Retail

August forecast in landscape architecture plant material market for 2015

Here in New England, swimming in the ocean is a traditional summer past time that is enjoyed by all. However, the temperature and conditions...

2014 continues the steady run of retail leasing in Greater Boston and throughout New England

If the recent Boston ICSC is an indicator, 2014 has continued the steady run of retail leasing activity in Greater Boston and throughout New...

How to use wayfinding signage effectively: Six key pointers to use

Wayfinding signage provides the essential information to guide and direct customers, patients, or visitors through and around a property or ...

The Grossman Cos. renews 29,615 s/f lease for T.J. Maxx

T.J. Maxx, the anchor store at Quincy Granite Place, a destination retail plaza near Quincy Center, has renewed its lease for 29,615 s/f. Th...

Horvath and Tremblay of Marcus & Millichap complete $19.4 million sale

Bob Horvath, vice president of investments, and Todd Tremblay, vice president of investments, of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment S...

Revisioning the mall by including new design concepts: A Martin pastime

The Martin Architectural Group has been creating public spaces, private residences, and multifamily residential for nearly five decades. Dur...

DiPrete Engineering putting the pieces together to invigorate blighted shopping plazas

There was a time when big-box retailers placed shopping plazas off of heavily traveled roads. The economy was robust, business was good, and...

Northeast retail defeasance activity remains steady, as the economy continues to improve

As the economy continues to improve in the current low interest rate environment it is generating greater lending activity in the commercial...

Downtown and Main Street real estate - Beauty is in the eye of the investor

After almost two decades of economic development, in good times and in bad, the projects that keep me up at night, brainstorming for solutio...

The long-awaited 2014 Massachusetts Contingency Plan amendments have arrived

In June 2014, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) promulgated a set of amendments to the Mass...