Every city in Massachusetts has one or two, and in Lawrence, there are hundreds, Mayor Daniel Rivera said Thursday: vacant properties that aren’t being developed, because their owners are tied up in land court or the ownership is otherwise unclear.
Plumbers’ Supply Company recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new headquarters and distribution center in New Bedford.
Vineyard Wind on Monday vowed that it will move forward with its $2.8 billion, 84-turbine wind farm project despite a new delay caused by the federal government, though the project will take shape on a new, yet-to-be-determined timeline.
State and local leaders gathered just north of New Bedford in Freetown to celebrate the start of construction on the first phase of the South Coast Rail expansion project.
The Baker administration is on board with pursuing additional renewable energy procurements that would double the amount of possible offshore wind power in Massachusetts, enough to provide roughly a third of the state’s electricity demand.
Retail has been the weak link in Greater Boston’s commercial real estate boom, and one that’s attracting increased scrutiny from municipalities because of vacant storefronts’ tendency to sap vibrancy and spread blight.
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.
A project to reconstruct and expand commuter rail lines to the South Coast has cleared important hurdles after receiving a federal permit and full state funding, officials announced Monday.
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.
When President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act late last year, it created the most significant changes the U.S. federal income tax laws have seen in over three decades.
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.
A regional airport in Massachusetts has been awarded $6.6 million in federal funding to update an aging runway.
