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Tax abatements for problematic properties in the New Year - by Saul Feldman and Angel Mozina

Saul Feldman, Feldman Law Office In my experience in representing taxpayers, the valuation that boards of assessors place on certain catego...

Greater Portland Class A and B office markets will continue to see improvements in 2017 - by Nate Stevens

Nate Stevens, CBRE | The Boulos Co. The Greater Portland office market continued to improve in 2016 as the vacancy rate fell for the 7th co...

How will the Trump presidency impact the property and casualty markets in 2017? - by Spencer Macalaster

Spencer Macalaster, Risk Strategies Co. As we enter the first quarter of 2017, our clients are asking for budget expectations on their 2017...

Chittenden County Vermont showing growth and change with areas of opportunity - by Doug Nedde

Chittenden County has experienced a flurry of development and change in the last two years and the market is one to watch.  A low point was the closing of Burlington College, which offered an alternative to larger, more expensive, traditional schools such as the University of Vermont. Due to overwhelming debt they sold 27.5 acres of waterfront property in 2015, closed their doors in May of 2016 and then sold an additional 32 acres and their 77,000 s/f  headquarters building. Developer Eric Farrell has purchased the Burlington College property and is proposing a 675 unit development containing a mix of multi-story condos and rental apartments.

Auburn industrial development offers flexibility in the industrial real estate marketplace - by Martin Reisner

Martin Reisner, Auburn Industrial Development Corp. The Auburn Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) is industrial and commercial real estate...

Patience, vision and knowledge - Traits of a good economic development professional - by Michael Gallerani

Michael Gallerani, Brockton 21st Century Corp. Someone asked me recently what makes a good economic development professional. The answer ha...

Boutique hotel segment continues to grow and construction of new brands will affect older hotels - by Earle Wason

Earle Wason, Wason Associates Hospitality Here it is the day before the inauguration of President-elect Trump and my New EnglandReal Estate...

2017 will see much of the same as 2016, lack of inventory with all markets hunting for space - by Mike Giuttari

Mike Giuttari, MG Commercial Real Estate In 2016, Rhode Island continued what seems like the never-ending lack of inventory cycle regardles...

Acentech completes consulting work for Harvard Business School’s Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center

Boston, MA Acentech has completed consulting work for Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, a new 90,000 s/f buildin...

Remember When: January 17, 1963 - $5,700,000 Pawtucket Downtown Project

Reprinted from NEREJ January 17, 1963 NEREJ 1/17/63 Pawtucket, RI The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency is currently engaged in the surv...