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Another Battle at Bunker Hill? A Long, Complicated Story of Boston’s Largest Public Housing Redevelopment

If you live in Charlestown (or have driven past the brick buildings near Bunker Hill Street…) you have likely heard about the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment. Depending on who is telling the story, it is either the future of public housing in Boston or a project that seems to take forever to get off the ground. In truth, it is both. The redevelopment is the largest public housing transformation ever undertaken in the city, and it has unfolded slowly because of its scale, complexity, and the stakes involved for residents who have lived there for generations.

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Multifamily Trends Indicate 2026 Vacancy Rise

Multifamily Trends Indicate 2026 Vacancy Rise

By Nina DaleSource: CRE Daily Post-Pandemic Multifamily Shifts Apartment vacancies are projected to rise in 2026 as new supply outpaces demand, signaling a multifamily market reset, NAHB economists say. According to Multi Housing News, multifamily trends are changing as the Covid-driven boom fades and vacancy rates increase. At the NAHB International Builders’ Show, experts highlighted factors such […]

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Democrats counter Trump’s proposal to limit institutional housing investors

Democrats counter Trump’s proposal to limit institutional housing investors

By Emily WilkinsSource: MSN Both congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump both want to limit how many homes major corporations can own, but a new proposal from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., makes it clear that’s where the agreement ends. In a bill released hours before Trump’s State of the Union speech, Warren, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and 16 other Senate Democrats propose ending […]

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Developer moves forward with healthcare facility, housing at shuttered Carney Hospital site

Developer moves forward with healthcare facility, housing at shuttered Carney Hospital site

By Isabel HartSource: Boston Business Journal Developer HYM Investment Group is progressing on its development at the former site of Carney Hospital, with plans to build a new healthcare facility as well as housing and retail on the property.  HYM and partner My City at Peace are planning to transform the site into a mixed-use, healthcare-anchored […]

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New AI tool from Fundrise brings high-level CRE analysis to the public

New AI tool from Fundrise brings high-level CRE analysis to the public

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 […]

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112-employee biotech leaves Cambridge HQ for Watertown

112-employee biotech leaves Cambridge HQ for Watertown

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, […]

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Massachusetts taps Irish firm for $750 million revamp of roadside travel plazas

Massachusetts taps Irish firm for $750 million revamp of roadside travel plazas

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 […]

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