South Shore properties long held by family businesses have risen in value and demand as redevelopment sites, creating a growth niche for David Ellis and Ellis Realty Advisors to help owners map out exit strategies.
Another independent seaside brokerage has been bought by a major regional player.
By shifting from a commuter-focused model to a “regional rail” model, the MBTA’s Greenbush, Kingston/Plymouth and Middleborough/Lakeville lines could run trains every 30 minutes, shave 15 minutes off trips into Boston and make public transit a more realistic option for many, a new report suggests.
Expanding job and housing opportunities south of Boston are top goals for the Quincy-based South Shore Chamber of Commerce. Chamber President and CEO Peter Forman joined the organization in 2005 following stints in state and local government.
The South Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission plan to partner on a survey of potential development sites in the area of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, using a grant from the chamber and from MassDevelopment.
As the logistics hub of Greater Boston, the south industrial markets have garnered the bulk of tenant demand and new construction. In fact, roughly 64 percent of all projects currently under way are located south of Boston.
The new South Coast line and it’s 90-minute end-to-end journey will suddenly open up the region’s mix of outer suburbs, old industrial cities and rural towns – and their significantly lower home and condo prices.
As it prepares to relocate to 125 Summer St. in Boston, Haemonetics Corp. has sold its long-time Braintree headquarters to an Illinois developer for $15.5 million.
After a “really productive and substantive” meeting with new U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, Gov. Charlie Baker said his administration will be working with Vineyard Wind to address the federal government’s concerns with the project in line to be the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind development.
State Street Corp.’s recent decision to sublease two of its four Quincy office buildings totaling nearly 390,000 square feet shakes up a suburban submarket that’s been the heart of the financial service provider’s back office presence in Massachusetts. Will new projects Dorchester draw away tenants?
Winthrop Sargent has had many jobs throughout his career. He has worked as the owner of a consumer products company, a senior consultant at an accounting firm and a contract CFO. The head of Winthrop Capital Advisors is also a member of the South Shore Economic Development Corp. and is trying to raise the area’s profile.
Quincy-based affordable housing developer NeighborWorks Southern Mass and Kingston-based Housing Solutions for Southeastern Massachusetts are merging into one organization, NeighborWorks Housing Solutions.
Business leaders on the South Shore think they can transform the region’s business community into housing advocates, and at the same time help their region snag a slice of the Boston area’s future economic growth.
Renovations are planned to a South Shore office building, which its owners hope will reposition it as attractive Class A office space.
Cape Cod has long been a tourist destination. Even so, there was always a sizable year-round population of regular folks – some newcomers drawn by booming restaurants and hotels, others with roots stretching all the way back to the Pilgrims.
Numerous local businesses and two chambers of commerce have gone on record in favor of a June 19 Hanover Special Town Meeting article that, if approved by voters, would grant the Hanover Mall a tax increment financing (TIF), allowing the new owners of the mall to redevelop and revitalize the 46-year-old shopping center.
