Explore ABG Realty’s 2026 Midyear Review, featuring notable transactions from the first half of the year, key trends shaping Greater Boston’s commercial real estate market, and the latest insights across the office, retail, industrial, and multifamily sectors.
A newly redeveloped East Cambridge office tower has transferred to Brookfield for a reported $1, along with nearly $232 million in outstanding construction debt. The sale of 40 Thorndike Street highlights the ongoing challenges and shifting dynamics shaping Greater Boston’s office market.
Greater Boston’s retail real estate market is entering the second half of 2026 with limited available space, resilient rent growth, and continued interest from retailers looking to expand throughout the region. While economic uncertainty and slower leasing activity have created some challenges, the market’s constrained supply continues to support relatively strong fundamentals. For tenants, property […]
Explore how the Federal Reserve’s June 2026 policy shift and interest rate outlook could impact commercial real estate buyers, tenants, and investors.
Somerville is currently evaluating two redevelopment proposals for 90 Washington Street, a four-acre site in the Inner Belt district near the MBTA’s East Somerville Green Line station. According to the Boston Business Journal, the decision is being made under meaningful financial pressure, with the city looking to recoup a roughly $30 million gap tied to its acquisition of the property…
Mass General Brigham (MGB), the largest healthcare system in Massachusetts, has secured approximately $865.5 million in tax‑exempt bond financing to fund a major expansion and modernization of its hospital campuses in Boston and Jamaica Plain…
After years of uncertainty, commercial real estate in 2026 is entering a more practical phase. With capital markets stabilizing and deal activity returning, buyers and tenants who are prepared are finding greater clarity and meaningful opportunity.
A look at how suburban lab and R&D space fits within Greater Boston’s life sciences ecosystem, drawing on CBRE research to highlight why locations beyond the urban core continue to play an active role.
Why Does it Matter? The Federal Reserve’s latest messaging suggests interest rates are not coming down anytime soon. For commercial real estate, that removes one of the key assumptions many investors have been underwriting around: near-term rate relief. In a recent Bloomberg interview, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said rates may need […]
By Emily WilkinsSource: MSN Both congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump both want to limit how many homes major corporations can own, but a new proposal from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., makes it clear that’s where the agreement ends. In a bill released hours before Trump’s State of the Union speech, Warren, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and 16 other Senate Democrats propose ending […]
