Myriant Technologies Inc., a Quincy company looking to develop and manufacture bio-based chemicals for use as the chemical building blocks for polymers and plastics, announced the closing of a $60 million strategic equity investment from a petrochemical producer in Thailand. The producer is the PTT Chemical Group. Myriant said it plans to use some of […]
Nova Biomedical, a developer of blood analyzers that support the care of critically ill patients, has purchased a manufacturing facility in Billerica, said a broker involved in the transaction. The broker is Grubb & Ellis Co., which represented Nova Biomedical. A purchase price is not being disclosed. The seller was Independence Drive Limited Partnership. Plans […]
Globe Staff An investor confidence index maintained by a unit of State Street Corp. fell 3.3 points from December’s revised reading of 104.2 to 100.9 in January. The confidence reading for North American institutional investors fell to 99.5, a 3.6 point decline from the December level of 103.1, said State Street Global Markets, the investment […]
Associated Press LOWELL — The University of Massachusetts-Lowell has announced it has bought the former St. Joseph’s Hospital complex for $6.3 million, with plans to invest tens of millions more in renovations. Chancellor Marty Meehan tells The Sun that the purchase will link the university’s North, South, and East campuses and help revitalize the Acre […]
4th Quarter 2010: Boston’s Ravenous Appetite Devours Retail Vacancies With Bostonians eating out more frequently and spending more on luxury items, seasoned restaurateurs have taken the proverbial “bull by the horns” and led the charge, absorbing dozens of retail spaces by both expanded existing spaces and having opened new concepts. Led by Boston’s entrepreneurial restaurateurs, […]
U.S. commercial property prices are recovering and “substantially” off the bottom after more than a year of decline, said Steven Roth, chairman of Vornado Realty Trust. Hotels and multifamily properties are leading the rebound, with South American investors purchasing condominiums in Miami, according to Barry Sternlicht, chairman of Starwood Capital Group LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. […]
Meet Boston’s newest skyscraper – a 31-story glass-walled tower at the corner of Congress Street and Atlantic Avenue in Boston’s Fort Point Channel district. The tower is part of a complex that fills a large gap in the city’s effort to transform the area into a modern waterfront with new residences, restaurants, boating tours, and […]
People say that weddings and funerals bring out the best and the worst in people. Well, evidently, so does the snow. Image courtesy of Rochester Media Earlier this week, I parked my car on a street where many commuters park for the train. At the end of the day, I returned to find a very […]
