Spotlights

Nominate someone for 2025 Women in CRE Spotlight today!

We are excited to announce that the New England Real Estate Journal's annual Women in Commercial Real Estate Spotlight will be published in our September 26th issue. This special feature will celebrate the exceptional women and woman-owned firms making a significant impact across New England's commercial real estate industry.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act may lead to many big beautiful 1031 exchanges - by Brendan Greene and Mark McCue

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 the property owner sells such property, identifies “like kind” property within forty-five days

Living uncertain - “riding the waves of the never normal.” - by William Pastuszek

Uncertainty is an everyday fact of life, business, nearly everything. How can we label today’s environment that we are struggling to make sense for our one decision making? There’s no good answer. It seems like the new normal is that there isn’t any normal! We can address that a bit last.

Navigating the landscape of 2025 - The second half - by David O'Sullivan

As we pass the halfway mark of 2025, the home building and design industry continues to navigate a climate of economic hesitation and structural change. Between lingering tariff threats, high interest rates, and a nervous lending environment, architects, builders, and brokers alike are asking: How do we manage our

New England is still an extraordinarily strong market - by Earle Wason

I have had a long and wonderful career in the real estate business, obviously with the ups and downs of a roller coaster. It was 20 years ago that I decided to put my name on a sign. My goal was to have an office with no name on the door and provide the best service, knowledge, and marketing efforts to a limited clientele.

Finding opportunity - by David Skinner

How do you make industrial real estate decisions when everything seems to change whenever you turn on the radio? In 2022, interest rates began going up, and up, and up, with no end in sight, and we first heard that buyers were “pencils down” on underwriting their deals because of the uncertainty all around. Add

Southern Maine industrial and office markets mid-year report 2025 - by Justin Lamontagne and Sam LeGeyt

Once the darling of commercial real estate, the industrial market in Southern Maine (and nationally) is experiencing sharply rising vacancies and a marked slowdown in demand. For the first time in well over a decade, it’s safe to call this a tenant’s market

Southern New Hampshire continues to be a growth story - by Michael Harrington

he Southern New Hampshire real estate market continues to show sustainable growth and future economic development due in part to smart urban planning. Once primarily known for its bedroom communities and proximity to Boston, the region has emerged as a magnet for businesses, developers, and new residents alike. The

RI’s industrial market has not been impacted by oversupply and is one of the more affordable markets - by Julie Freshman and George Paskalis

Despite logistics tenants vacating more space than they have moved into for the first time in 15 years nationwide as of the second quarter of 2025 (source: CoStar), vacancy rates in the Rhode Island industrial market have remained flat with positive net absorption, meaning more space is being leased or occupied than

Inflation is changing the face of the restaurant industry - by Dennis Serpone

What happened to the two-martini-lunch? What happened to “let’s meet for a drink after work”? For that matter, what happened to Happy Hour…half–price drinks from 4-6 pm? I still remember 10 years of unbridled growth for the state when the drinking age was lowered to 18.