By Andrew Brinker Globe Correspondent,Updated March 2, 2023, 6:25 p.m Ever since word spread through Braintree of a 495-unit apartment complex proposed at the South Shore Plaza, an organized opposition campaign has been ramping up. Lawn signs decrying the “monster project” are appearing around town, and some residents are urging the Planning Board to deny the […]
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its latest set of actions aimed at creating a convenient, reliable and Made-in-America electric vehicle (EV) charging network so that the great American road trip can be electrified. These steps will help the United States meet President Biden’s ambitious goals to confront the climate crisis, by building a national network […]
Scott Souza,Patch Staff Posted Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 12:18 pm ET PEABODY, MA — A final phase of construction and redevelopment will usher in more high-profile dining and retail operators at the Northshore Mall in 2023. Simon Property Group, which operates the shopping center, said Phase 2 of The Promenade redevelopment has begun with Arhuas, […]
By Greg Ryan – Senior Reporter, Boston Business Journal Jan 23, 2023 Trammell Crow Co. has put forward one of the largest development proposals in Boston in the past year: Three new life sciences buildings, as well as 200 residential units — all of them income-restricted — in Brighton. The Dallas-based CBRE Group Inc. (NYSE: CBRE) subsidiary and […]
As U.S., like the rest of the world, continues to grapple with stubborn inflation (at 8.2 percent in September), there are worries that consumer spending is going to falter and impact industrial owners’ ability to raise rents. Industry insiders, however, say such fears are over-stated. At the moment, industrial real estate fundamentals remain strong and […]
Somerville’s planning board is meeting next month to consider the next step in developer US2’s nine-story life sciences building in Union Square. US2 has proposed a 280,000-square-foot mixed-use development with ground-level retail at 50 Webster Ave. The project would kick off the second phase of the USQ development, one of the most important components in […]
40 Years in the Making The original developer of Marshall’s Plaza in 1978, Northland has, over two generations, patiently assembled the critical mass necessary to create a 21st century green neighborhood that focuses on sustainability, wellness, connectivity, and permeability in a vibrant, live, work and play Newton gateway. Promoting smart growth by converting an aging, obsolete, industrial […]
A new ownership group is revising plans for a commercial development on the outskirts of Somerville’s Union Square, dropping a 330-room hotel while retaining a pair of office-lab towers. Capital Hall Partners, Spaulding & Slye Investments and Union Square master developer US2 are partnering on the 980,000-square-foot Gateway Innovation Center project at 200 McGrath Highway, […]
JLL has arranged a $230-million construction loan for the development of 15 McGrath Highway, a speculative life sciences development totaling 262,000 square feet in Somerville, MA. Brett Paulsrud, Henry Schaffer and Mike Shepard of JLL represented DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, Leggat McCall Properties and Deutsche Finance America to secure the non-recourse construction loan with Oxford Properties Group. “Greater Boston continues […]
by Boston Real Estate Times REVERE – Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo along with Revere and Boston city officials, joined executives from The HYM Investment Group (“HYM”), Cathexis and National Real Estate Advisors (“National”) to break ground on the former racetrack site at Suffolk Downs. The event marks the beginning of the transformation of the underutilized […]
