A new trend called paint-and-sip is making a mark on Boston. In 2010, Jill Kerner Schon opened The Paint Bar, a unique business that teaches costumers how to paint, while serving wine and other beverages. The Paint Bar was the first business of its kind to open up in the area, however, soon after the […]
Things are not going well for party good retailer iParty Corp. In early November, iParty Corp. reported sales of $16.4 million for October, a 6.5% drop from total sales from the same period last year. Furthermore, the retailer recently received a compliance notice from the NYSE due to the company’s extremely low selling stock price. […]
Last week, residences of Jamaica Plain were left speechless after the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved plans to construct apartments at the former Home for Little Wanderers. The $75 million project, proposed by Boston Residential Group, was met with criticism over size and cost. However, the Boston Herald now reports that the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s decision […]
Media conglomerate News Corporation (NWS), founded by maintained by Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, has set its sights on expanding its media empire to include the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company, owner and operator of the newspapers, is expected to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the calendar year. In July of […]
Last week, Boston Properties announced a detailed proposal for a 22-story apartment tower in Kendall Square. The presentation, made by regional manager Bryan Koop and the firm’s project manager David Stewart, outlined plans for a 200,000 square foot project. If approved, construction would begin in 2014 with expected completion in 2016. President of the East […]
In the past week, two Massachusetts based clean energy firms declared bankruptcy. On Wednesday, clean energy firm Satcon Technology Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The firm, which specializes in the production of conversion equipment utilities for solar panels, defaulted on $16 million dollar loan from Silicon Valley Bank and Compass Horizon Funding Company LLC […]
Millennium Partners, the firm developing Millennium Place at Washington and Avery streets, will begin selling condominiums this week. The 256 luxury condominiums range in price from “$550,000 for one-bedrooms facing a courtyard to $3.5 million for penthouses with rooftop terraces” (Boston Herald).
On October 2, 2012 the Cambridge Planning Board approved HYM Investment Group’s revised plans for the NorthPoint development. The development will transform the largest remaining land parcel in Cambridge into a 5 million square-foot, mixed-use development which will include: offices, retail, apartments, condominiums, access to public transportation, as well as parking.
Wegmans, a high-end grocery chain based in Rochester, New York, is set to break ground on a new Massachusetts store on October 16th. The family owned grocery chain opened its doors in 1916 and today boasts 78 stores in 5 states and employs over 40,000 people. The new 135,000 square-foot store, located in Northwest Park […]
Mechanics Hall a concert venue in Worcester, Ma is to undergo $300,000 in renovations. The money will be used to restore the 1864 pipe organ. There will be repairs to the roof, the elevator shaft, the exterior walls and the windows. The speaker system and amplifiers in the venue are 30 years old; funds will […]
