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Macy’s to Triple Small-Format Store Count in Move Away from Malls

Macy’s to Triple Small-Format Store Count in Move Away from Malls

By Olivia Rockeman Macy’s Inc. will open 30 new small-format stores by the fall of 2025 as it works to expand its presence outside of traditional malls. Macy’s already operates small-store locations in markets such as Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis and Chicago, and it announced four new ones in August. The department store chain will have 15 smaller stores across […]

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Heitman Pays Equity Residential $168M for Alewife Apartments

Heitman Pays Equity Residential $168M for Alewife Apartments

By Joe Clements CAMBRIDGE—In a mega-$168 million trade that caps off a banner beginning for CBRE/NE’s market-leading multifamily sales team, Heitman Real Estate Capital has changed places with fellow Chicago-based investor Equity Residential as landlord to the Cambridge Park Apartments in this city’s rapidly emerging Alewife district. The 311-unit, first-class asset at 30 CambridgePark Dr. […]

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Massachusetts’ biopharma industry keeps growing. Two headwinds could slow it.

Massachusetts’ biopharma industry keeps growing. Two headwinds could slow it.

By Rowan Walrath Massachusetts’ life sciences industry grew by more than 7,000 jobs last year, outpacing competitor states even as the so-called “Covid boom” began to wane. That’s according to the latest “Industry Snapshot” report put out by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, the trade group better known as MassBio, which examines trends in workforce, real estate, […]

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A Real-Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due

A Real-Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due

By Konrad Putzier Apartment buildings, long considered a real-estate haven, are emerging as the next major trouble spot in the beleaguered commercial-property world. Investors bid up the prices of multifamily buildings for years, attracted by steadily rising rents and the prospect of outsize returns. Many took on too much debt, expecting they could raise rents fast enough to […]

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