Source: MSNBy Diana Olick A specific kind of loan that helps owners of commercial buildings pay for big upgrades to save energy or water, add renewable power, or improve resilience is seeing huge growth in a lending environment that has been arguably tough. This month, Nuveen closed a $465 million C-PACE deal for The Geneva, […]
Source: CNBCBy Diana Olick Fundrise, a Washington, D.C.-based online investment platform that prides itself on opening up investment in private real estate companies, real estate assets and private technology companies to the average individual, is now setting its sights on artificial intelligence. Fundrise is launching RealAI, a new AI platform that changes how single- and […]
New data from Colliers, Savills, and Cushman & Wakefield show that office leasing activity in Greater Boston increased significantly in late 2025, signaling early signs of stabilization in the region’s office market. While vacancy remains elevated, market participants report that demand has stopped declining and is beginning to reverse in key submarkets.
Hannah Green Foghorn Therapeutics Moves Headquarters from Kendall Square to Watertown Biotech company Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. is relocating its headquarters from Cambridge to Watertown. In a recent securities filing, the company announced it will terminate its lease in Kendall Square early and lease 72,850 square feet at 99 Coolidge Avenue in Watertown for executive offices, […]
Homegrown rival may try to block contract, arguing it had superior bid Andy Peters Massachusetts is moving forward with a major upgrade of its roadside service plazas, but a local fuel-supply company may challenge the state’s plans. Last month, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) awarded a contract to Dublin-based Applegreen to renovate, rebuild, and […]
Gary Higgins In its fifth annual Massachusetts Talent and Competitiveness Survey 2025, McKinsey & Co., working with the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, identified three main obstacles to doing business in the Commonwealth: high costs of doing business, high living expenses, and aging infrastructure. Business leaders met Thursday to review the survey results and discuss strategies for […]
Gary Higgins A stretch of Dudley Street in Dorchester’s Uphams Corner is among the areas that will see new opportunities for restaurants to serve alcohol. Dorchester is set to receive seven of the 21 new liquor licenses recently approved by the Boston Licensing Board as part of the city’s effort to expand alcohol service in […]
By Victor Rodriguez Manhattan Office Market Surges Beyond Pre-Pandemic Levels In a first, new leases for initial six months of 2025 surpass some years leading up to pandemic The Manhattan office market is showing remarkable strength, with new leasing in the first half of 2025 surpassing levels seen in many years before the pandemic. CoStar reports […]
By Grant Welker Everett Sees Rapid Residential Growth Everett’s residential market continues to expand with the opening of two new apartment complexes: Jade (325 units) in the Commercial Triangle and Artemas (396 units) just north of Santilli Circle near local breweries and businesses. The city of roughly 52,000 has experienced rapid growth due to its proximity […]
By Scott Kirsner Raibert Opens Pop-Up Robot Lab to Inspire and Educate Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics and current executive director of the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI), has launched a temporary Robot Lab at CambridgeSide mall. The pop-up isn’t selling robots; instead, it gives the public hands-on experience with robotics to show what they […]
