By Abha Bhattarai Business has been so slow at the Corner Bar & Diner that many nights, owner Serena Rice closes her New Underwood, S.D., watering hole at 8 p.m., six hours early. Fewer people are stopping in — and when they do, they’re ordering $3 well whiskeys instead of their usual $5 pours of Crown […]
By Richard Berger The lack of affordable insurance options for property owners of all types increasingly puts needed insurance coverage out of reach and limits the ability of property owners to make needed investments in their properties. As a result, this stressed insurance market, stubborn inflationary pressures, and rising interest rates have disrupted transactions and […]
By Ashley Fahey Although loans backing office properties are the most scrutinized these days, a wall of debt is also maturing within the multifamily sector in the coming years. And while multifamily continues to be seen as one of the safer asset classes, already, there’ve been recent examples of loan defaults on multifamily portfolios, including four […]
Josh Schafer – Reporter Wed, May 24, 2023 Wall Street has been waiting for a recession that hasn’t materialized roughly five months into the year. Executives at S&P 500 companies are talking about recessions less on earnings calls for the third straight quarter, per FactSet. S&P Global’s flash US composite PMI showed US economic output reached a 13-month high […]
By James McCown CAMBRIDGE — “In the city there must be regularity and fantasy, relationships and oppositions, and casual and unexpected elements to vary the scene,” wrote Marc-Antoine Laugier, an 18th-century Jesuit and arguably the world’s first architecture critic, having penned the seminal Essai Sur l’Architecture in 1753. His advice holds true today. Cities must be […]
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 […]
By Will Parker Updated Feb. 27, 2023 2:00 pm ET Apartment rents fell in every major metropolitan area in the U.S. over the past six months through January, a trend that is poised to continue as the biggest delivery of new apartments in nearly four decades is slated for this year. Renters with new leases in January paid […]
By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, Feb 6, 2023 A growing spread between starting and effective rents illustrates how office landlords — even among coveted Class A buildings — are seeing their rental income eroded as the office market remains squarely in favor of tenants. It represents another challenge facing the office market, […]
By Catherine Carlock and Emma Platoff Globe Staff,Updated January 18, 2023, 1:18 p.m In a bid to bring rent control back to Boston for the first time in three decades, Mayor Michelle Wu is readying a proposal that would limit allowable rent increases to 10 percent per year. The plan, which was floated Tuesday to an […]
