by Nate Doughty / via The Business Journals Carnegie Mellon University’s free picoCTF competition, which claims to be the largest high school cybersecurity hacking event in the country, officially kicked off on Tuesday. And while its signature and capture-the-flag-like event will see tens of thousands of students across the nation compete for thousands of dollars worth of […]
by Jeanna Smialek / via The New York Times The Federal Reserve lifted its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday as policymakers took their first decisive step toward trying to tame rapid inflation by cooling the economy. The Fed had kept rates near zero since March 2020, and the decision marked […]
by Gary Higgins | via Boston Business Journal Rent will increase at 1.75% for the first 10 years and at between 1.75% and 2.50% over the remainder of the lease. Wynn said it will retain its 13-acre developable land portfolio on the east side of Broadway in Everett, where it plans to build an expansion […]
by Grant Welker | via Boston Business Journal Two veteran restaurateurs in the North End, Frank DePasquale and Nick Varano, are joining for a second eatery at Encore Boston Harbor. The Varano Group owns and operates Strega North End, Rina’s and Nico. DePasquale Ventures owns and operates Bricco Ristorante, Mare Oyster Bar, AquaPazza, Quattro, Assaggio, […]
by Ben Unglesbee | via Retail Dive For supply chains, the pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of disruption. The specific confluence of events was beyond anybody’s ability to foresee. But, at least in a general sense, everyone should have expected something like the year that just passed to happen. Risks of severe stress and even failure are […]
via Retail Dive Just a few weeks into 2022, the retail industry has already seen signs for what the year ahead could bring — some good and some bad. President Biden’s vaccine mandate for large employers was struck down by the Supreme Court in mid-January, but that doesn’t mean retailers are done dealing with vaccine regulations. […]
by Catherine Carlock / via The Boston Globe A Waltham lab and office building that started construction in 2019 without any tenants committed has landed leases from two biotech companies. Seqirus, a global influenza vaccine maker with a local research and development arm in Cambridge, and ElevateBio BaseCamp, the Waltham research and development and manufacturing arm […]
by Patricia Kirk / via wealthmanagement.com The pandemic and the concurrent increase in demand for grocery deliveries have pushed up the need for cold storage. Now, this trend is changing the calculations surrounding the development of cold storage projects. Cold storage facilities are expensive to build, costing from $250 to $350 per sq. ft. compared to $100 […]
by Taylor Doven / via The Boston Globe For years, it seemed like the only news about the Green Line extension was that it wasn’t happening — ballooning costs, more and more distant opening dates, delays, and disappointment. But now, more than three decades after the state first promised to extend the Green Line as […]
by Patricia Kirk / via WealthManagement.com The past few years have brought cannabis legalization to multiple states, giving real estate investors a new alternative asset class to put their money into. It looks like this trend is only going to intensify in the months ahead. As we get further into 2022, all U.S. states without current medical […]
