Salem Industrial Building Sells For $1.2M
NSD Real Estate LLC has purchased an industrial property in Salem for $1.21 million.
PHOTO GALLERY: Batch Yard Apartments In Everett
The second building in the 328-unit Batch Yard luxury apartment complex opened this month in Everett. Fairfield, Conn.-based developer Post Road Residential redeveloped the seven-story former Charleston Chew candy factory into a loft-style rental complex.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Town And Country Real Estate Merges With Prudential Advantage
Wellesley-based Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Town and Country Real Estate has merged with Prudential Advantage Real Estate, a 20-agent brokerage based in Needham. The transaction gives Town and Country Real Estate a total of three offices in the greater Boston area and more than 75 agents.
$1B Convention Center Expansion Bill Approved
The Massachusetts House and Senate have approved a compromise version of a bill that would allow for a $1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
Swedish Biotech Opens Waltham Headquarters
Swedish biotech company Sobi opens its North American headquarters at 890 Winter St. in Waltham today.
JM Coull Holds Groundbreaking For Acton Church Renovation
Maynard-based JM Coull recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Faith Evangelical Free Church in Acton for the church’s upcoming renovation.
Stalemate At Sullivan Courthouse
After a grueling four-hour hearing Tuesday, the Cambridge Planning Board agreed to extend the deadline to June 20 for a decision on a proposal to redevelop a roughly 500,000-square-foot courthouse and jail in East Cambridge.
Zillow: West Coast Best For Sellers, East Coast Best For Buyers
A new survey of market conditions by real estate portal Zillow shows that the top sellers’ markets in the country are concentrated on the West Coast, while on the East Coast buyers have more power.
Glovsky & Glovsky LLC Adds To Real Estate and Corporate Law Teams
Glovsky & Glovsky LLC has expanded its real estate and corporate law teams.
An Umbrella Policy For Home Borrowers
Whether you see it as an exorbitant taxpayer bailout of Wall Street and the banks—or you’re cheering from the sidelines—you can agree: The new federal moves to rescue the mortgage system could have huge impacts on individual consumers in the months ahead.
Renters Get Shortchanged In Federal Housing Bill Relief Plan
The giant federal housing and foreclosure relief legislation now heading for enactment contains a little-noticed—but potentially far-reaching—change in real estate tax policy.
Somerville’s New Mayor Seeks to Get Economic Ball Rolling
Somerville’s new mayor, Joe Curtatone, is determined to find a solution to the first-tier-suburb syndrome that afflicts his city. Most older, close-in suburbs across the country suffer from declining tax bases, deteriorating infrastructure, rapid ethnic changes, increased poverty and poor school performance.
Chelmsford Investment Alternative
For Sale – Montvale Place, Stoneham
Hub Merits Unconventional Approach to Transportation Design
36,000 people will be guests in Boston later this month when the Hub hosts the Democratic National Convention, July 26-29 at the FleetCenter. But a much greater number of area residents will not only be missing an important example of democracy in action, they won’t even be reporting to work in the city on those days.
Olmsted Green: A Sustainable Model
Given all the issues that serve to depress housing production in this region, the current forecast of a combination of rising interest rates and an improving economy will make it even more difficult for many prospective moderate income homebuyers to find a decent place to live in the Boston metropolitan area.
Ex-Football Captain Brings Game Plan to Spaulding & Slye
While a captain of Colgate University’s football team, Kyle B. Warwick led from the defensive side of the ball, but as new regional director of Spaulding & Slye Colliers, the former linebacker has shifted to offense, offering an ambitious game plan as his commercial real estate company takes on a cadre of national competitors targeting Massachusetts.
Just for Kicks
Most of those who watch television news programs have probably seen a “kicker,” even if they aren’t entirely familiar with the term.
A City’s Vision
It can’t be easy to be Worcester. The city ranks among the three largest communities in New England, yet for years has been largely shunned by potential new residents and businesses, perhaps in part because of its location nearly 50 miles west of Boston.
Newton in Focus
In response to the city of Newton’s historically strong real estate market, due in part to large homes and a steadily growing population, an amalgamation of two age-old phrases may have to be forged to make one: bigger is better wins the race.
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