Abg Realty

Conversions of Office Buildings to Apartments, Labs and Hotels Have Captured Attention, But Activity Amounts to Just 2% of Overall Office Market

BOSTON–Conversions of outdated office buildings to other uses such as multifamily complexes, life sciences labs and hotels have garnered widespread attention as the office market adapts to hybrid work. Still, conversion projects in the works represent only a small fraction of the overall market, according to a new report from CBRE. CBRE’s analysis found 218 […]

Here are the Mass. companies with the biggest stock gains in 2022

Most of them develop drugs. One of them imports and sells fossil fuels. Another one sells sand. The 20 Massachusetts-based companies with the largest stock gains over the course of 2022 (as of Friday, Dec. 16) span a range of industries. But, as is the case in most years, the majority are small biotech companies […]

Shrinking Office Building Values Are Becoming a Dilemma for City Budgets

The sharp decline in office building values is likely to become a growing problem for the budgets of cities, schools and other jurisdictions that depend heavily on property taxes from these building owners. Most municipal budgets haven’t suffered much yet. For a variety of reasons, declines in property values typically take years before they are […]

America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation

Consumer prices in the United States rose at an annualized rate of 7.7 percent in October, the ninth straight month above seven percent, thanks to still surging demand and stumbling supply. All eyes are fixed on the U.S. Federal Reserve to cool demand by hiking interest rates. But monetary policy has always worked with long and […]

United Bets Big on Trans-Atlantic Travel Rebound

United Airlines is pushing a big pile of chips into the middle of the table on its bet that there will be a full recovery of international travel—by Americans—in 2023. Unfortunately for the US hotel and hospitality industry, the surge in Americans traveling to Europe may be a one-way street in terms of tourism, as […]

Boston biotech gets NASA grant to test in-space manufacturing

By Hannah Green – Inno Reporter December 07, 2022, 09:54am EST Updated 12/07/2022 2:07 pm For self-described “space nerds” like Mari Anne Snow and Yupeng Chen, being approached by NASA to fund an in-space manufacturing project of their company’s technology was a thrilling moment. “You can imagine, every day we pinch ourselves and go, is this really happening?” Snow said. […]

Emily Reichert steps down as Greentown Labs CEO

After about a decade in the role, Emily Reichert has left her role at the helm of one of the largest climate-tech startup incubators in North America. Reichert confirmed on Thursday she stepped down as CEO of Somerville-based Greentown Labs. Her last day was Dec. 5. Greentown Labs published the news on its website Monday, but […]

The Surprising New Reason Why Employees Want to Return to the Office

There’s a new top reason why employees wish to return to the office: to focus on work. That was a somewhat surprising result from Gensler’s new 2022 U.S. Workplace Survey released this week, according to Janet Pogue McLaurin, global director workplace research, principal at Gensler. Gensler had conducted 11 surveys since the pandemic “and this […]

US Retail Rents Lead Sector’s Global Recovery

Retail rents in markets across the Americas now stand a whopping 15% above pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield. The firm’s Main Streets Around the World report — Cushman’s first in three years — notes that rents across global prime retail destinations slumped 13% from before the pandemic to hit their lowest […]

As Boston Apartment Rents Rise, A Renewed Push for Rent Control

Rent control advocates in Boston are once again pushing for new rent control laws. Of course they are. Apartment rents rose 17 percent in Boston over the last year, on average, including concessions. There’s no relief in the short term either. Market observers predict rents are likely to keep rising sharply through the rest of the […]

Conversions of Office Buildings to Apartments, Labs and Hotels Have Captured Attention, But Activity Amounts to Just 2% of Overall Office Market

Here are the Mass. companies with the biggest stock gains in 2022

Shrinking Office Building Values Are Becoming a Dilemma for City Budgets

America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation

United Bets Big on Trans-Atlantic Travel Rebound

Boston biotech gets NASA grant to test in-space manufacturing

Emily Reichert steps down as Greentown Labs CEO

The Surprising New Reason Why Employees Want to Return to the Office

US Retail Rents Lead Sector’s Global Recovery

As Boston Apartment Rents Rise, A Renewed Push for Rent Control

Connect with us

Popular Searches

Area Service

Company

Compare