Two historic Greater Boston theaters are on the market for $12 million each,but the beloved venues inside aren’t going anywhere just yet. The sale of the Somerville Theatre and Capitol Theatre buildings highlights the intersection of commercial real estate investment, historic preservation, and the future of longstanding cultural institutions.
Explore ABG Realty’s 2026 Midyear Review, featuring notable transactions from the first half of the year, key trends shaping Greater Boston’s commercial real estate market, and the latest insights across the office, retail, industrial, and multifamily sectors.
A newly redeveloped East Cambridge office tower has transferred to Brookfield for a reported $1, along with nearly $232 million in outstanding construction debt. The sale of 40 Thorndike Street highlights the ongoing challenges and shifting dynamics shaping Greater Boston’s office market.
Greater Boston’s retail real estate market is entering the second half of 2026 with limited available space, resilient rent growth, and continued interest from retailers looking to expand throughout the region. While economic uncertainty and slower leasing activity have created some challenges, the market’s constrained supply continues to support relatively strong fundamentals. For tenants, property […]
Explore how the Federal Reserve’s June 2026 policy shift and interest rate outlook could impact commercial real estate buyers, tenants, and investors.
Somerville is currently evaluating two redevelopment proposals for 90 Washington Street, a four-acre site in the Inner Belt district near the MBTA’s East Somerville Green Line station. According to the Boston Business Journal, the decision is being made under meaningful financial pressure, with the city looking to recoup a roughly $30 million gap tied to its acquisition of the property…
growing number of Greater Boston multifamily properties held by families and long‑term owners for decades are returning to the investment sales market, signaling a generational shift in ownership rather than a sudden change in market fundamentals. The recent listing of a 216‑unit apartment community in Billerica, offered for sale for the first time in roughly 50 years, has become a bellwether for this trend….
In early April 2026, Bloomberg reported that U.S. service‑sector growth slowed materially even as input prices surged, as reflected in the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Services Prices Paid Index rising to 70.7—its highest level since October 2022.¹ This combination of decelerating activity and elevated costs is particularly relevant for Boston‑area commercial real estate, where […]
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.
Mass General Brigham (MGB), the largest healthcare system in Massachusetts, has secured approximately $865.5 million in tax‑exempt bond financing to fund a major expansion and modernization of its hospital campuses in Boston and Jamaica Plain…
