What’s the single most important thing for a Massachusetts community to support biotech firms? It’s not access to venture capital or passels of PhDs. Instead, it’s municipal water and sewer lines in commercial areas.
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s the 257th installment of Banker & Tradesman’s Personnel File.
The city of Boston’s goal of reducing carbon emissions will impose new energy-efficiency requirements on landlords of large buildings in the wake of a city council vote.
Two Boston mayoral candidates and a state representative spoke against the continuing effort to rezone the downtown waterfront and the Chiofaro Co.’s Pinnacle skyscraper proposal, criticizing the development plans for insufficient resiliency and social equity.
A new report from McKinsey & Co., commissioned by the Baker administration, suggests downtown Boston’s office market could be in for a rough ride as remote work takes hold among tenant companies.
As we continue to rebuild and recover in the new normal, it’s time we take a look at the last year’s predictions to separate fact from speculation as the reality of a post-pandemic world becomes clearer.
A projected 18 million square feet of lab space is scheduled for completion in Greater Boston in 2023, potentially tempering the skyrocketing rent increases being driven by the life science industry’s space demand.
Last year was a pivotal time for commercial real estate across Massachusetts, and while 2021 is showing promise, there is a long way to go before we get back to pre-pandemic market stability and growth. In addition to the vaccine rollout, there are a few critical components to the successful and resilient reopening of the economy.
We take heart that far-sighted legislators, the real estate industry and Gov. Charlie Baker have found common ground on how the state can decarbonize its economy over the next 30 years while keeping aggressive goals intact.
Two business groups that expressed reservations with details of the sweeping climate policy and emissions bill on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk have shifted their tone
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s pro-housing agenda delivered benefits to the city but critics say Walsh missed opportunities to make development more equitable and address the transportation and climate change crises.
Thomas Andrews has stepped down as leader of Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ Greater Boston operations, and the life science developer named a former MIT Investment Management Co. executive as his successor.
The program would set a limit on vehicle emissions, and hold auctions for fuel suppliers that transport gasoline into Massachusetts and other states to purchase allowances for every ton of carbon dioxide that the fuel they are carrying would emit when burned.
One thing is clear; 2020 drastically changed expectations and the way the world did business. But industry stepped up to the plate, responding with kindness, creativity and courage.
The second-in-command at Massachusetts’ commercial real estate trade group is leaving the organization for a new job in Florida.
As we approach the seven-month mark since the state of emergency was declared and office workers transitioned to Work from Home overnight, many people are asking the same question: Will workers return to the office?
The Greater Boston Real Estate Board, NAIOP Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association are all united in their opposition to a bill that would significantly extend the state’s eviction moratorium.
Companies are restricting business travel, implementing work-from-home policies and switching to virtual conferences to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Robert Beal, a Brookline native who oversaw the growth of one of the East Coast’s largest commercial development firms and played an active role in Boston’s political and philanthropic circles, died Sunday at age 78.
Commercial real estate’s lack of diversity is a reflection of its word-of-mouth recruiting networks and the industry’s low profile among college students as a career option. Now, NAIOP-MA says its efforts to attack the problem are starting to pay off.
