Spotlights

Mid-year commercial/industrial/residential market review and forecast for 2013

If you attended the 2013 SIOR/NAIOP Mid-Year Review Program on June 13 at Boston's Westin Waterfront Hotel, you had to leave the event excit...

Why use a commercial broker? To get the best deal for the client

With the range of lending sources available today to the real estate developer and owner, the question is always asked, why use the services...

Rhode Island industrial update - Market showing signs of improvement in the 2nd half of the year

The Rhode Island industrial market in 2013 has been sluggish at best. The market seems to be showing signs of slight improvement in the 2nd ...

Clarity in the area of exactions: Life after Supreme Court's Koontz decision

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District handed landowners and developers across the coun...

Top trends in the Mass. commercial real estate market: rents rising, vacancy lowering and spec building

Although the real estate recovery is slow, the commercial real estate market is showing definite signs of improvement. As a mid rear review,...

Greater Boston area multi-family properties continue to be a hot commodity, even with rate increases

Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be a hot commodity even with the recent increases in interest rates. Since Ma...

Let the good times roll. Lets go out to eat.

In the casino industry, the house always wins. Go to a casino...the slots are ringing, the crap tables are busy, and it's hard to get a seat...

KeyPoint Partners retail report shows recovery underway: higher occupancy, moderate expansion

KeyPoint Partners has released The KeyPoint Report for Eastern Massachusetts/Greater Boston 2013. The report examines supply, occupancy, abs...

Vermont's commercial real estate market continues to show strength and growth

As we reach the mid-point in 2013, positive economic indicators suggest slow growth for the remainder of the calendar year and we continue t...

Insurance marketplace review for the first half of 2013 - Hard market or soft?

As all of you know, the East Coast, particularly New York and New Jersey, recently experienced one of the most powerful storms in modern his...