Brokers and developers say opportunities for the kinds of large-scale projects that would move the needle on Massachusetts’ housing shortage are few and far between under rezonings completed so far under the MBTA Communities law.
Two projects in Newton raise the question: Is the city set to emerge as the region’s next life science cluster, as pharmaceutical and biotech companies increasingly look outside of Cambridge’s crowded and expensive Kendall Square for desperately needed space?
Three former Boston Realty Advisors senior partners have formed a Newton-based commercial real estate brokerage that will focus on the central Route 128 market.
