by Steve Adams | Mar 18, 2025
Boston neighborhood groups say The Hub on Causeway and Bulfinch Crossing projects shouldn’t set a precedent for development heights in the West End as another developer seeks to build a 40-story hotel-residential tower near North Station. And they may have found an ally in a city panel that reviews the appearance and context of new developments.
by Steve Adams | Mar 13, 2025
Developers will receive an somewhat easier path to approval of multifamily housing in the historic blocks near North Station under new zoning rules.
by Steve Adams | Feb 18, 2025
The Trump administration’s “broad-based and unpredictable” plans to slash the federal government’s office footprint add a new element of uncertainty to the finances of a Newton-based office REIT.
by Steve Adams | Dec 19, 2024
The 178-room hotel at 161 Devonshire St. was previously owned by Blackstone, which defaulted on a loan in 2023 for four Club Quarters hotel properties.
by Steve Adams | Sep 27, 2024
Largely-vacant office buildings near Boston’s North Station would be redeveloped as a 40-story hotel-residential tower under a proposal submitted by Newton-based The RMR Group.
by Steve Adams | Aug 29, 2024
A Newton developer is back with a new proposal for a 40-story skyscraper near North Station after scrapping plans for an office-focused project.
by Steve Adams | Aug 14, 2024
A vacant Malden office building that once housed state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education offices traded for $7.8 million after a marketing campaign emphasized its potential for alternative uses.
by Steve Adams | Jul 8, 2024
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ headquarters move to the Fan Pier in 2014 put Boston’s Seaport District on the map as a life science industry destination. Vertex’ reported decision to remain at the Fan Pier beyond 2028 deals a blow to a growing list of major lab projects still seeking tenants in the neighborhood.
by Steve Adams | Sep 19, 2023
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is signalling support for developers’ vision to reawaken the Bulfinch Triangle neighborhood by encouraging taller buildings and multifamily housing.
by Steve Adams | Aug 1, 2023
Newton-based RMR Group is expanding its multifamily holdings with an $80 million acquisition that gives it a portfolio of 28,000 apartments concentrated in Sunbelt markets.
by Steve Adams | Jan 1, 2023
The next generation of developments with the potential to reshape the Boston skyline are under threat from a combination of higher construction costs, rising interest rates and questions about the region’s housing market.
by Steve Adams | Aug 3, 2022
Potential plans by a Newton developer for a skyscraper that would reshape the Boston skyline near North Station are prompting neighborhood associations to seek officials’ reaction to the scale of the project.
by Steve Adams | Jan 3, 2021
Jennifer Francis has a day-to-day window into how all commercial real estate sectors are performing throughout the pandemic as an executive vice president of Newton-based RMR Group.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 13, 2020
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
by Steve Adams | Aug 26, 2020
Aided by a town grant to lure amenities to its commercial district, Pressed Cafe is committing to a new location in Chelmsford.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 23, 2020
Environmental services firm Clean Harbors has acquired its Norwell headquarters from The RMR Group of Newton for $27.5 million.
by Steve Adams | Mar 28, 2017
Mobile game publisher Disruptor Beam will relocate from 161 Worcester Road in Framingham across town to a new headquarters at 100 Pennsylvania Ave.