By Anissa Gardizy & Catherine Carlock Firms that signed big leases right before COVID are trying to design an office worth coming back to. After repeated false starts during the pandemic for returning to the office, the future of in-person work for white-collar professionals around Boston is becoming slightly more clear. In many industries, the […]
By Jane Dollinger via Nareit During Nareit’s REITwise: 2022 Law, Accounting & Finance Conference, Nareit spoke with several REIT finance veterans about what they love about the REIT industry and why young finance professionals should pursue a career in real estate. Find their answers below, and follow #REITjobs on LinkedIn to find your next position at a […]
by Boston Planning & Development Agency, Research Division. Driven in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for biomedical research has strengthened growth trends in the life science industry in Boston, impacting both real estate and employment. According to CBRE, the city of Boston has over 12 million square feet of life science lab space, with […]
by Lauren Shanesy – via CoStar If there are three words real estate professionals should consider heading into the next year, they are flexibility, convenience and resiliency. Those are the defining themes that came out of the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2022 report, released last week by PwC and the Urban Land Institute. So, […]
by Greg Ryan| via bizjournals.com Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. plans to construct three buildings with a mix of lab and office space at the Watertown Mall, according to a recently unveiled proposed master plan for the property. The proposal includes 500,000 square feet of lab and office space at the mall site, along […]
by Andy Medici| via bizjournals.com Restaurants that did not receive grants from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund are more likely to declare bankruptcy in the coming months — and the industry as a whole has suffered due to the Omicron variant. The bleak findings are from a January survey of 1,200 restaurants and bars by the […]
Changes in carrier decisions also play a part in a new flood insurance scene By Erik Sherman | Via globest.com A satellite image shows TD Bank Ballpark submerged in flood, after Hurricane Ida swept through the Bridgewater Township in New Jersey, September 2, 2021. Maxar Technologies | Handout via Reuters. Flooding is an ugly and […]
On March 15, the Federal Reserve announced their decision to raise the short-term interest rate to 0.75% – 1%. The Federal Reserve Report on Monetary Policy reports that rates are expected to continue rising to accommodate changes in labor market conditions, levels of inflation, and financial and international developments. The predicted trajectory for future rates […]
Photo by: The Boston Globe With vacancy rates as high as 8.0% for industrial properties in the Boston commercial real estate market, many have been searching for a way to keep their businesses out of the red. One of the new innovations as of late is the re-purposing of industrial building’s roofs for solar panel […]
In the first quarter of 2015, the Boston industrial market showed minimal change from Q4 of 2014. The vacancy rate stayed the same in both quarters, at 8.0%; however, that number was down from Q3 of 2014, where the vacancy rate was at 8.3%. The overall vacancy rate for flex and warehouse projects went down, […]
