By: Emily Fu Hines has completed the demolition phase to commence construction on Chelsea Point, a strategic industrial development site in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Located at 250 Marginal Street, the 146,409-square-foot Class A facility will feature a 36-foot clear height and flexible design for single or multi-tenant uses. Construction is expected to be finished in […]
Center of Innovation Across Industry Sectors Boston is a leading center of innovation in multiple sectors including life sciences, high tech, clean energy, maritime and aerospace. Because of the large entrepreneurial base, and the great concentration of universities, research centers, hospitals and support services, there are many other types of companies developing products ranging from […]
By Gail Kalinoski Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna has acquired a newly built 140,000-square-foot Boston-area GMP facility from developer Oxford Properties Group for $91 million. The 24-acre parcel, acquired as a vacant site by Oxford in 2021, is located at 149 Hayes Memorial Drive in Marlborough, Mass., a Boston submarket. Oxford built a two-story biomanufacturing facility that was designed to […]
By Erik Sherman Along with bank liquidity issues, CMBS delinquencies are an important sign of CRE health. Possibly more so because they show not just trouble on the horizon but already in the rear-view mirror. A new Trepp analysis suggests that sometime in May, the red flags were starting to unfurl. The CMBS delinquency rate jumped […]
By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Small-business loans are becoming both harder to get and more expensive — and that combination is expected to get worse. While we previously have written about the tightening credit market — driven in part by the Federal Reserve’s sustained interest rate increases over the last year — […]
Daphne HowlandSenior Reporter After years of marking Pride Month each June, Target in 2023 may have had one of mass-market retail’s boldest efforts yet celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. But amid a backlash to its Pride merchandising, including attacks at some stores, Pride Month commenced at Target with what many see as timidity. Before the commemorative month […]
By Andy Medici A growing number of Americans have used artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT at work — but won’t tell their bosses because they are afraid of being replaced by the emerging technology. As business owners across America experiment with the new wave of AI tools in hopes of boosting productivity and cutting costs, workers […]
By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Small-business owners are worried about how long they could survive a potential recession, but many believe AI tools like ChatGPT could help them weather an economic downturn. A survey of 700 business owners by B2B Reviews found about 25% of businesses believe they couldn’t last more than […]
Josh Schafer – Reporter Wed, May 24, 2023 Wall Street has been waiting for a recession that hasn’t materialized roughly five months into the year. Executives at S&P 500 companies are talking about recessions less on earnings calls for the third straight quarter, per FactSet. S&P Global’s flash US composite PMI showed US economic output reached a 13-month high […]
By Greg Ryan Consigli Construction Co. last week topped off a nine-story lab building under development from CV Properties and Cannon Hill Capital Partners in Somerville’s Union Square. Boynton Gateway, as the 336,000-square-foot project located at 495 Columbia St. is known, is one of several lab projects at various stages of development in the neighborhood. Union […]
