Updates in the world of Commercial Real Estate
By Todd Gillespie and Catherine Lucey Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pitch public stock offerings for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fraser met with Trump to discuss the bank’s possible involvement in monetizing the Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., the firms that have been under government […]
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 […]
The S&P 500 rose 9.5 percent after President Trump announced he would pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days, but economists warned that American importers were not out of danger. Ana Swanson Here’s the latest. Stocks soared on Wednesday after President Trump abruptly announced he would back down on his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days, […]
By Don Seiffert The James Beard Foundation has announced its 2025 finalists, and a Boston-area bar as well as chefs in Cambridge and Somerville have made the cut. The semifinalists were named earlier this year, and the winners will be named at a ceremony on June 16 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The finalist nominees and honorees were […]
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 […]
by Bill Pastuszek In reviewing the year so far, what are some of the factors that are influencing markets? For commercial real estate (CRE), what are some signposts that may help to understand what is in the offing? How is New England doing compared to other markets? First, the Fed. The “benchmark” federal funds rate sank […]
By Anthony Russo Demand for office in Manhattan is picking up to levels not seen in 10 years as the sector continues to recover from the pandemic, according to the latest market report from Transwestern. Net absorption in the city exploded to 5.7 million square feet in the three months ending September- the highest levels seen in […]
By Jon Chesto It took longer than expected,but The Davis Companies’ big bet on Watertown Square is paying off with the region’s largest lease deal for newly built lab space so far this year. Davis and its partner Boston Development Group just inked a deal with serial biotech entrepreneur Greg Verdine that would bring two of Verdine’s […]
By Andy Medici The IRS has delayed a requirement that business owners and freelancers report more than $600 in income from platforms such as PayPal and Venmo. The agency in a recent notice said it will instead phase in that reporting requirement over the next few years. Taxpayers will be required to report total income of more than […]
By Christine Cooper and Chuck McShane The Commerce Department released revisions to past data last week that showed the economy grew more quickly in all but four quarters since the beginning of 2019. The revisions wiped out one of the two consecutive quarters of negative growth in early 2022, negating earlier reports of a technical […]
