Updates in the world of Commercial Real Estate
While we wait to see if — or rather when — the economy will fall into recession, we can all agree that the housing market on its own is heading for a deep freeze. And both can largely be blamed on the actions of the Federal Reserve. The Fed is widely expected to boost the […]
The life sciences sector continued to grow in the Bay State last year, adding another 12,000-plus workers and nearly 16 million square feet in real estate between 2020 and 2021. That’s according to a new report from the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, the trade group better known as MassBio. UPGRADE TO NATIONWIDE ACCESS Get Industry Insights […]
It has been a brutal half-decade for retail owners amid record-breaking retailer bankruptcies and a pandemic that brought in-person shopping to a temporary halt. But the fundamentals of retail real estate are looking better now that at any point in over a decade, according to a new report. Retail availability nationwide is at its lowest […]
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 […]
CRE Lending Powers Fast Community Bank Growth But as Rates Rise, So Does Caution By Diane McLaughlin Banker & Tradesman Staff Local banks and credit unions have emerged as big winners from the 65 percent year-over-year- growth in commercial mortgage volumes statewide this year. Community banks and credit unions accounted for more than half the […]
By Erik Sherman via GlobeSt In science and engineering it’s the difference between what calculus calls the first and second derivatives: how fast something is changing and then the shift in that rate of change. For commercial real estate properties overall, April was good news in the former and, depending on the view, less happy […]
Developers are adding outdoor co-working space — bocce ball, anyone? — to attract remote workers to stores and restaurants By Katherine Shaver via The Washington Post On a recent weekday afternoon at Northern Virginia’s Mosaic District, a nail salon was two-thirds full, diners in business casual were clustered around sidewalk tables and remote workers tapped […]
Consumer Price Index, year-over-year percentage change By Courtenay Brown via Axios Inflation soared to a fresh four-decade high in June, as prices rose 9.1% from last year — 1.3% from the prior month — the government said on Wednesday. Why it matters: The price shock is tanking Americans’ view of the economy — and risks pushing the Federal Reserve into moving aggressively […]
By Arnobio Morelix Latinx founders are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America–but their businesses are struggling to scale. While the percentage of Americans running a business has stagnated at 6.2 percent over the past two decades, Latinx founders have rocketed from 6.5 percent of all entrepreneurs in 2001 to 15 percent as of 2019, making them […]
By Jeff Cox via CNBC Inflation held at stubbornly high levels in May, though the monthly increased was slightly less than expected, according to a Commerce Department gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve. Core personal consumption expenditures prices rose 4.7% from a year ago, 0.2 percentage point less than the previous month but still around levels […]
