mixed-Use Pitched for Framingham Shopping Plaza
A retail plaza at a key intersection in northern Framingham could soon be redeveloped into a village center-style retail and multifamily project.
$225M Hanover Mall Redevelopment To Begin in Early 2020
Demolition of the 48-year-old Hanover Mall will begin in February as a developer prepares to build a 600,000-square-foot lifestyle center anchored by Market Basket and a 300-unit apartment complex.
New England Development Gets OK to Reboot Cambridgeside Mall
It’s “goodbye, struggling big-box retailers” and “hello, residential units, offices and labs” at the Cambridgeside mall after the Cambridge City Council voted 6-3 Monday night to approve zoning for New England Development’s proposed reboot of the mall.
Burlington Mall Expansion Will Include Japanese Barbecue Restaurant
Electronic repair specialist uBreakiFix, Modern Acupuncture and Japanese barbecue concept Gyu-Kaku are joining the list of tenants at The Village at Burlington Mall, the redevelopment of the former Sears Auto building.
Caffe Nero Coming to Burlington Mall Expansion
Upscale coffeehouse Caffe Nero will open in September at The Village at Burlington Mall, part of the first phase of the mall’s expansion to accommodate new restaurant tenants.
Swansea Mall Closes, Land to Be Auctioned
The 90-shop Swansea Mall closed its doors for the last time this weekend after decades of difficulties.
