If you’re like me, 2025 felt like a year of waiting and then slowly moving forward. We started the year with some uncertainty – higher interest rates, sticky inflation, and deals that needed extra creativity to close. But as the year unfolded,
Managing insurance broker relationships effectively is paramount to ensuring a successful and sustainable insurance risk management strategy. Historically, a risk manager may utilize the request for proposal (RFP) or some other competition to allow
If you would like to hear a question to which it is tough to give an interesting answer, it is, “How is the real estate business?” However, today, for the first time in quite a while, I have an interesting answer: deals are starting to sell.
Before starting this article, I reread the 2024 NEREJ Fall Preview article I had written last year. Not much has changed and I had the general market well defined. In a brief review, the key points included: More buyers
Brief Recap – In a brief recap, 2024 saw a welcomed surge in commercial real estate (CRE) lending, which grew by $498 billion (16%) over the prior year. Given its continued popularity it’s no surprise that multifamily lending
As cities and communities continue to expand with new residential and commercial development, the strain on aging infrastructure becomes increasingly evident. While new construction brings economic growth, housing opportunities, and increased tax revenue,
In today’s fast-paced retail landscape, speed to market is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. Whole Foods Market’s new 10,000 s/f small-format concept, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, is a strategic response to shifting consumer expectations
Fredericksburg, VA Penny Wickey and Laure Aubuchon of Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate (SCRE) partnered with Julian Etches of Scheer Partners in Rockville, MD in executing the sale of a medical facility at 10004 Southpoint Pkwy. The buyer, Barber Property Management,
Revere, MA The HYM Investment Group (HYM) and National Real Estate Advisors, LLC (National), celebrated Twisted Fate Brewing’s grand opening at Suffolk Downs. Twisted Fate, a family-owned, majority female-owned nanobrewery is the first retail tenant to officially open at Amaya, the first residential building to deliver at Suffolk Downs,
Nashua, NH Pheasant Lane Mall is turning up the flavor with even more food and beverage options for visitors. Whether you are craving coffee, boba tea, or sweet treats, there’s something new to discover on your next trip. Among the latest additions, the Boba Milk Tea Bar
I recently found myself in a conversation with some seasoned real estate investors who have been immersed in the world of property auctions for over three decades. As we reminisced, the conversation naturally drifted back to the late 1980s and early 1990s
Boston, MA Atlantic Property Management added three new team members to support its New England portfolio: Paul Sullivan, CPM, as property manager; Dan DesRoches as senior property manager; and Glenn McMorrow as building engineer.
Cranston, RI Summit Realty Partners’ principal, Chris McMahon, and vice president, Travis Ginsberg, have been recognized as 2025 CoStar Power Broker Quarterly Deals winners for three retail leasing transactions this year. This national honor highlights
We’ve entered a new season yet there’s a familiar mix of anticipation and uncertainty in Boston’s real estate development scene. The conversations have been plentiful, about housing shortages, construction costs, and regulatory reform, but the
Hartford, CT Hartford Prints! celebrated its grand reopening on September 26, 2025 at 42.5 Pratt St., showcasing an architectural transformation designed by Josye Utick, AIA, principal of Site Nouveau. The renovation, which nearly triples the shop’s footprint to over 3,500 s/f,
In all things today, uncertainty is not an anomaly – it’s the norm. In today’s real estate landscape, appraisers, tasked with interpreting market signals and arriving at defensible value opinion, must navigate a terrain shaped by shifting and
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1031 allows a property owner, who holds property for “the productive use in a trade or business or for investment”, to defer paying capital gains taxes if a property owner sells such property, identifies like kind
Ashland, MA KeyPoint Partners (KPP) managed property portfolio continues to grow with multiple new assignments. The firm was awarded property management contracts for eight retail properties throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island totaling more than 460,000 s/f,
Chestnut Hill, MA The Tox, a wellness brand acclaimed for its results-driven lymphatic body sculpting technique, will open its newest studio at The Street Chestnut Hill in 2026. Founded by licensed esthetician and wellness expert Courtney Yeager, The Tox was created to blend lymphatic work with an elevated, results-focused aesthetic.
Newington, CT O,R&L Commercial has arranged a lease with Bora Bora Smoothie Café at 2394 Berlin Tpke. The space was previously occupied by Vacuum Village for the last 38 years. Jay Morris of O,R&L Commercial represented the landlord,