Center of Innovation Across Industry Sectors Boston is a leading center of innovation in multiple sectors including life sciences, high tech, clean energy, maritime and aerospace. Because of the large entrepreneurial base, and the great concentration of universities, research centers, hospitals and support services, there are many other types of companies developing products ranging from […]
By Gail Kalinoski Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna has acquired a newly built 140,000-square-foot Boston-area GMP facility from developer Oxford Properties Group for $91 million. The 24-acre parcel, acquired as a vacant site by Oxford in 2021, is located at 149 Hayes Memorial Drive in Marlborough, Mass., a Boston submarket. Oxford built a two-story biomanufacturing facility that was designed to […]
By Abha Bhattarai Business has been so slow at the Corner Bar & Diner that many nights, owner Serena Rice closes her New Underwood, S.D., watering hole at 8 p.m., six hours early. Fewer people are stopping in — and when they do, they’re ordering $3 well whiskeys instead of their usual $5 pours of Crown […]
Hugh F. Kelly For the past couple of years, we have all been urged to “follow the science” in making decisions in a variety of areas of human behavior, from public health to public policy, as though scientific understanding provided a unique and unambiguous guide to what we ought to do. I have argued for […]
By Erik Sherman Along with bank liquidity issues, CMBS delinquencies are an important sign of CRE health. Possibly more so because they show not just trouble on the horizon but already in the rear-view mirror. A new Trepp analysis suggests that sometime in May, the red flags were starting to unfurl. The CMBS delinquency rate jumped […]
By Richard Berger The lack of affordable insurance options for property owners of all types increasingly puts needed insurance coverage out of reach and limits the ability of property owners to make needed investments in their properties. As a result, this stressed insurance market, stubborn inflationary pressures, and rising interest rates have disrupted transactions and […]
By Carol Ryan Banks are getting stingy with commercial property mortgages. Ideally, alternative lenders could step in and help landlords to refinance their debts, but this part of the lending market isn’t in great shape either. Loans for the property industry are drying up fast. The CBRE Lending Momentum Index, a proxy for U.S. commercial real estate lending, fell 54% […]
By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Small-business loans are becoming both harder to get and more expensive — and that combination is expected to get worse. While we previously have written about the tightening credit market — driven in part by the Federal Reserve’s sustained interest rate increases over the last year — […]
The delinquency rate on office building-related mortgage bonds spiked in May, per a report from Trepp, Emily writes. The big picture: Investors have been watching for this to happen since last summer — and May’s move may represent a “tipping point,” the data provider said in a note. State of play: The office space market is in a tough spot […]
Daphne HowlandSenior Reporter After years of marking Pride Month each June, Target in 2023 may have had one of mass-market retail’s boldest efforts yet celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. But amid a backlash to its Pride merchandising, including attacks at some stores, Pride Month commenced at Target with what many see as timidity. Before the commemorative month […]
