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Sal’s Pizza founder breaks ground on mixed-use project at former IBM site in Littleton

Sal’s Pizza founder breaks ground on mixed-use project at former IBM site in Littleton

By Grant Welker – Projects Reporter, Boston Business Journal Developer and Sal’s Pizza founder Sal Lupoli is launching a major mixed-use project in Littleton, transforming a former IBM office campus into King Street Common — a 50-acre development with more than 1,000 housing units, 115,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a 150-room hotel. The […]

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Washington governor signs rent-control bill into law

Washington governor signs rent-control bill into law

By  MARTHA BELLISLE Washington state has enacted new rent stabilization laws, becoming one of the first states to set firm limits on rent increases to protect tenants. Signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson, House Bill 1217 caps rent hikes at 7% plus inflation or 10% (whichever is lower) and includes single-family homes and manufactured housing, the latter […]

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U.S. Apartment Supply Volumes Finally Peak

U.S. Apartment Supply Volumes Finally Peak

by  Kim O’Brien While we are still firmly in the most prolific apartment building cycle in U.S. history, supply volumes have finally peaked. The first time apartment supply volumes hit a historic peak was back in 2nd quarter 2023, when quarterly completions surpassed 100,000 units for the first time since RealPage Market Analytics began monitoring the market […]

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US office leasing bounces back to start 2025

US office leasing bounces back to start 2025

Activity surges to highest level in more than five years By Phil Mobley Growing economic uncertainty was not enough to stem the tide of tenants’ appetite for U.S. office space in the first quarter of the year. Office-seeking companies leased an estimated 115 million square feet in the first three months of 2025, according to preliminary […]

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Home Depot buys Watertown site for $72M

Home Depot buys Watertown site for $72M

By Greg Ryan Home Depot Inc. has paid $72 million to acquire a large chunk of a Watertown property that hosts one of its stores, though a Boston real estate developer continues to have preliminary approval to put a lab building on part of the site. Following the transaction earlier this month, Boylston Properties still owns a […]

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Global Italian market Eataly heads to suburban malls in sign of further shift for retail centers

Global Italian market Eataly heads to suburban malls in sign of further shift for retail centers

By Linda Moss Eataly, the global Italian gourmet market and restaurant chain, is venturing outside cities such as New York and Chicago into the suburbs to rapidly expand in North America. In so doing, it’s showing how suburban malls are attracting traditionally urban tenants. The company opened its first location in New Jersey at the upscale Mall […]

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Developers win reprieve on building permits in economic development bill

Developers win reprieve on building permits in economic development bill

By Greg Ryan The potential soccer stadium in Everett may be getting lots of attention, but there’s another real estate-related provision in the state economic development bill that would have a far broader effect on the industry. The legislation, unveiled on Tuesday, extends approvals for building and other permits by two years statewide. The blanket extension would give […]

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House, Senate strike a deal on economic development bill

House, Senate strike a deal on economic development bill

By Chris Lisinski The Kraft family would clear a key hurdle toward building a new professional soccer stadium in Everett under a nearly $4 billion bill on the move this week whose economic impacts reach across nearly every business sector. Top Democrats on Tuesday evening filed a compromise economic development bill months after their deadline-day talks […]

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