Spotlights

2021 Women in Construction: Stephanie Swartz, Senior Project Manager, Shawmut Design and Construction

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? For the last 5 years, I have been working at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston on a multi-phased project—which includes emphasis on masonry

2021 Women in Construction: Jan Koch, Project Manager, Shawmut Design and Construction

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? We recently reached substantial completion on the structural façade renovation at Yale Field, a historic baseball stadium in Connecticut.

2021 Women in Construction: Toni Papadopoulos, Project Manager, Shawmut Design and Construction

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? For the past three years, I have worked at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston. It’s a gorgeous, historic restoration

The Construction Institute is proud to support women in the AEC Industry

The Construction Institute is proud to support women in the AEC Industry

2020 was yet again another record year for 1031 exchanges. What’s in store for 2021? - by Patty Flowers

Commercial real estate is predicted to have a mixed forecast in 2021 with certain sectors, such as industrial, experiencing robust growth while others continue to struggle. With low interest rates expected to continue and the economy recovering

Laboratories of Democracy: 50 “mad scientists” cooking up new taxes in their state revenue labs - by Paul Dion

In 1787, the founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia to fix the weak Articles of Confederation, and wound up adopting the first written national constitution on earth. (“A republic, if you can keep it,” Ben Franklin said.

Is this the peak? Appraisers have never been busier and can’t keep up with the volume - by Maria Hopkins

Chasing and capturing the peak of the market is always difficult and everyone wants to accomplish it. It certainly feels like we are close to the peak but we thought that to be true last year. As long as interest rates stay low,

COVID-19 has brought about innovation and improvement in design, but not without challenges - by David O'Sullivan

The feeling on spring is in the air. Finally after what seems like a long winter we see the weather improve. Looking back, our winter weather has not been too bad as New England winters go. We had no long stretches of sub-zero weather

Tenant entitled to rent abatement during shut down - by Christopher Kenney

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governor Baker issued orders prohibiting certain business operations in the Commonwealth. Consequently, commercial tenants unable to operate in their leased premises have asserted

Commercial real estate education and advancement... Who’s next? - by Brett Pelletier

When I was an undergrad, about 20 years ago, I was lucky enough to experience a pretty robust set of real estate courses. There was no department, no program, no major or minor, but there were four or five courses across finance, law,