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.
With restaurants a key component of many mixed-use projects today, Massachusetts’ outdated liquor license system creates many challenges for developers. A new “umbrella” license bill hopes to fix that.
Twenty-four chambers of commerce and industry lobby groups from around Massachusetts are joining forces to heed House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s call for a unified voice from the business community on transportation matters.
The lack of housing is now approaching crisis level. The number of communities with median prices above $1 million has doubled in the past decade. As a result, the shortage of workforce housing is now a significant threat to our economic growth.
A new report from the Eos Foundation offers a damning critique of many organizations that serve as the public face of Massachusetts’ leading industries.
Organizations representing Massachusetts’ business community, including the banking industry, have come in for criticism from a new report on leadership diversity in the state from the Boston-based Eos Foundation.
Massachusetts’ housing crisis has finally reached the point where nearly everyone is willing to support taking the first step to resolve it.
Market fundamentals remain strong and most economists believe growth will continue through 2019. In Massachusetts knowledge-based industries, combined with a highly educated workforce, are driving this prolonged economic growth.
A paid internship designed to increase diversity in Greater Boston’s commercial real estate industry continues to gain momentum, with 18 local college students taking part in this summer’s program.
Tamara Small has been the commercial real estate industry’s leading voice on Beacon Hill in her role as senior vice president of government affairs for NAIOP Massachusetts.
It’s got to be tough to be head of your local trade group, whether it’s representing retailers, construction contractors or, in the case of David Begelfer, real estate developers.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, July was another record month in real estate. Sale prices hit record highs for the month, according to analysis from The Warren Group
NAIOP Massachusetts has named Tamara Small its new CEO and appointed Reesa Fischer executive director after longtime CEO David Begelfer retires in December.
Another year and yet another epic fail for comprehensive zoning reform in Massachusetts.
Demand for downtown workspaces is likely to pay off for developers building speculative office projects in Boston.
If Amazon picks Greater Boston for its second headquarters, the $5-billion complex will likely be spread across a mix of existing buildings and new development, some of the region’s leading developers predict.
