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2025 Women in Construction: Amira Grenier, Metro Walls

What is one project or achievement in your career that you are most proud of, and how did it impact your organization or community?  An achievement I am most proud of would be the growth within Metro Walls. I’ve had the privilege of working with some incredible woman in the construction industry for over ten years now

2025 does look like a promising year - by Brendan Greene

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 of the sale, and acquires “like kind”

Investors hate uncertainty: let’s hope for change that is positive and beneficial to markets - by William Pastuszek Jr.

COVID and The Continuance of Real Estate Angst. The 2020 shutdown took place nearly 5 years ago. While still fresh for many, dwelling on the impact of the pandemic obsessively doesn’t do much for the effects that are still with us, impacts driven by low interest rates and

With incoming administration comes questions - by David O'Sullivan

How do you forecast what will happen in 2025? The questions that come up with the changes in Washington with a new president make any forecast potentially wrong. Will there be tariffs which up end the economy? Will the tax cuts be renewed? Will there

Similar to restaurant owners, staffing still a challenge for hotel owners - by Earle Wason

When Karen Dowell, my friend from the New England Real Estate Journal, called me to write 2024 2025 Forecast Spotlight article, as usual, I reluctantly agreed. I believe in all my 50 years

New England industrial outdoor storage user demand is poised to increase and vacancy to decrease in 2025 - by Devon Wagner

Since the end of 2022 industrial vacancy rates have been increasing. However, a segment of the industrial real estate market that has fared well and even gained traction is the subsection of industrial asset class called industrial outdoor storage

The morphing of real estate occupancies and its impact on risk management - by Spencer Macalaster

Having sat on the board of directors for the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, we are intimately aware of the social, financial and employee impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Boston’s commercial real estate district. Footfall

New Hampshire industrial and office markets - by Kristie Russell

At the end of 2024, the New Hampshire industrial and office markets are showing signs of stabilization. While the industrial sector experienced rising vacancy rates earlier in the year due to new construction, those rates have gradually declined.

New Hampshire seacoast market overview - by Christian Stallkamp

The seacoast’s commercial real estate market in 2024 re?ected a mix of challenges and opportunities across industrial and office sectors. Industrial vacancy rates rose slightly, offering relief for smaller users but leaving larger users with