The Massachusetts House last week gave initial approval to studying extending the MBTA’s Orange Line south to Roslindale Village, which would bring core train service to areas seeing new housing investments.
The big loss in Needham wasn’t due to a lack of campaign spending, nor the fault of a pro-housing group founded by Gov. Maura Healey. Politics have fundamentally changed
In another blow to advocates and state officials hoping for another Boston suburb that would welcome new zoning, Needham voters resoundingly rejected a plan Tuesday to add thousands of new apartments in the town’s commercial districts.
Could a pro-housing win in Needham turn into a stinging defeat? A group of residents are forcing a referendum on brand-new zoning that’s hoped to bring 2,500 new homes to the exclusive Boston suburb.
Leaders in Watertown, Needham and elsewhere are looking to go above and beyond the call of the MBTA Communities law even as those in other towns are making headlines with their resistance.
Needham officials approved Bulfinch Cos.’ proposal to redevelop a longtime car dealership into a nearly 500,000-square-foot life science project.
The completion of Route 128 changed Massachusetts and its commercial real estate industry more fundamentally than anything before, or perhaps since. And its evolution continues today.
Lexington is taking steps to make life science development more attractive amid rising competition from nearby suburbs and expanding clusters in Boston, Somerville and Watertown.
The number of towns with a median single-family home sale price of $1 million nearly quadrupled over the past eight years. And it is yet another sign as well that housing affordability in our state is going from bad to worse.
Massachusetts voters increasingly recognize the need for more diverse, and less expensive, housing. But our policy debates are too localized and lack a vision for what alternative state-level approaches might look like.
A boutique office building in Needham has been awarded the Middle Atlantic Conference Regional Outstanding Building of the Year, or “TOBY,” award.
Amid a strong market in 2019 – stronger still in Greater Boston – that keeps sending prices worryingly higher, places like Brockton and Springfield that once had a hard time attracting attention saw healthy growth.
The MBTA’s bus lines may have hardly changed since the days of streetcars, but that’s not stopping the city of Newton from trying to expand mass transit access to one of its largest business districts.
Rockland Trust Bank has opened a new branch in Needham to complement existing branches in nearby Newton and Wellesley.
The same old forces that got Massachusetts into its housing crisis are again threatening to stop a key bill that represents our best shot at tackling the problem any time soon.
Six Boston suburbs have been named among the 20 best small communities in America by a new analysis by personal finance site WalletHub, based on U.S. Census Bureau data.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commonwealth Real Estate Sunday announced the acquisition of Key Advantage Realty, a full-service real estate brokerage located in Needham.
As Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov Karyn Polito barnstorm around the state to drum up support for the administration’s signature piece of housing legislation, the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber is joining the fight.
Urbanization may be the hot trend in the headlines, but not everyone wants to live in downtown Boston. Between the urban hub and the green fields of the suburbs is a compromise – the nation’s small cities.
Even as commercial real estate embraces new technology, there’s no substitute for that face-to-face connection.
