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NEREJ’s One-on-One with Rick Kaplan

Norwell, MA New England Real Estate Journal launched a new YouTube show called NEREJ One-on-One with Rick Kaplan. They will be producing one interview weekly and you can find the show @ NEREJ One on One.

1031 Exchanges and Like-Kind Real Estate Interests - by Bill Lopriore

Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 allows for the deferral of capital gain tax if property held for productive use in a trade, business or for investment is exchanged for property of “like-kind.” For real estate, the definition of “like-kind” is quite broad.

Nery of Coastal Commercial Real Estate handles sale of 3,000 s/f

New Bedford, MA Coastal Commercial Real Estate has completed the sale of the commercial warehouse building located at 13 Edward St. The final sale price was not disclosed.

AKF Group earns National Recognition Award for exemplary achievement in ACEC 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards

New Haven, CT AKF Group has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for its role in the renovation of the Manuscripts and Archives space at Yale University

Benskin names COO at WinnResidential

Boston, MA WinnCompanies has appointed executive vice president Terri Benskin as COO of its property management arm, WinnResidential, as part of the company’s plan to reinforce operational excellence while continuing

Mass. nonprofit community organizations form coalition to support black and latinx businesses

Boston,MA A coalition of trusted community organizations–including Amplify Latinx, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, the Boston Foundation’s Business Equity Fund, CommonWealth Kitchen, the Foundation for Business Equity

Breaking up is hard to do: Terminating joint ownership in real estate - by Gordon Orloff

Over the years a number of clients have asked how to get out of joint ownership of a home or parcel of land when one party cannot buy out the other. The answer is a court proceeding called a “petition to partition” under G.L. c. 241.

Gilbane Supply Chain Update - Material lead time and price status as of April 30, 2020

Supply Chain Update | Lead Times and Prices. Unsure how your project may be affected by COVID-19? Let us help.

Critical resources on COVID-19 available in Spanish for construction workers

Malden, MA Critical resources for construction workers who are confronting the coronavirus pandemic at work are now available in Spanish on a new website created by

MassDevelopment issues $18.417m tax-exempt bond to MSPCA

Boston, MA MassDevelopment has issued an $18.417 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), a nonprofit leader in animal protection and veterinary medicine and provider of direct, hands-on care